Riot Games

Riot Games

Systems Engineer (Esports)

Los Angeles, USA

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 26 days ago
BashPowerShellGitAWSAzureCloud PlatformsDockerTerraformAnsibleCI/CDJenkinsLinuxSystems EngineeringCommunicationMentoring

About the role

  • Riot engineers bring deep knowledge of specific technical areas but also value the opportunity to work across multiple domains.
  • You will work in a self-guiding, cross-functional team with highly skilled individuals to ensure that Riot's infrastructure is capable of supporting all Riot Esports initiatives.
  • Expected travel ranges from 10% to 40% depending on event schedules and business needs.

Responsibilities

  • Design, support and evolve our global esports infrastructure
  • Collaborate within a diverse, cross functional team across engineering and operations
  • Develop technical standards and enable operations teams through documentation, automation, and coaching
  • Participate in global event support as needed, including occasional non standard working hours
  • 5+ years as a Systems, Support or Infrastructure Engineering roles
  • Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines (e.g., Jenkins)
  • That mission drives every decision in our quest to create games and experiences that make it better to be a player.
  • Our goal is to create collaborative teams where you are empowered to bring your unique perspective everyday.
  • Per the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, the following core duties may create a basis for disqualifying candidates with relevant criminal histories:
  • Please note that job duties may evolve based on business needs and additional responsibilities may be assigned as necessary to maintain operational efficiency and security.

Requirements

  • Experience with Ansible and Terraform for automation and configuration management
  • Experience with virtualization technologies (e.g., VMware, Hyper-V, Proxmox, AHV).
  • Experience designing and operating containerized workloads (e.g., Docker)
  • Experience with imaging and deployment tools (e.g., FOG, SCCM, Autopilot)
  • Expertise in Linux and Windows systems
  • Track record of reducing operational toil through automation
  • Experience defining and implementing monitoring, alerting, and observability standards
  • Proficiency in scripting and automation (e.g., PowerShell, Bash)
  • Experience using Git for version control
  • Experience with operating infrastructure in cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure)
  • Experience building or maintaining global infrastructure, systems at scale

Nice to have

  • Relevant certifications such as RHCE or RHCSA, or equivalent hands-on experience, are a plus

Benefits

  • Riot focuses on work/life balance, shown by our open paid time off policy and other perks such as flexible work schedules.
  • We offer medical, dental, and life insurance, parental leave for you, your spouse/domestic partner, and children, and a 401k with company match.
  • Check out our benefits pages for more information.

Company info

  • At Riot Games, we put players first.
  • Whether you're working directly on a new player-facing experience or you're supporting the company as a whole, everyone at Riot is part of our mission.
  • If that sounds like the kind of place you want to work, we're looking forward to your application.

This listing is sourced directly from Riot Games's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.