Technical Artist: DevOps

Gamecompanies; London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a passionate individual to join their Technical Art team. This full-time, in-office role in London involves maintaining and supporting automation solutions, applying software engineering best practices, and collaborating with various teams. You'll be part of an innovative environment, contributing to large-scale creative projects while working alongside some of the most talented professionals in the gaming industry. If you're eager to take on a challenging role that promotes growth and collaboration, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Benefits

Comprehensive benefits package

Highly competitive salary

Inclusive work environment

Opportunities for professional development

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in gaming or software development required.
• Strong understanding of Windows and Linux systems is essential.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and support automation and scripting solutions for production.
• Collaborate with teams to troubleshoot and provide solutions.

Skills

Communication Skills

Documentation Skills

Problem-Solving Skills

Technical Troubleshooting

Agile Methodologies

DevOps Methodology

Analytical Skills

Attention to Detail

Education

5+ years in Gaming/VFX/IT or Software Development

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Git Hub

Perforce

MongoDB

Postgres

Redis

Jenkins

Airflow

ArgoCD

Job description

Become part of a team working on some of the most rewarding, large-scale creative projects to be found in any entertainment medium - all within an inclusive, highly-motivated environment where you can learn and collaborate with some of the most talented people in the industry.

Rockstar is on the lookout for a passionate and talented individual who can provide development support for our Technical Art team to support our titles.

This is a full-time, permanent, and in-office position based in Rockstar’s unique game development studio in the heart of London.

WHAT WE DO

We deliver mostly 3rd party software and infrastructure systems to all our Tech Art internal teams.

1. Maintain our current systems, review and identify areas of improvements.
2. Work daily with our production team to quickly resolve bugs and provide solutions/requested features/ideas from the other developing teams.
3. Help other developing teams to migrate to our systems and use them in the most productive way.

We are a team mostly situated in NYC, and we work closely together with IT and other Tech Art teams to provide the fastest and best solutions for other TA developers to achieve their goals to the highest and latest standards.

RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Maintain and support automation and scripting solutions to drive new capabilities, visibility, and efficiency on projects that are needed in production.
2. Apply software engineering best practices across projects, utilizing modern best practices.
3. Collaborate with other teams to gather information during troubleshooting.
4. Provide expertise to configure and maintain DevOps tools, to maintain preventive rather than reactive workflow.
5. Provide detailed documentation of setups we implement to facilitate the onboarding of new teams and maintenance of the systems.

QUALIFICATIONS

1. Minimum of 5+ years’ experience in the field of Gaming/VFX/IT or software development.
2. Strong understanding of Windows and Linux systems and command line.
3. Experience with distributed or containerized systems and microservices architecture.
4. Experience with data management and processing.

SKILLS

1. Excellent communication skills with the ability to work as part of a team or individually as required.
2. Excellent documentation skills with high attention to detail.
3. Ability to handle high-pressure situations as well as prioritizing tasks.
4. Excellent problem-solving, analytical skills, and technical troubleshooting skills.
5. Experience with Agile methodologies.
6. Openness to learn and develop outside the current scope of knowledge.
7. Ability to shift focus based on support needs.
8. Passionate about DevOps methodology and “infrastructure as code”.
9. Strong knowledge of Linux and Windows server configuration (Win 11+/Ubuntu 20.04+ and Ansible).
10. Basic knowledge of Linux and Windows server administration (networking and Active Directory, certificates).
11. Container administration and configuration (Docker and k8s administration).
12. Understanding of metrics, monitoring, alerting, and dashboarding concepts (ELK, Grafana).
13. Knowledge of CI/CD pipeline (Jenkins/Airflow/ArgoCD).
14. Experience with databases (MongoDB, Postgres, Redis).
15. Experience with version control systems (Git Hub, Perforce).
16. Experience with message queue system Kafka.

PLUSES

1. Deeper understanding of Kubernetes, as well as databases, HA systems, Kafka, etc.
2. Extensive knowledge about tools such as: Sentry, Clickhouse, PowerShell, Hashicorp Vault, Memgraph.
3. Experience with setting up system backups, tests, and disaster recovery.
4. Experience managing highly sensitive data with an emphasis on security measures.
5. Ability to test and examine code written by others and analyze results.
6. Experience with service mesh (Cilium preferable).

HOW TO APPLY

Please apply with a CV and cover letter demonstrating how you meet the skills above. If we would like to move forward with your application, a Rockstar recruiter will reach out to you to explain next steps and guide you through the process.

Rockstar is committed to creating a work environment that promotes equal opportunity, dignity, and respect. In line with this commitment, Rockstar will provide reasonable accommodations to qualified job applicants with disabilities during the recruitment process in order for such applicants to be considered for the position for which they are applying, as well as to qualified employees to enable them to perform the essential functions of their roles. If you need more information about Rockstar’s reasonable accommodation policies or process, or need to request an accommodation, please contact the Human Resources Department.

If you’ve got the right skills for the job, we want to hear from you. We encourage applications from all suitable candidates regardless of age, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, belief, race, or any other protected category.

About the company

Want to be a part of the team responsible for creating and publishing some of the most popular and critically-acclaimed games in the world including franchises such as Grand Theft Auto, Max Payne, Red Dead, and more?

At Rockstar Games, we focus intently on quality and content to proudly produce exactly the kind of games we would want to play ourselves.

A career at Rockstar Games is about passion and commitment, to the projects and to each other, all while working on some of the most creatively rewarding and challenging projects to be found in any entertainment medium with some of the most talented people in the industry. We offer successful candidates a highly competitive salary and compensation package including a comprehensive benefits package for all full-time hires.