Senior Dev Ops Engineer
At a glance
Senior DevOps & Release role at Square Enix. London · full-time.
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What you'll do
- Build and run Kubernetes clusters across on-premises infrastructure and cloud environments
- Manage access and identity controls in Google Cloud, Looker and BigQuery
- Maintain databases, tune system performance, and collect and investigate logs
- Set up monitoring and alerts, then document infrastructure standards and practices
- Improve infrastructure automation and infrastructure-as-code workflows
What you bring
- You have hands-on experience operating a sharded MongoDB cluster on-premises
- You bring extensive experience scaling Kubernetes and designing resilient, highly available infrastructure
- You have substantial Linux administration experience with Ubuntu LTS
- You have a computer science degree or equivalent experience
Who this fits
This senior role suits an engineer comfortable supporting development teams and working across global business units. You’ll need to work independently, manage competing priorities, and be willing to work beyond standard business hours. The role is onsite in London.
From the employer
Job Summary
Square Enix is a leading publisher of entertainment content, known for iconic franchises such as Final Fantasy, Kingdom Hearts, Dragon Quest, NieR, Life is Strange, and Just Cause. Our mission is to create and deliver experiences that resonate deeply with the hearts and minds of our players.
This role will focus on the delivery, operation, and continuous optimisation of hybrid infrastructure platforms across both on-premises and cloud environments. Responsibilities include maintaining monitoring and alerting solutions, developing and supporting automation frameworks, managing CI/CD pipelines, and providing technical support to development teams to enable the efficient delivery of high-quality services and applications.
Requirements
Key Deliverables
- Access and IAM management in Google Cloud, Looker, BigQuery etc.
- Database Management (mysql, psql, mongo)
- Performance monitoring and fine tuning
- Log collection and analysis
- Monitoring and alerting setup and management
- Establish best practices and standards and maintain documentation
- Build and improve infrastructure automation and infrastructure as a code
Qualifications and Skills
Essential
- Hands-on experience with on-prem sharded mongo cluster
- Extensive experience in building, managing, scaling Kubernetes clusters (GKE, manual Kubernetes, etc.)
- Extensive experience in designing and building high availability, resilient infrastructure
- Experience in setting up and maintaining monitoring, alerting, log collection (rsyslog, Grafana, Prometheus, elk)
- Automation and scripting experience (terraform, packer, ansible, bash)
- Extensive Linux administration experience (Ubuntu LTS)
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience
- Medium to large size company experience
- Experience dealing with different business units located in various parts of the globe
- Self-motivated team player with great attention to details, superb organizational skills, and the ability to prioritize workload
- Proven track record in maintaing and enhancing skill level according to future technology trends and using innovative approaches in solving and preventing problems
- Ability to analyse, solve problems, and work well under pressure
- Experience working independently and without direct supervision
- Willing to work outside standard business hours
Desirable
- Experience with Grafana-loki
- Experience with Google, Amazon, Microsoft cloud
- Experience with python, go languages
- Experience with MySQL, psql, databases
- Experience with cicd platforms (GitLab-ci)
- Certifications in relevant area
- Interest in gaming
- Adaptable, enthusiastic attitude
Purpose & Values
- Purpose: Creating New Worlds with Boundless Imagination to Enhance People’s Lives.
- Values:
- Deliver Unforgettable Experiences
- Embrace Challenges
- Act Swiftly
- Stronger Together
- Continuously Evolve
- Cultivate Integrity
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