Job Description

We Are EAAnd we make games - How cool is that? In fact, we entertain millions of people across the globe with the most amazing and immersive interactive software in the industry. But making games is hard work. That\'s why we employ the most creative and passionate people in the industry.Save the planet from Alien Invaders. Score the winning touchdown.Yup - It\'s the coolest job on the planet!The Challenge Ahead:Is to enhance and maintain our new cross-game, cross-platform application stack built on kubernetes platform. You\'ll have the opportunity to build sophisticated platform capabilities supporting live services capabilities for EA\'s top titles like FC, Battlefield etc. You\'ll be able to build server-side systems that deliver new functionality within the larger Digital Platform, as well as work on regular improvements to the systems to keep them at top notch performance.What a DevOps Engineer does within the EADP Arrival Team:We are seeking an experienced DevOps Engineer with a strong focus on Kubernetes (K8s) infrastructure. The ideal candidate will be responsible for managing and optimizing our Kubernetes clusters, ensuring the reliability, scalability, and performance of our containerized applications. You will collaborate closely with development and operations teams to automate workflows and improve our CI/CD pipelines. Additionally, you will be a champion for best practices within the engineering team.Responsibilities:

• Create and maintain a multi-tenant live services tooling platform for EA games
• Design, deploy, and manage Kubernetes clusters in production and development environments.
• Implement and maintain CI/CD pipelines to automate application deployment.
• Monitor and optimize the performance of Kubernetes clusters and containerized applications.
• Ensure the security and compliance of the Kubernetes infrastructure.
• Collaborate with development teams to containerize applications and microservices.
• Implement and manage infrastructure as code (IaC) using tools like Terraform.
• Troubleshoot and resolve issues related to Kubernetes and container orchestration.
• Stay updated with the latest trends and best practices in Kubernetes and DevOps.
• Occasional off-hours support for development needs and support of the live environment

Required Skills / Experience:

• 6+ years of relevant experience with public cloud services (especially AWS, and GCP)
• Proven experience as a DevOps Engineer with a focus on Kubernetes.
• Strong understanding of containerization technologies such as Docker.
• Hands-on experience with Kubernetes cluster management and orchestration.
• Proficiency in scripting languages such as Python, or Go.
• Solid understanding of CI/CD pipelines and automation tools (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab CI).
• Knowledge of cloud platforms (AWS, GCP) and their Kubernetes services (EKS, GKE).
• Familiarity with monitoring and logging tools (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK stack).
• Solid understanding of complex Kubernetes concepts such as service mesh, operators, service discovery, logging and metrics
• Solid understanding and hands on experience with Infrastructure-as-Code tooling such as Terraform
• Demonstrated expertise in network security fundamentals for services hosted on Kb8 in AWS & GCP.
• Understanding and experience implementing network resources in public cloud context, including DNS, subnetting, route tables, NAT, and firewalls.

Nice to have Skills:

• Experience migrating existing services from Cloud Compute (EC2) to Kubernetes
• Experience with Continuous Deployment technologies such as ArgoCD
• Experience with managing DB & Cache clusters

BC COMPENSATION AND BENEFITSThe base salary ranges listed below are for the defined geographic market pay zones in these locations. If you reside outside of these locations, a recruiter will advise on the base salary range and benefits for your specific location.EA has listed the base salary ranges it in good faith expects to pay applicants for this role in the locations listed, as of the time of this posting. Salary offered will be determined based on numerous relevant business and candidate factors including, for example, education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, geographic location, and business or organizational needs.BASE SALARY RANGES

• British Columbia (depending on location e.g. Vancouver vs. Victoria):

\xc2\xba $115,100 - $161,200 CAN AnnuallyBase salary is just one part of the overall compensation at EA. We also offer a package of benefits including vacation (3 weeks per year to start), 10 days per year of sick time, paid top-up to EI/QPIP benefits up to 100% of base salary when you welcome a new child (12 weeks for maternity, and 4 weeks for parental/adoption leave), extended health/dental/vision coverage, life insurance, disability insurance, retirement plan to regular full-time employees. Certain roles may also be eligible for bonus and equity.

Electronic Arts