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Lead DevOps Engineer

Lost Boys Interactive is a member of the Gearbox Software and Embracer Group family. We are a rapidly growing AAA game studio based in Madison Wisconsin, with full remote work available from any state in the US. We provide top-tier development for our partners as well as working on our own AAA game projects. We have world-class projects, resources, and infrastructure, but our company’s success comes from the talented and passionate people who work together each day to produce great games together.

Lost Boys Interactive is growing our DevOps practice to help level up our AAA clients’ DevOps capabilities. At Lost Boys, we bring our collective DevOps experience to our clients to help them modernize their infrastructure and operations via automation and leading technology solutions.

You will be working with our partner AAA game studio to lead a team building out CI/CD pipelines, enabling operations, and building out infrastructure in VMware and cloud environments. As an embedded member of an agile team, you will work to improve existing workflows and enable our client’s next generation game properties and tools.

Supportive, Collaborative, Safe, Accepting, Respectful, Kind, and Fun are a few words that our employees use to describe their experience at Lost Boys Interactive. Do these words describe the kind of studio you would like to call home? Apply today to start your Lost Boys adventure!

Please note: You must reside in the US to qualify for this role. Currently Lost Boys Interactive is not able to sponsor visas.

Responsibilities

• Lead a new team of Lost Boys at our AAA partner studio
• Ensure that architectural changes are identified and discussed
• Understand new technologies and requirements and their impact on the pipelines
• Suggest and lobby for work on technical debt and non-functional improvements
• Identify skill gaps and resources needs in order to deliver on objectives
• Mentor team members and increase the amount of work that the team can deliver while maintaining quality

Required Technical Skills
A combination of experience with the following technologies is required:

• Linux system administration
• Cloud platforms: Azure or AWS
• OnPrem virtualization: VMware
• Cloud automation tools: Terraform (is preferred), CloudFormation
• Configuration management: Chef (is preferred), Vagrant, Ansible, Salt
• CI/CD: TeamCity and Jenkins (are preferred), Bamboo
• Programming/Scripting languages: Ruby, Go and Bash (are preferred), Python, C++
• Authentication: Active Directory, LDAP
• Networking: DNS, VPN, ACL, DHCP
• Version Control: Perforce and Git (are preferred), SVN
• Operating Systems: Linux, Windows

Beneficial Experience
Skills that are not required but would make a better candidate:

• HashiCorp Vault
• HashiCorp Packer
• Content Delivery Networks: Steam, Akamai, Cloudflare
• Containerization: Docker, Nomad, Kubernetes, Helm, Rancher

Required Qualifications

• 5+ years hands-on engineering experience
• B.S. (or higher) in Computer Science
• Experience working with Agile/Scrum teams
• Ability to write and maintain effective technical design documentation
• Ability to verbally articulate complex technical concepts
• Willingness to work in an on-call capacity on a rotational basis
• Eligibility to work in the U.S. without visa sponsorship

The video game industry, and therefore our business, is fast-paced and will continue to evolve. As such, the duties and responsibilities of this role may be changed as directed by the Company at any time to promote and support our business and relationships with industry partners.

You will be delighted with our people, our culture, and the amazing games you will be working on. Come join our merry band. Apply today and become part of the Lost Boys adventure!

Lost Boys Interactive LLC is an equal opportunity employer.