Cloud Systems Engineer II

Take--two-Interactive-Software,-Inc; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Great company culture

Growth opportunities

On‑site events

Comprehensive benefits

Fitness allowance

Employee discounts

Free games

Job summary

Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. is seeking a Cloud Systems Engineer to design, deploy, and maintain scalable cloud infrastructure across AWS and GCP, using Terraform for IaC and GitHub Actions for CI/CD. You will collaborate with dev, security, and networking teams to drive reliability and cost optimization.

You will mentor junior engineers, contribute to runbooks and architecture decisions, and help champion best practices in a fast-paced, high‑availability environment.

Qualifications

• Hands-on cloud engineering experience with AWS and GCP.
• Experience writing Terraform modules and IaC best practices.
• Proficient with GitHub for PRs, branches, and workflows.
• Python as primary scripting language with maintainable code.
• Strong Linux system administration and networking knowledge.
• Familiarity with CI/CD principles and tooling.
• Experience designing for high availability and cost optimization in cloud-native environments.
• Ability to communicate complex topics to technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Architect, deploy, and maintain scalable, highly available infra across AWS/GCP.
• Manage infrastructure-as-code using Terraform and enforce standards.
• Develop automation tooling and internal platforms using Python.
• Lead CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions and workflows.
• Monitor performance, participate in on-call rotations, and drive post-incident reviews.
• Collaborate with development, security, and networking teams on cloud services.
• Mentor junior and mid-level engineers, setting code quality standards.
• Create and maintain runbooks, architecture decisions, and docs.

Skills

AWS & GCP experience

IaC with Terraform

Python scripting

Linux administration

Networking fundamentals

CI/CD concepts

GitHub workflows

Kubernetes / EKS

Container tech (Docker)

Cloud cost optimization

Tools

Terraform

GitHub

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Headquartered in New York City, Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. is a leading developer, publisher, and marketer of interactive entertainment for consumers around the globe. We develop and publish products principally through Rockstar Games, 2K, and Zynga. Our strategy is to create hit entertainment experiences, delivered on every platform relevant to our audience through a variety of sound business models. Our pillars - creativity, innovation, and efficiency - guide us as we strive to create the highest quality, most captivating experiences for our consumers. The Company’s common stock is publicly traded on NASDAQ under the symbol TTWO. For more corporate and product information please visit our website athttp://www.take2games.com .

While our offices (physical and virtual) are casual and inviting, we are deeply committed to our core tenets of creativity, innovation and efficiency, and individual and team development opportunities. Our industry and business are continually evolving and fast-paced, providing numerous opportunities to learn and hone your skills. We work hard, but we also like to have fun, and believe that we provide a great place to come to work each day to pursue your passions.

The Challenge

The Systems Engineering team crafts, builds, deploys and maintains a wide variety of IT infrastructure using the latest standards and technologies.

We are actively looking for a Cloud Systems Engineer with a broad range of systems infrastructure related and general purpose programming skills. Our ideal candidate has a rich and diverse technical background, is creative and passionate about IT systems, as well as standardization, optimization, and automation. Furthermore, this candidate will have experience architecting, engineering, implementing, and supporting large scale enterprise networks, storage, and system infrastructures in public and private cloud, and on-prem solutions to accommodate end-users, developers, and internal/external customers.

Candidates are expected to stay aware of industry changes and plan to keep ahead of industry advancements to help guide the use and implementation of technology at Take-Two.

What You’ll Take On

• Architect, deploy, and maintain scalable, highly available infrastructure across AWS and GCP, following cloud-native best practices.
• Manage all infrastructure-as-code using Terraform, writing, reviewing, and enforcing IaC standards across the team.
• Develop and maintain automation tooling and internal platforms using Python, reducing manual toil.
• Lead the design and continuous improvement of CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions and GitHub workflows..
• Proactively monitor system performance and availability, participate in an on-call rotation and drive post incident reviews to improve reliability.
• Collaborate closely with development, security, and networking teams to evaluate and adopt new cloud services and technologies.
• Mentor junior and mid-level engineers, establishing standards for code quality.
• Create and maintain clear technical documentation, runbooks, and architecture decision records.

