Description
Electronic Arts is seeking a DevOps engineer with strong Linux experience to join the team responsible for EA's Perforce source control platform. As a critical service used across game development worldwide, this role involves eliminating manual work through automation.
You will build scalable automation with Ansible, develop Terraform-based Infrastructure as Code, automate provisioning and maintenance, operate and troubleshoot large Linux environments, participate in support rotations and incidents, and work directly with game teams on source control and infrastructure issues.
The successful candidate will have 5+ years of DevOps, infrastructure, systems, or platform engineering experience, 5+ years of strong hands-on Linux administration and troubleshooting experience, and 3+ years of hands-on Ansible experience.
Responsibilities:
- Building scalable automation with Ansible
- Developing Terraform-based Infrastructure as Code
- Automating provisioning, configuration, patching, upgrades, and maintenance
- Operating and troubleshooting large Linux environments across cloud, VM, and bare metal
- Participating in support rotations, incident response, and service recovery
- Working directly with game teams on source control, performance, and infrastructure issues
- Improving CI/CD, monitoring, alerting, and platform reliability
Requirements:
- 5+ years of DevOps, infrastructure, systems, or platform engineering experience
- 5+ years of strong hands-on Linux administration and troubleshooting experience
- 3+ years of hands-on Ansible experience building and maintaining automation
- Experience with Terraform and Infrastructure as Code
- Strong scripting skills with Python, Bash, PowerShell, or similar
- Experience with source control such as Git, SVN, Perforce, ClearCase, or similar
- Experience with production support, CI/CD, monitoring, and logging
- Strong communication skills
Nice to Have:
- Perforce Helix Core experience
- Azure experience
- Experience supporting large-scale developer platforms
- Game industry experience
Electronic Arts offers a comprehensive benefits package, including medical insurance, mental wellness support, pension plans, paid time off, family leave, free games, and more. The company values adaptability, resilience, creativity, and curiosity, providing opportunities for growth and development.