Design and maintain scalable AWS infrastructure for mobile games, troubleshoot production issues, and mentor junior engineers while collaborating with teams.
Are you a highly skilled Senior Infrastructure Engineer with a passion for gaming and a knack for building robust, scalable systems?
We're looking for an experienced individual to join our team at a leading mobile game developer gaming company. If you thrive in large, dynamic environments, possess exceptional communication skills, and have a deep expertise in AWS, we want to hear from you!
As a Senior Infrastructure Engineer, you'll play a critical role in designing, implementing, and maintaining the core infrastructure that powers our hit mobile games. You'll work closely with development teams to ensure our systems are highly available, performant, and secure, supporting millions of players worldwide.
Responsibilities:
- Design, implement, and manage highly scalable and resilient infrastructure on AWS.
- Collaborate with engineering teams to provide infrastructure solutions that meet their needs.
- Troubleshoot complex production issues across distributed systems.
- Implement and maintain robust monitoring, logging, and alerting solutions.
- Drive continuous improvement in our infrastructure and operational practices.
- Mentor and guide junior engineers, fostering a culture of technical excellence.
- Communicate effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders regarding infrastructure status, plans, and issues.
Requirements:
- Many years of experience as an Infrastructure Engineer in large-scale production environments.
- Deep expertise in AWS services (e.g., EC2, S3, RDS, EKS, Lambda, VPC, CloudFront, Route 53).
- Strong understanding of containerization technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes).
- Experience with infrastructure as code tools (e.g., Terraform, CloudFormation).
- Solid grasp of networking concepts, security best practices, and system internals.
- Proven ability to design and implement highly available and fault-tolerant systems.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to articulate complex technical concepts clearly and concisely.
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps methodologies.
- A strong problem-solving mindset and the ability to work independently and as part of a team.
Bonus Points:
- Experience working in the gaming industry.
- Familiarity with other cloud providers (GCP, Azure).
- Knowledge of various database technologies (SQL and NoSQL).
- Contributions to open-source projects.
Top Skills
AWS
CloudFormation
Cloudfront
Docker
Ec2
Eks
Kubernetes
Lambda
Rds
Route 53
S3
Terraform
Vpc
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