Senior DevOps Engineer - Cloud & CI/CD for Live Games

Rushdown Studios; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

9 Paid Holidays + Flexible PTO

Medical, Dental, Vision Insurance

Annual Video Game Budget

401(k) Retirement Plan

Paid Parental Leave

Job summary

Rushdown Studios is seeking a DevOps Engineer to join our Saratoga Springs, NY team on a hybrid schedule (Tuesdays–Thursdays). You will design, implement, and maintain cloud infrastructure for large-scale game development and live-service games, and build robust CI/CD pipelines to automate builds and deployments.

The ideal candidate has strong AWS experience, scripting skills, and a passion for reliability and performance.

Qualifications

• Three years of professional experience with Amazon Web Services (AWS).
• Experience scripting with Python, PowerShell, or Groovy.
• Experience with containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Understanding of game packaging and deployment requirements for different platforms.
• Experience compiling code and/or managing pipelines that compile code.
• Experience monitoring and profiling applications (DataDog, CloudWatch, Prometheus).
• Ability to debug unexpected issues during development.
• Willingness to put player experience first and collaborate well with a team.
• Proactive communication to unblock work and navigate obstacles.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain cloud infrastructure for game development and live-service games.
• Deploy infrastructure-as-code using Terraform, CloudFormation, Azure Bicep, or ARM templates.
• Promote cloud security best practices and compliance for gaming infra.
• Design and develop CI/CD pipelines for builds and deployments.
• Respond to live support issues for a live-service game.
• Automate development environments to empower multiple teams.

Skills

AWS

Python scripting

PowerShell scripting

Go scripting

Game packaging knowledge

Debugging skills

Proactive communication

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Terraform

CloudFormation

Azure Bicep

Azure RM templates

DataDog

CloudWatch

Prometheus

Job description

Rushdown Studios is seeking a DevOps Engineer to join our Saratoga Springs, NY team on a hybrid schedule (Tuesdays–Thursdays). You will design, implement, and maintain cloud infrastructure for large-scale game development and live-service games, and build robust CI/CD pipelines to automate builds and deployments.

The ideal candidate has strong AWS experience, scripting skills, and a passion for reliability and performance.