DevOps Engineer

Games Jobs Direct; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading game development studio in Edinburgh is looking for a talented DevOps Engineer to join their team. This full-time, in-office role requires a strong understanding of Windows systems and a passion for automating repetitive tasks. Responsibilities include designing internal tooling, supporting development teams, and ensuring the observability of processes. Candidates should have proficiency in relevant programming languages and familiarity with container technologies. The environment promotes learning and collaboration within a creative team.

Qualifications

• Understanding of GitHub and associated tooling.
• Experience with IaC or GitOps practices.
• Experience with software observability tools.
• Strong understanding of the software development lifecycle.
• Effective communication with various stakeholders.
• Ability to work independently or in cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Design, build and maintain internal developer tooling or platforms.
• Support development teams in identifying and providing solutions to software delivery bottlenecks.
• Automate software delivery process through CI/CD pipelines.
• Ensure observability of tooling and services.
• Define and promote standards for software observability.

Skills

Programming languages (TypeScript, C#, PowerShell, Python)

Container technologies (Docker, Kubernetes)

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering or equivalent experience

Tools

GitHub

Terraform

Chef/Ansible

Sentry

Splunk

Grafana

Job description

At Rockstar Games, we create world-class entertainment experiences.

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Rockstar North is looking for a talented DevOps Engineer who has a strong understanding of Windows systems and an inclination to automate repetitive tasks and develop tooling. This is a full-time, permanent and in-office position based out of Rockstar's state-of-the-art game development studio in Edinburgh, Scotland.

WHAT WE DO

• We work closely with developers, DBAs, build engineers, and security teams.
• We build world-class infrastructure for our high traffic, high visibility web sites and services.
• We provide operational support for critical services that enable connected experiences found across our game franchises.
• We constantly review our processes, automate wherever possible, and develop our own toolchains.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Design, build and maintain internal developer tooling or platforms.
• Support development teams in their day-to-day work, identifying and providing solutions to bottlenecks in the software delivery process.
• Work with development teams to help automate their software delivery process through CI/CD pipelines or automated tooling.
• Ensure the observability of tooling, CI/CD pipelines and services, both internal and external.
• Define and promote patterns and standards (golden paths) for software observability, monitoring and reporting.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Understanding of GitHub and associated tooling such as GitHub actions and GitHub apps.
• Experience with IaC or GitOps practices (Terraform, Chef/Ansible, ArgoCD).
• Experience with software observability using tools such as Sentry, Splunk or Grafana.
• Strong understanding of the software development lifecycle.
• Ability to communicate effectively with various stakeholders across team boundaries.
• Ability to work independently or as part of cross‑functional teams.

SKILLS

• Proficient in one or more programming languages, such as TypeScript, C#, PowerShell or Python.
• Proficient in the use of container technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes.

PLUSES

Please note that these are desirable skills and are not required to apply for the position.

• Cloud or DevOps certifications.
• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering or equivalent experience.
• Experience, or desire to work within the online gaming space.
• Familiarity with on-premise or hybrid infrastructure.

HOW TO APPLY

Please apply with a resume and cover letter demonstrating how you meet the skills above. If we would like to move forward with your application Massa, Heinz?