What You Bring

• Hands-on cloud engineering experience, with significant depth in AWS (EC2, ECS/EKS, RDS, EBS, S3, Lambda, IAM, VPC, and more) and working knowledge of GCP.
• Write terraform modules, manage state, enforce policy, and review IaC PRs.
• Use GitHub for pull requests, branch strategy, actions workflows, and repository management..
• Python is your primary scripting and automation language. You write clean, tested, maintainable code.
• Proficiency with Linux system administration, networking fundamentals (TCP/IP, DNS, load balancing, firewalls), and container technologies (Docker, Kubernetes / EKS).
• Strong understanding of CI/CD principles and experience building or maintaining delivery pipelines.
• Experience architecting for high availability, fault tolerance, and cost optimization in a cloud-native environment.
• Communicate clearly to explain complex infrastructure topics to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Great to Have

• Experience with configuration management tools such as Ansible or Puppet.
• Familiarity with observability stacks like Datadog, Grafana, Prometheus, CheckMK, or equivalent.
• Knowledge of service mesh or advanced networking patterns (e.g., AWS Transit Gateway, PrivateLink, GCP VPC peering).
• Background in gaming, media, or other high-throughput, latency-sensitive industries.
• Experience with cost management tooling and FinOps practices in large AWS environments.

What We Offer You

• Great Company Culture. Ranked as one of the most creative and innovative places to work, creativity, innovation, efficiency, diversity and philanthropy are among the core tenets of our organization and are integral drivers of our continued success.
• Growth: As a global entertainment company, we pride ourselves on creating environments where employees are encouraged to be themselves, inquisitive, collaborative and to grow within and around the company.
• Work Hard, Play Hard.Our employees bond, blow-off steam, and flex some creative muscles - through corporate boot camp classes, company parties, game release events, monthly socials, and team challenges.
• Benefits. Medical (HSA & FSA), dental, vision, 401(k) with company match, employee stock purchase plan, commuter benefits, in-house wellness program, broad learning & development opportunities, a charitable giving platform with company match and more!
• Perks. Fitness allowance, employee discount programs, free games & events and stocked pantries.

Regular, full-time employees are also eligible for a range of benefits at the Company, including: medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance coverage; 14 paid holidays per calendar year; paid vacation time per calendar year (ranging from 15 to 25 days) or eligibility to participate in the Company’s discretionary time off program; up to 10 paid sick days per calendar year; paid parental and compassionate leave; wellbeing programs for mental health and other wellness support; family planning support through Maven; commuter benefits; and reimbursements for fitness-related expenses. The use of Artificial Intelligence is not being used to screen candidates. The position is for an existing vacancy.

Please be aware that Take-Two does not conduct job interviews or make job offers over third-party messaging apps such as Telegram, WhatsApp, or others. Take-Two also does not engage in any financial exchanges during the recruitment or onboarding process, and the Company will never ask a candidate for their personal or financial information over an app or other unofficial chat channel. Any attempt to do so may be the result of a scam or phishing exercise. Take-Two’s in-house recruitment team will only contact individuals through their official Company email addresses (i.e., via a take2games.com email domain). If you need to report an issue or otherwise have questions, please contact [e-mail]

As an equal opportunity employer, Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. ("Take-Two") is committed to fostering and celebrating the diverse thoughts, cultures, and backgrounds of its talent, partners, and communities throughout its organization. Consistent with this commitment, Take-Two does not discriminate or retaliate against any employee or job applicant because of their race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, and gender identity), national origin, age, disability, and genetic information (including family medical history), or on the basis of any other trait protected by applicable law. If you need to report a concern or have questions regarding Take-Two’s equal opportunity commitment, please contact [e-mail].