Rockstar Games
Cloud Platform Engineer
Manhattan, New York, United States · Senior · Full-time
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$17,717 more — $137,717 — moves this role to Level II and 2 lottery entries. That figure is inside the range the employer already advertised.
Based on the DOL prevailing wage for this occupation and worksite, a base salary of $137,717 would place this position at wage Level II. That figure is within the posted range, and I'd like to target it. This role classifies under "Software Developers" for prevailing-wage purposes.
DOL prevailing wage, 2026-27 wage year · Software Developers (15-1252) · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ. Wage level is derived by USCIS from the offered wage, occupation and worksite; the occupation shown is inferred from the job title.
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About the role
- Rockstar Games is on the lookout for a passionate and talented Engineer to help enable safe, scalable, and effective adoption of cloud technologies across the company.
- This role sits within IT and acts as the technical authority for cloud platforms, bridging emerging vendor capabilities with real-world production workflows.
- This is a full-time, in-office position based out of Rockstar's NYC headquarters in Downtown Manhattan.
Responsibilities
- Maintain various on-premise systems including Kubernetes, Elasticsearch, and other Linux-based systems.
- Manage a catalogue of approved cloud platforms and usage patterns.
- Maintain documentation and support development teams in design and implementation of cloud-enabled workflows and architecture.
- Design and enforce cost controls such as quotas, usage limits and reporting.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent experience.
- 5+ years of experience in cloud-native systems, cloud platforms, and infrastructure architecture.
- Experience with automation tools including Git, Pulumi, Terraform, Ansible or similar.
- Experience with Kubernetes, container orchestration, infrastructure automation, or modern platform engineering practices.
- Experience integrating APIs and services into production environments.
- Please note that these are desirable skills and are not required to apply for the position.
Compensation
- The pay range for this position in New York State (inclusive of New York City) at the start of employment is expected to be between the range below* per year.
Benefits
- We encourage applications from all suitable candidates regardless of age, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, belief, race, or any other protected cate gory.
- Details of participation in these benefit plans will be provided if an employee receives an offer of employment.
Company info
- The Rockstar Games Systems Engineering Team delivers global IT systems infrastructure to the development teams.
- We maintain our infrastructure to the highest standard, with an emphasis on preventative actions rather than reactive.
- Our team constantly reviews our processes with the aim of automating wherever possible.
Equal opportunity
- equal opportunity, dignity and respect.
- If you need more information about Rockstar's reasonable accommodation policies or process, or need to request an accommodation, please notify your recruiter during the interview process.
This listing is sourced directly from Rockstar Games's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.