Senior DevOps Engineer

We are looking for an Intermediate DevOps Engineer to support production and corporate infrastructure for a video game studio. The role focuses on designing, implementing, automating, securing, monitoring, and optimizing cloud-native infrastructure on Google Cloud Platform (GCP). You will work closely with development, security, and operations teams to ensure high availability, security, compliance, cost efficiency, and operational excellence.

Key Responsibilities:

Cloud Infrastructure (GCP)

Design, implement, and maintain GCP infrastructure across multiple environments

Manage:

• VPCs, subnets, firewall rules, VPC peering
• Application & Network Load Balancers
• Cloud Armor (WAF, DDoS protection)
• Cloud NAT, private networking
• Cloud CDN and Google Cloud Storage (GCS)
• Support site-to-site VPN connectivity
• Provide network administration and troubleshooting
• Support next-generation firewalls in GCP
• Occasionally support Azure or AWS environments if required

Containerization & Kubernetes

Administer and support Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) and/or on-prem Kubernetes clusters

Deploy and manage:

• NGINX web servers
• NGINX Ingress Controller
• Perform cluster upgrades, scaling, tuning, and troubleshooting
• Apply Linux and Kubernetes hardening standards
• Support Kubernetes across GKE / EKS / AKS when required

CI/CD, GitOps & Automation

• Design and maintain CI/CD pipelines using Docker and Kubernetes
• Implement GitOps workflows using:
• FluxCD
• ArgoCD
• Automate infrastructure and application deployments
• Improve deployment reliability, rollback strategies, and release governance

Observability, Logging & Monitoring

Implement and maintain monitoring with:

• Prometheus
• Grafana
• Alertmanager
• Node Exporter

Design alerting strategies for infrastructure and applications

Implement centralized logging using:

Fluentd / Fluent Bit

OpenSearch & OpenSearch Dashboards

Manage index lifecycle policies (ILM) and log retention

Continuously improve observability maturity

Security & Compliance

• Implement HashiCorp Vault for secrets management
• Configure mTLS for secure service communication
• Apply Linux, Kubernetes, and network hardening practices
• Support security vulnerability remediation and patching
• Work in compliance-driven environments (regulatory standards apply)

Infrastructure as Code & Configuration Management

• Develop and maintain Terraform code for infrastructure provisioning
• Create and manage Ansible playbooks and roles
• Ensure modular, reusable, version-controlled IaC practices

Databases & Data Platforms

Support:

• MongoDB (replica sets, sharded clusters)
• Redis (replication)
• Perform backups, restores, upgrades, and performance tuning
• Implement monitoring and alerting for data platforms

Disaster Recovery & Reliability

• Design and execute Disaster Recovery (DR) testing
• Conduct DR drills and failover testing
• Ensure backup strategies meet RPO / RTO requirements
• Prepare DR documentation and reports

Performance & Cost Optimization

Conduct performance and load testing using:

• Locust
• Apache JMeter
• Analyze results and recommend optimizations
• Perform monthly GCP cost analysis
• Identify cost-saving opportunities across infrastructure and workloads

Operational Support & Documentation

• Provide L2/L3 operational support for DevOps platforms
• Support internal tools (e.g., Squid proxy, Postfix relay)
• Maintain documentation:
• Architecture diagrams
• Runbooks
• SOPs and operational guides (Confluence)

Required Skills & Experience:

• Hands-on experience as a DevOps Engineer
• Strong experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP) or equivalent
• Solid understanding of:
• Linux internals
• Networking
• Security best practices
• Experience with:
• Kubernetes
• Docker
• CI/CD pipelines
• Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Ansible)
• Good problem-solving skills and attention to detail
• Strong communication skills and ability to work in cross-functional teams

Nice to Have:

• Experience with Azure or AWS
• Background in regulated or compliance-driven environments
• Experience with open-source tooling and platforms