DevOps Engineer - Game Developer Experience

Electronic Arts; Vancouver; Hybrid; CAD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Vacation 3 weeks/year

Sick time 10 days/year

Top-up EI/QPIP when applicable

Health/dental/vision insurance

Life Insurance

Disability insurance

Retirement plan

Job summary

Electronic Arts is seeking a DevOps Engineer in the Vancouver area to design and maintain enterprise-grade development pipelines for EA's game and central services teams. You will automate deployments, build self-service capabilities, and implement monitoring and dashboards to improve visibility and reliability.

The role requires five years of DevOps experience, IaC with Terraform, and proficiency with Python or PowerShell.

Qualifications

• 5 years as a DevOps Engineer building enterprise solutions.
• Experience with IaC via Terraform modules and cloud deployments.
• Proficiency in scripting with Python or PowerShell.
• Familiarity with CI/CD tools and cloud platforms.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain pipelines for game DevOps environments.
• Automate deployments and self-service capabilities for teams.
• Create monitoring, dashboards, and alerting for services.
• Ensure high availability and disaster recovery.
• Collaborate in a production support rotation.

Skills

DevOps

Automation

Python

PowerShell

Documentation

Troubleshooting

Tools

Terraform

Packer

Ansible

Kubernetes

GitLab CI/CD

Jenkins

Azure DevOps

AWS

Azure

Grafana

ELK

Prometheus

Job description

Role ID

216573

Worker Type

Regular Employee

Studio/Department

CT - IT

Work Model

Hybrid

Description & Requirements

Electronic Arts creates next-level entertainment experiences that inspire players and fans around the world. Here, everyone is part of the story. Part of a community that connects across the globe. A place where creativity thrives, new perspectives are invited, and ideas matter. A team where everyone makes play happen.

Who We Are

EA Information Technology (EAIT) powers the technology that connects our global workforce and supports every part of our business, from game development to marketing, publishing, security, and player experience. We create secure, scalable solutions that help teams collaborate and innovate in order to create better experiences for players worldwide.

The Challenge Ahead

Reporting to a Senior Engineering Manager within the Game Developer Experience (GDX) team, you'll design, build, and maintain enterprise-grade development pipelines for EA's video games and central services teams. You'll integrate custom-built, off-the-shelf, and packaged applications, working with technologies such as SonarQube, Perforce, and GitLab to support reliable and efficient software development.

Responsibilities

• Develop automated tests to validate changes to EA's game build infrastructure before they impact development teams.
• Implement new features and self-service capabilities that enable users to access services quickly and securely.
• Automate and scale service deployments and workflow automation.
• Create monitoring, alerting, and dashboards to improve visibility into service performance and business metrics.
• Ensure service availability and disaster recovery with minimal impact on users.
• Apply DevOps tools and best practices to manage applications and infrastructure services in Kubernetes.
• Participate in a production support rotation, typically once every 3–5 weeks.

Who You Are

You are a DevOps Engineer with 5 years of experience building production-level enterprise solutions that support software development teams. You enjoy automating repetitive tasks to reduce operational effort.

You bring:

• Experience developing Terraform modules and deploying environments using Infrastructure as Code.
• Proficiency with Packer, Ansible, and Kubernetes.
• Ability to write testable code in Python, PowerShell, or similar scripting languages.
• Working knowledge of CI/CD tools such as GitLab CI/CD, Jenkins, and Azure DevOps.
• Experience building SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS cloud solutions using AWS or Azure.
• Familiarity with monitoring and observability tools such as Grafana, the ELK stack, and Prometheus.
• Strong troubleshooting skills and the ability to debug complex, multi-system issues.
• An interest in standardization, simplification, and current DevOps practices.
• Experience working remotely, with an emphasis on documentation and communicating technical decisions.
• Relevant certifications in cloud platforms, Kubernetes, or DevOps practices are a plus.

Pay Transparency - North America

COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS

The ranges listed below are what EA in good faith expects to pay applicants for this role in these locations at the time of this posting. If you reside in a different location, a recruiter will advise on the applicable range and benefits. Pay offered will be determined based on a number of relevant business and candidate factors (e.g. education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, geographic location, or business needs).

PAY RANGES

Pay is just one part of the overall compensation at EA.

For Canada, we offer a package of benefits including 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 you welcome a new child (12 weeks for maternity, and 4 weeks for parental/adoption leave), extended health/dental/vision coverage, life insurance, disability insurance, retirement plan to regular full-time employees. Certain roles may also be eligible for bonus and other incentive programs.

About Electronic Arts

We’re proud to have an extensive portfolio of games and experiences, locations around the world, and opportunities across EA. We value adaptability, resilience, creativity, and curiosity. From leadership that brings out your potential, to creating space for learning and experimenting, we empower you to do great work and pursue opportunities for growth.

We adopt a holistic approach to our benefits programs, emphasizing physical, emotional, financial, career, and community wellness to support a balanced life. Our packages are tailored to meet local needs and may include healthcare coverage, mental well-being support, retirement savings, paid time off, family leaves, complimentary games, and more. We nurture environments where our teams can always bring their best to what they do.

Electronic Arts is an equal opportunity employer. All employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, genetic information, religion, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, marital status, family status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We will also consider employment qualified applicants with criminal records in accordance with applicable law. EA also makes workplace accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities as required by applicable law.