Cloud DevOps Engineer for Game Infrastructure (Remote)

rushdownstudios; United States; Hybrid; USD 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid/remote option in the Eastern US

Medical, dental, and vision coverage

401(k) plan

Paid parental leave

Nine paid holidays

Flexible paid time off

Annual video game budget

Job summary

rushdownstudios is seeking a cloud infrastructure engineer to own and elevate the development and live-service environment for a large-scale game project. You will design, implement, and operate reliable cloud infrastructure across Azure, AWS, or GCP, and build automation enabling multiple teams to ship features quickly and safely.

You’ll work on IaC, CI/CD pipelines, and cloud security, collaborating with developers and live-ops to resolve incidents and optimize performance.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of professional experience with Microsoft Azure.
• Scripting with Python, PowerShell, Groovy, or similar languages.
• Familiarity with Docker and Kubernetes.
• Experience building and managing build pipelines.
• Experience monitoring with Datadog, CloudWatch, or Prometheus.
• Strong debugging and communication skills; collaborative blockers and player experience.

Responsibilities

• Design and maintain cloud infrastructure on Azure, AWS, or GCP.
• Provision resources via infrastructure-as-code tools (Terraform or templates).
• Build and improve CI/CD pipelines for game software deployment.
• Apply cloud security practices and compliance.
• Investigate live-service incidents using monitoring to identify causes.
• Automate development environments so multiple teams can work effectively.

Skills

Azure experience

Python scripting

Docker & Kubernetes

CI/CD pipelines

Monitoring & profiling

Debugging & collaboration

Tools

Terraform

Azure DevOps

Jenkins

TeamCity

Git LFS / Perforce

Job description

rushdownstudios is seeking a cloud infrastructure engineer to own and elevate the development and live-service environment for a large-scale game project. You will design, implement, and operate reliable cloud infrastructure across Azure, AWS, or GCP, and build automation enabling multiple teams to ship features quickly and safely.

You’ll work on IaC, CI/CD pipelines, and cloud security, collaborating with developers and live-ops to resolve incidents and optimize performance.