Technical Artist: DevOps

Job Description

Rockstar Games is seeking a passionate and talented Technical Artist: DevOps to provide development support for their Technical Art team. This is a full-time, permanent, and in-office position based in London. The Technical Artist: DevOps will work within a team mostly situated in NYC, collaborating closely with IT and other Tech Art teams to deliver software and infrastructure systems to internal Tech Art teams.

Responsibilities:

• Maintain and support automation and scripting solutions.
• Apply software engineering best practices.
• Collaborate with other teams during troubleshooting.
• Configure and maintain DevOps tools.
• Provide detailed documentation of setups.

Requirements:

• Minimum of 5+ years’ experience in Gaming/VFX/IT or software development.
• Strong understanding of Windows and Linux systems and command line.
• Experience with distributed or containerized systems and microservices architecture.
• Experience with data management and processing.
• Proficiency in modern programming languages, such as bash/Python/Javascript/C#/Rust.
• Excellent communication and documentation skills.
• Ability to handle high-pressure situations and prioritize tasks.
• Excellent problem-solving and troubleshooting skills.
• Experience with Agile methodologies.
• Passionate about DevOps methodology and “infrastructure as code”.
• Strong knowledge of Linux and Windows server configuration.
• Basic knowledge of Linux and Windows server administration.
• Container administration and configuration.
• Understanding of metrics, monitoring, alerting, and dashboarding concepts.
• Knowledge of CI/CD pipeline.
• Experience with databases.
• Strong programming skills in Bash, Python, Javascript.
• Experience with version control systems.
• Experience with message queue system Kafka.

The role offers:

• Opportunity to work on world-class entertainment experiences at Rockstar Games.
• Be part of an inclusive, highly-motivated environment.
• Collaborate with talented people in the industry.