Senior Platform Engineer

2K Games is a global video game company, publishing titles developed by influential game development studios worldwide.
Novato, CA, USA
Cloud
Senior Software Engineer
Hybrid
1,000 - 5,000 Employees
4+ years of experience
Gaming

Description For Senior Platform Engineer

2K Games, founded in 2005, is a global video game company publishing titles developed by world-class studios. As part of the Platforms team, you'll be responsible for operations, engineering, and architecture of on-premise data centers, including networking, virtualization, and storage. This role requires an expert engineer passionate about building multi-datacenter infrastructure and services, with robust systems and problem-solving skills.

You'll collaborate with network engineers, systems architects, and development staff to support gamers and business needs. Key responsibilities include building and operating highly resilient systems in a multi-datacenter and cloud global environment, developing automation tools, implementing standards, and resolving technical issues.

The ideal candidate has 4+ years of experience in Platforms or System engineering for online services in multi-region, multi-cloud environments, with a focus on reliability and resiliency. You should have experience with AWS and/or GCP, Infrastructure as Code tools, and extensive knowledge of storage services, virtualization, and Windows/Linux servers.

Join a team of highly skilled engineers passionate about service availability and health, and contribute to building data center infrastructure services from greenfield to implementation. This role offers the opportunity to work on cutting-edge technology in the exciting world of video game publishing, supporting popular franchises like NBA 2K, BioShock, and Borderlands.

2K Games, headquartered in Novato, California, is committed to diversity and inclusion, encouraging candidates to "Come as You Are" and do their best work. As part of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc., you'll be joining a company at the forefront of the gaming industry.

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Responsibilities For Senior Platform Engineer

  • Build and operate highly resilient systems in a multi-datacenter and cloud global environment serving game and consumer services
  • Develop tools for the management and automation of the systems and service infrastructure
  • Define and implement standards that will impact systems, services, and multiple cloud environments
  • Diagnose and resolve technical issues from both internal and external customers
  • Drive improvements to prevent recurring issues
  • Participate in Platforms on-call rotation

Requirements For Senior Platform Engineer

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  • 4+ years of demonstrated influence across teams for large scale projects
  • 4+ years of experience in Platforms or System engineer role for online services in multi-region, multi-cloud environments
  • 4+ years of developing tools for automation of processes
  • 2+ years of AWS and/or GCP cloud experience running highly elastic mission critical workloads
  • 4+ years system engineering experience
  • 2+ years of experience using Infrastructure as Code tools like Terraform, Pulumi, or others
  • Extensive knowledge of storage service, virtualization, Windows server OS and Linux
  • Experience with system analysis and troubleshooting
  • Ability to serve as a mentor to junior engineers and provide technical leadership

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