Become part of a team working on some of the most rewarding, large-scale creative projects to be found in any entertainment medium - all within an inclusive, highly-motivated environment where you can learn and collaborate with some of the most talented people in the industry. 

Rockstar North is looking for a Senior DevOps Engineer who has a strong understanding of Windows systems and an inclination to automate repetitive tasks and develop tooling. 

This is a full-time, permanent and in-office position based out of Rockstar’s state-of-the-art game development studio in Edinburgh, Scotland. 

WHAT WE DO

• The Rockstar Games Online Services Team is a passionate development group, focused on growing and maintaining the technology platform that powers Rockstar’s online titles and our ability to deliver world-class player experiences. 

• We work closely with developers, DBAs, build engineers, and security teams.

• We build world-class infrastructure for our high traffic, high visibility web sites and services.

• We provide operational support for critical services that enable connected experiences found across our game franchises.

• We constantly review our processes, automate wherever possible, and develop our own toolchains.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Design, build and maintain internal developer tooling or platforms.

• Support development teams in their day-to-day work, identifying and providing solutions to bottlenecks in the software delivery process.

• Work with development teams to help automate their software delivery process through CI/CD pipelines or automated tooling.

• Ensure the observability of tooling, CI/CD pipelines and services, both internal and external.

• Define and promote patterns and standards (golden paths) for software observability, monitoring and reporting.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Understanding of GitHub and associated tooling such as GitHub actions and GitHub apps.

• Experience with IaC or GitOps practices (Terraform, Chef/Ansible, ArgoCD).

• Experience with software observability using tools such as Sentry, Splunk or Grafana.

• Strong understanding of the software development lifecycle.

• Ability to communicate effectively with various stake-holders across team boundaries.

• Ability to work independently or as part of cross-functional teams.

SKILLS

• Proficient in one or more programming languages, such as TypeScript, C#, PowerShell or Python.

• Proficient in the use of container technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes.

PLUSES

Please note that these are desirable skills and are not required to apply for the position.

• Cloud or DevOps certifications.

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering or equivalent experience.

• Experience, or desire to work within the online gaming space.

• Familiarity with on-premise or hybrid infrastructure.