Summary: The DevOps Engineer role at Code Wizards focuses on enhancing the company's capabilities in Game Tech and Esports Tech during a growth phase. The position requires collaboration with game studios to address global infrastructure challenges, ensuring the smooth operation of multiplayer games. Candidates should possess a strong background in the gaming industry and technical DevOps skills to manage incidents and improve team efficiency. The role emphasizes customer interaction, troubleshooting, and automation expertise in various tools.

Key Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with game studios to address global infrastructure challenges.
• Advise customers on best practices for game launches and troubleshoot/debug issues.
• Educate team members and act as an escalation point for complex problems.
• Diagnose and perform root cause analysis on customer infrastructure during incidents.
• Identify and implement methods to improve team efficiency and procedures.
• Utilize automation tools such as Ansible, Terraform, Grafana, and Kubernetes.
• Manage Linux server administration and some Windows server tasks.
• Participate in a regular on-call rotation to support customers and internal teams.

Key Skills:

• Experience in the gaming industry, particularly with backend systems for online games.
• Proficiency in automation tools (Ansible, Terraform, Grafana, Kubernetes).
• Strong knowledge of containers, cloud services (preferably AWS), and virtual machines.
• Deep experience with Linux server administration.
• Ability to write clean, scalable, and performant scripts and code.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to manage complex scenarios.
• Strong communication skills for customer interaction and team collaboration.
• Interest in programming and personal code-based projects.

Salary (Rate): undetermined

City: Elgin

Country: United Kingdom

Working Arrangements: undetermined

IR35 Status: undetermined

Seniority Level: undetermined

Industry: IT