DevOps Engineer - EA SPORTS TECHNOLOGY

Global Sports Jobs Limited; Vancouver; On-site; CAD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Vacation (3 weeks/year)

Sick time (10 days/year)

EI/QPIP top-up for new child

Extended health/dental/vision

Life insurance

Disability insurance

Retirement plan

Bonus eligibility

Job summary

EA SPORTS is seeking an experienced DevOps Engineer to design, deploy, and operate cloud-based solutions that integrate with corporate backend infrastructure in British Columbia, Canada. You will build from the ground up, troubleshoot Linux and network issues, and partner with senior directors to estimate, plan, and implement projects with a strong focus on automation and uptime.

You will participate in on-call rotations, design secure, scalable solutions, and mentor engineers across teams while

Qualifications

• Six or more years in public cloud DevOps, with GCP focus.
• Experience with GKE and AWS.
• Kubernetes, Helm and Docker expertise.
• Automation using Python, Ruby or Go.
• Configuration management with Chef or Ansible.
• Monitoring with Prometheus and Grafana; CI with Jenkins/GitLab/GitHub.
• Cloud security, Linux security and cloud networking fundamentals.
• DBaaS concepts: RDBMS and NoSQL.

Responsibilities

• Design secure, scalable deployment models and automation.
• Participate in sprint planning and mentor engineers.
• Oversee review of internal and partner technical plans and runbooks.
• Provide on-call support for live events, launches and incidents.
• Resolve complex deployment, connectivity, performance, and uptime issues.
• Develop productivity tools and evaluate new technologies to improve efficiency.
• Maintain comprehensive system documentation and runbooks.

Skills

DevOps

Cloud security

Linux admin

On-call support

Mentoring

Tools

GCP

GKE

AWS

Kubernetes

Helm

Docker

Python

Ruby

Go

Chef

Ansible

Prometheus

Grafana

Jenkins

GitLab

GitHub

Job description

About the Role

The EA SPORTS Technical Team is seeking an experienced DevOps Engineer to design, deploy, and operate solutions in a public cloud environment that integrates with corporate backend infrastructure. The role involves designing solutions from the ground up, troubleshooting network and Linux OS issues, and collaborating across multiple teams with varying technical capabilities. The engineer will partner with the Operations Development Director and Technical Director to estimate, plan, and implement projects, with a focus on automation and uptime. The role also includes participation in on-call support rotations.

Key Responsibilities

• Contribute to the design of secure, scalable, and supportable technical solutions and deployment models that adhere to DevOps security standards while minimizing team toil.
• Participate in sprint planning, conduct regular one-on-one meetings, contribute to engineer skill development reviews and goal setting, and mentor engineers in technical design and advanced troubleshooting methodologies.
• Oversee the review and approval of internal and partner technical plans, technical briefs, and work plans.
• Support always-on gaming server infrastructure and provide on-call support for feature launches, live events, and emergency escalations.
• Resolve complex deployment, connectivity, performance, and availability issues within production and live services environments.
• Lead the development of productivity-enhancing tools and evaluate new technologies to improve team efficiency and platform capabilities.
• Maintain comprehensive documentation of system configurations, procedures, and runbooks for live support.

Required Experience & Qualifications

• Six or more years of relevant experience with public cloud services, with a primary emphasis on Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE). Experience with AWS is also acceptable.
• Proven track record in the design, implementation, and operational support of critical, always-on cloud systems.
• Expertise in Kubernetes (GKE), Helm, and Docker to manage and scale containerized workloads.
• Experience developing automated solutions using Python, Ruby, or Go, as well as proficiency with configuration management tools such as Chef and Ansible.
• Practical knowledge of monitoring systems such as Prometheus and Grafana, and pipeline automation platforms including Jenkins, GitLab, and GitHub.
• Demonstrated expertise in cloud security best practices, Linux server security, and cloud networking, including load balancers, DNS, subnetting, route tables, NAT, and firewalls.
• Working knowledge of database concepts, including RDBMS and NoSQL, with specific experience managing and optimising Database-as-a-Service offerings.

Workplace

British Columbia, Canada

Benefits & Perks

• Vacation (3 weeks per year to start)
• 10 days per year of sick time
• Paid top-up to EI/QPIP benefits up to 100% of base salary when welcoming a new child (12 weeks maternity, 4 weeks parental/adoption leave)
• Extended health/dental/vision coverage
• Life insurance
• Disability insurance
• Retirement plan for regular full-time employees
• Eligibility for bonus and other incentive programs (certain roles)

About the Company

EA SPORTS is one of the most iconic brands in entertainment, connecting hundreds of millions of people around the world to the sports they love through a portfolio of industry-leading video games.