DevOps Engineer (Kubernetes & Cloud Services)

Company: Intrepid Studios
Location: San Diego
Posted on: October 10, 2024

Job Description:

Intrepid Studios' Ashes of Creation team is looking for a highly motivated and talented DevOps Engineer to join us, here in beautiful Southern California. This is a great opportunity to unleash your creativity and partner with talented game veterans to craft a unique MMORPG experience that helps bring people together.Responsibilities:

• Manage existing Kubernetes clusters deployed on both GCP (GKE) and AWS (EKS).
• Manage deployment of cloud services, like databases, message brokers, caching components, other cluster resources, and custom applications.
• Manage Kubernetes and cloud service updates.
• Maintain and improve local development environment and cloud deployment scripts.
• Manage cloud monitoring, metrics & reporting systems for fine-grained observability and actionable alerting.
• Manage system backup and failure recovery.
• Deploy data analysis tools and visual dashboards to quickly and easily assess system health.
• Identify and troubleshoot system issues, provide timely updates to key stakeholders, and ensure system uptime.
• Provide analysis of system performance during playtests and other system tests.
• Document deployment, operating, and troubleshooting procedures.
• Coordinate internal and 3rd-party maintenance windows, providing internal and external status.
• Implement devops best practices, with a focus on automation.Qualifications:
  • BS or MS degree in Computer Science, Engineering or related field, or equivalent industry experience.
  • Expertise managing complex production Kubernetes clusters at scale.
  • Passion for Kubernetes and expertise in modern usage.
  • Experience with both GCP and AWS cloud providers.
  • Experience with Helm and Docker.
  • Experience administering SQL and NoSQL databases like CockroachDB and MongoDB.
  • Experience with metrics frameworks like Prometheus and Grafana.
  • Experience with enterprise logging services like Datadog.
  • Experience with common programming environments like Python, Go, and Javascript.
  • Experience with advanced Linux administration, including network stack, TCP/IP, DNS, filesystems, resource scheduling, and process management.
  • Ability to solve service issues, under pressure, on a production system.
  • Individual drive and team commitment, an analytical mind, and a bias for action.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
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