Sr. DevOps Engineer

Job Description

Important: 

This role is only available to current residents of Canada. While we recognize there is talent all over the world, we can only consider Canadian residents at this time.

A Little About Us:

Making fans - That’s what we’re all about! Since our humble beginnings in 2011, these two words have driven Big Viking Games to become the successful company it is today. We are focused on making our mark as a next-generation, live operations games company.

We believe that each Viking is unique and brings exponential value to the company. In return, we provide Vikings with the opportunity to solve problems through continuous learning and fostering feedback, ultimately mastering their craft. By investing in our Vikings and in new technologies, we can continue our success for years to come.

We are embarking on an adventure and rely on our team of skilled, enthusiastic, and collaborative Vikings to turn our ship towards a new horizon. With that in mind, we are on the hunt for exceptional talent to join us on this new journey and help hoist the sails!

The Nitty Gritty

Big Viking Games is looking for a DevOps Engineer to join our Technology team! Reporting to our Senior Engineering Manager, you'll be working on our flagship games - YoWorld and FishWorld! The ideal candidate will be a seasoned devops engineer with extensive cloud experience. This role will be expected to split their time doing both maintaining the current game infrastructure and executing modernization projects. This position is offered 100% remotely. 

• Cloud Infrastructure Management: Design, implement, and maintain robust, scalable, and secure cloud infrastructure on AWS.
• Automation: Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines using tools like Jenkins, GitLab CI, or similar, ensuring smooth and reliable deployment processes.
• Kubernetes Management: Deploy, manage, and optimize Kubernetes clusters in a production environment. Implement best practices for container orchestration.
• Monitoring & Incident Management: Implement and maintain monitoring, logging, and alerting systems (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack) to ensure system health and quickly respond to incidents.
• Security & Compliance: Implement security best practices, including IAM management, secret management (e.g., HashiCorp Vault), and infrastructure as code (IaC) security policies.
• Collaboration: Work closely with cross-functional teams to define and implement infrastructure requirements and support ongoing development efforts.
• Performance Optimization: Continuously evaluate and optimize system performance, ensuring minimal downtime and fast recovery times.
• Disaster Recovery: Develop and maintain disaster recovery plans, including backups and failover strategies.
• Documentation & Knowledge Sharing: Maintain detailed documentation of infrastructure, processes, and procedures. Mentor junior team members and contribute to a culture of continuous learning.
  

The Duties:

• Work with engineering leadership in developing and executing initiatives and best practices
• Develop, implement and maintain our cloud infrastructure in AWS
• Participate in code reviews
• Ensure game uptime in liveops environment.
• Participate in incidence management and root cause analysis
• Encourage and build automated processes wherever possible
• Develop monitoring tools for measuring KPIs

Requirements

The Must Haves:

• DevOps Experience: 6+ years in a role with hands-on experience managing cloud infrastructure, preferably on AWS.
• Kubernetes Expertise: 3+ years of experience operating Kubernetes in production, including deployment, scaling, and troubleshooting.
• Terraform Proficiency: 3+ years of experience using Terraform in an AWS environment, including the management of state files and use of best practices.
• CI/CD Tools: Extensive experience with CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, GitLab CI, or similar.
• Scripting Skills: Proficient in scripting languages such as Bash, Python, or PowerShell for automation and tooling.
• Monitoring & Logging: Experience setting up and maintaining monitoring and logging systems like Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack, etc.
• Containerization: 3+ years of experience with Docker and container orchestration in a live environment.
• Communication Skills: Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to clearly articulate technical concepts to a non-technical audience.

The Nice to Haves

• Experience with additional configuration management tools (e.g., Ansible, Chef, Puppet).
• Familiarity with ArgoCD, Helm, Redis, Memcache, and MariaDB.
• Experience with serverless architectures and AWS Lambda.
• Knowledge of gaming industry best practices and a passion for gaming.
• AWS Solutions Architect Professional or equivalent knowledge. 

Benefits

The Loot:

• Competitive salary, bonus program, Group Retirement Savings Plan matching & participation in the Employee Stock Option Plan
• Comprehensive benefits package (health, dental, and vision), including generous time off policies

Becoming a Viking:

Does the idea of working for a gaming company doing what you love everyday sound exciting? Great, we’d love to hear from you! Send us your resume and cover letter

Big Viking Games is committed to providing accommodations for people with disabilities. If you require an accommodation, we will work with you to meet your needs. Accommodation may be provided in all parts of the hiring process.