Senior DevOps Engineer – Live Game Infra, Hybrid/Remote

HellaGoodAudio; Elgin, Reading; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Code Wizards, a leader in Game and Esports Tech, seeks a Senior DevOps Engineer to support game migrations and keep live services online. You’ll educate teammates and act as an escalation point for complex issues, collaborating with internal teams and customers to ensure uptime.

The role emphasizes live-service expertise, Linux/container proficiency, and automation across tools. Hybrid work: three days onsite at the Elgin studio and two days remote.

Qualifications

• Experience in the gaming industry with a live service game in production.
• Strong knowledge of online game backend systems and engines (Unity/Unreal).
• Excited to learn unfamiliar infrastructure and tools.
• Automation experience across a range of tools including Kubernetes, Terraform and Ansible.

Responsibilities

• Diagnose and perform root cause analysis on customer infrastructure during incidents.
• Identify improvements to team efficiency and support procedures.
• Assist with escalated issues across multiple teams.
• Write clean, scalable scripts and code for automation.
• Participate in regular on-call rotation to support customers and teams.

Skills

Live service games

Backend systems

Game engines

Automation tools

AWS migration

Containers & Linux

Programming projects

Tools

Kubernetes

Grafana

Terraform

Ansible

AWS

Job description

Code Wizards, a leader in Game and Esports Tech, seeks a Senior DevOps Engineer to support game migrations and keep live services online. You’ll educate teammates and act as an escalation point for complex issues, collaborating with internal teams and customers to ensure uptime.

The role emphasizes live-service expertise, Linux/container proficiency, and automation across tools. Hybrid work: three days onsite at the Elgin studio and two days remote.