DevOps Manager

Code Wizards; Vancouver; On-site; CAD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading gaming infrastructure company in Metro Vancouver is seeking an experienced DevOps Manager to shape the infrastructure behind exciting games. The role involves leadership in designing scalable systems, collaborating with game studios, and mentoring engineers. The ideal candidate has strong expertise in cloud infrastructure, automation tools, and scripting. This opportunity supports a dynamic work environment with a focus on innovation and operational excellence.

Qualifications

• Proven ability to lead technical initiatives across teams and mentor engineers.
• Strong communication skills to collaborate with clients and teams.
• Deep experience with infrastructure automation tools.

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, and maintain reliable game infrastructure.
• Guide infrastructure decisions with high-profile studios.
• Lead incident response and root cause analysis.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Infrastructure automation

Cloud infrastructure

Scripting

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Kubernetes

AWS

Linux

Grafana

Prometheus

Job description

Code Wizards Group are world leaders in backend and multiplayer infrastructure for the gaming industry. From high-scale AAA console and PC games to fast-paced mobile indie titles, we empower studios to bring multiplayer experiences to life.

We are looking for a DevOps Manager who is a seasoned DevOps professional and technical leader to help shape the infrastructure behind some of the most exciting games in the world.

This is an opportunity to not only work hands-on with game teams and systems at global scale, but also to drive strategic infrastructure decisions, mentor engineers, and influence best practices across Multiplayer Wizards..

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Serve as a technical and strategic leader in the design, deployment, and maintenance of scalable, reliable, and secure game infrastructure.
• Act as a trusted advisor to high-profile game studios and publishers, guiding infrastructure decisions, improving performance, and mitigating operational risk.
• Take ownership of complex, cross-functional incidents, driving resolution and leading postmortems and root cause analysis.
• Manage, mentor and support other engineers through code reviews, design discussions, and knowledge sharing.
• Shape and implement best practices across automation, monitoring, observability, and deployment pipelines.
• Collaborate with internal product and engineering teams to build tools and processes that enhance developer experience and operational resilience.
• Be an escalation point for critical infrastructure issues, especially during high-visibility launches or outages.
• Contribute to long-term technical strategy for GameOps, identifying opportunities for innovation, cost savings, and process optimization.

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

Leadership & Communication

• Proven ability to lead technical initiatives across teams and mentor junior to senior-level engineers.
• Strong communicator who can build trust with clients and collaborate across engineering, product, and support teams.
• Comfortable navigating escalations, balancing technical depth with business impact.

Technical Expertise

• Deep experience with infrastructure automation and orchestration (e.g., Terraform, Ansible, Kubernetes).
• Expertise in cloud infrastructure (preferably AWS) and large-scale distributed systems.
• Advanced knowledge of Linux systems administration and performance tuning.
• Strong scripting or software development background — writing clean, scalable, and maintainable code (Python, Go, Bash, etc.).
• Familiar with monitoring, alerting, and observability tooling (Grafana, Prometheus, etc.).

Operational Excellence

• Experience managing production infrastructure at scale, including high-availability, fault tolerance, and disaster recovery planning.
• Able to lead incident response and root cause analysis with clarity and confidence.
• Familiar with CI/CD pipelines, deployment strategies, and release engineering best practices.

Bonus Points For

• Prior experience in the games industry, especially backend systems for multiplayer or live games.
• Hands-on knowledge of game engines such as Unity or Unreal.
• A passion for games, and a background in personal or open-source game-related projects.