Senior Dev Ops Engineer

Square Enix, Inc.

Greater London

Hybrid

GBP 90,000 - 130,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

Square Enix, Inc. is seeking an experienced infrastructure engineer to deliver, operate and optimise hybrid platforms across on‑prem and cloud environments.

You will maintain monitoring and alerting, build automation, manage CI/CD pipelines, and provide technical support to development teams to enable efficient delivery of high‑quality services and applications. Key responsibilities include building Kubernetes clusters (GKE/on‑prem), managing access and IAM in cloud environments, database

Qualifications

Hands-on experience with on-prem sharded MongoDB clusters.
Extensive experience building, managing and scaling Kubernetes clusters (GKE/vanilla).
Proven ability to design high availability, resilient infrastructure.
Experience setting up monitoring, alerting, log collection (rsyslog, Grafana, Prometheus, ELK).
Automation and scripting experience (Terraform, Packer, Ansible, Bash).
Extensive Linux administration experience (Ubuntu LTS).
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or equivalent.
Experience in medium to large companies and cross-regional collaboration.
Ability to work with diverse business units globally.
Self-motivated team player, detail-oriented, prioritization skills.
Willingness to work outside standard hours.

Responsibilities

Deliver, operate, and optimise hybrid infrastructure across on-prem and cloud.
Maintain monitoring and alerting solutions; support automation frameworks.
Manage CI/CD pipelines and provide dev team support for delivery of services.
Build and maintain Kubernetes clusters and cloud/on-prem environments.
Establish best practices, standards, and documentation.

Skills

Mongo on-premises

Kubernetes (GKE/vanilla)

High availability infrastructure

Monitoring/logging stack

Automation/scripting

Linux administration

Teamwork/coordination

Problem solving under pressure

Independent work

Availability outside business hours

Future tech upskilling

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science

Tools

Kubernetes

GKE

Terraform

Packer

Ansible

Bash

rsyslog

Grafana

Prometheus

ELK

Ubuntu

Looker/BigQuery (data tools)

Google Cloud

GitLab-CI

Job description

Job Summary

Square Enix is a leading publisher of entertainment content, known for iconic franchises such as Final Fantasy, Kingdom Hearts, Dragon Quest, NieR, Life is Strange, and Just Cause. Our mission is to create and deliver experiences that resonate deeply with the hearts and minds of our players.

This role will focus on the delivery, operation, and continuous optimisation of hybrid infrastructure platforms across both on-premises and cloud environments. Responsibilities include maintaining monitoring and alerting solutions, developing and supporting automation frameworks, managing CI/CD pipelines, and providing technical support to development teams to enable the efficient delivery of high-quality services and applications.

Key Deliverables

Build and maintain Kubernetes clusters on-prem and in cloud

Access and IAM management in Google Cloud, Looker, BigQuery etc.
Database Management (mysql, psql, mongo)
Performance monitoring and fine tuning
Log collection and analysis
Monitoring and alerting setup and management
Establish best practices and standards and maintain documentation
Build and improve infrastructure automation and infrastructure as a code

Qualifications and Skills

Essential

Hands-on experience with on-prem sharded mongo cluster
Extensive experience in building, managing, scaling Kubernetes clusters (GKE, manual Kubernetes, etc.)
Extensive experience in designing and building high availability, resilient infrastructure
Experience in setting up and maintaining monitoring, alerting, log collection (rsyslog, Grafana, Prometheus, elk)
Automation and scripting experience (terraform, packer, ansible, bash)
Extensive Linux administration experience (Ubuntu LTS)
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience
Medium to large size company experience
Experience dealing with different business units located in various parts of the globe
Self-motivated team player with great attention to details, superb organizational skills, and the ability to prioritize workload
Proven track record in maintaing and enhancing skill level according to future technology trends and using innovative approaches in solving and preventing problems
Ability to analyse, solve problems, and work well under pressure
Experience working independently and without direct supervision
Willing to work outside standard business hours