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.
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