Senior DevOps Engineer

Role Overview

Rushdown Studios is looking for a Senior DevOps Engineer to support an existing partner studio. You’ll work with the team to improve infrastructure reliability and automate infrastructure creation and tooling for a large-scale game development and live-service project.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain cloud infrastructure for game development and live-service games using one or more cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP).
• Deploy infrastructure as code (IaC) using tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation, Azure Bicep, or Azure Resource Manager templates.
• Apply cloud security best practices and meet compliance requirements for gaming infrastructure.
• Design and develop CI/CD pipelines for builds and deployments.
• Respond to live support issues related to the live-service game.
• Automate development environments to empower multiple teams.

Requirements

• 3+ years of professional experience with Amazon Web Services (AWS).
• Scripting experience with Python, PowerShell, or Groovy.
• Containerization and orchestration experience (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes).
• Understanding of game packaging and deployment requirements across platforms.
• Experience compiling code and/or managing pipelines that compile code.
• Ability to debug unexpected issues during development.
• Strong bias toward player experience and collaborative, proactive communication.

Nice to Haves

• Build system experience with Jenkins, TeamCity, or Azure DevOps (game-development context preferred).
• Experience with additional cloud providers (Azure, GCP).
• Knowledge of game development workflows and asset management.
• Experience with Go.
• Version control experience for game development (e.g., Perforce, Git LFS).