Software Engineer - Devops Automation, Perforce

Electronic Arts (EA); Vancouver; Hybrid; CAD 122,000 - 171,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

3 weeks vacation

Sick time 10 days

Extended health/dental/vision

Life insurance

Disability insurance

Retirement plan

Job summary

Electronic Arts in Vancouver is seeking a DevOps Engineer to automate and scale infrastructure within a large Linux environment. You will partner with EA game teams, participate in on-call rotations, and drive reliability of the Perforce-based platform across cloud, VM, and bare metal.

The role emphasizes hands-on production work, incident response, and improving CI/CD, monitoring, and platform reliability while collaborating with cross-functional teams in a hybrid Vancouver setting.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of DevOps, infrastructure, systems, or platform engineering experience.
• 5+ years of strong hands-on Linux administration and troubleshooting experience.
• 3+ years of hands-on Ansible experience building and maintaining automation.
• Experience with Terraform and Infrastructure as Code.
• Strong scripting skills with Python, Bash, PowerShell, or similar.
• Experience with source control such as Git, SVN, Perforce, ClearCase, or similar.
• Experience with production support, CI/CD, monitoring, and logging.
• Strong communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Build scalable automation with Ansible.
• Develop Terraform-based Infrastructure as Code.
• Automate provisioning, configuration, patching, upgrades, and maintenance.
• Operate and troubleshoot large Linux environments across cloud, VM, and bare metal.
• Participate in support rotations, incident response, and service recovery.
• Work directly with game teams on source control, performance, and infrastructure issues.
• Improve CI/CD, monitoring, alerting, and platform reliability.

Skills

Linux administration

Automation scripting

Python/Bash

CI/CD

Communication

Tools

Ansible

Terraform

Git

SVN

Perforce

ClearCase

Job description

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.

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.

Join the team responsible for EA's Perforce source control platform, a critical service used across game development worldwide by teams working on Battlefield, FC, Madden, The Sims, and many others.

We are looking for a DevOps engineer with strong Linux experience who enjoys eliminating manual work. If you like turning scripts and repetitive procedures into reliable automation, reducing the need to log directly into servers, and operating infrastructure safely at scale, this role is for you.

This is also a hands-on production role. You will work directly with EA game teams, participate in support rotations and incidents, troubleshoot performance and infrastructure issues, and help improve the reliability and automation of the platform.

Location - Vancouver (Hybrid)

What You'll Do

• Build scalable automation with Ansible
• Develop Terraform-based Infrastructure as Code
• Automate provisioning, configuration, patching, upgrades, and maintenance
• Operate and troubleshoot large Linux environments across cloud, VM, and bare metal
• Participate in support rotations, incident response, and service recovery
• Work directly with game teams on source control, performance, and infrastructure issues
• Improve CI/CD, monitoring, alerting, and platform reliability

Requirements

• 5+ years of DevOps, infrastructure, systems, or platform engineering experience
• 5+ years of strong hands-on Linux administration and troubleshooting experience
• 3+ years of hands-on Ansible experience building and maintaining automation
• Experience with Terraform and Infrastructure as Code
• Strong scripting skills with Python, Bash, PowerShell, or similar
• Experience with source control such as Git, SVN, Perforce, ClearCase, or similar
• Experience with production support, CI/CD, monitoring, and logging
• Strong communication skills

Nice to Have

• Perforce Helix Core experience
• Azure experience
• Experience supporting large-scale developer platforms
• Game industry experience

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

• British Columbia (depending on location e.g. Vancouver vs. Victoria) *$122,300 - $170,700 CAD

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.