Data Engineer - AWS

Who We Are:

Take-Two develops, publishes and markets some of the world's biggest games. We publish products through our labels Rockstar Games, 2K, Ghost Story, PlayDots, Social Point as well as Private Division label and Nordeus. Our Rockstar label creates Grand Theft Auto and Red Dead Redemption, two of the most critically acclaimed gaming franchises in history. Our 2K label creates games like NBA 2K, WWE 2K, Bioshock, Borderlands, Evolve, XCOM and the beloved Sid Meier's Civilization. Our Private Division label publishes Kerbal Space Program, Ancestors and The Outer Worlds. 

While our offices (physical and virtual) are casual and inviting, we are deeply committed to our core tenets of creativity, innovation and efficiency, and individual and team development opportunities. Our industry and business are continually evolving and fast-paced, providing numerous opportunities to learn and hone your skills. We work hard, but we also like to have fun, and believe that we provide a great place to come to work each day to pursue your passions. 

Role: Data Engineer (AWS DevOps)

Take-Two, a leader in the interactive entertainment industry, is looking for a seasoned DevOps Engineer to join a team building a cloud-based data and analytics platform and an integration data hub to address challenges of point-to-point integrations.

The ideal candidate has technical depth and hands-on implementation experience of various practices and tools in the DevOps toolchain. He/she must have previous experience in a Cloud DevOps role. We are looking for an individual who is comfortable rolling up their sleeves to design and code modules for infrastructure, application, and processes.

Role Responsibilities

• Build Cloud Infrastructure components by leveraging Infrastructure as code.
• Collaborate with product/project development teams to drive automation of Configuration Management, Build, Release, Deployment and Monitoring processes.
• Provide professional support for the developed automations, respond to incidents to proactively prevent system outages, and ensure environments availability to meet SLAs.
• Contribute to innovation through automation to enable standard deployable units of infrastructure through multiple environments until production
• Participate in architectural discussions to ensure solutions are designed for successful deployment, security, cost effectiveness and high availability in the cloud.
• Ensure all infrastructure components meet proper performance and security standards.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of hands-on experience building DevOps solution in a cloud environment, preferably AWS
• 2+ year experience in building CI/CD pipeline automation in tools (Jenkins preferred) with using scripting languages (Python, preferred)
• Hands on experience with AWS Services like VPC, EC2, S3, ELB, RDS, ECS/EKS, IAM, CloudFront, CloudWatch, SQS/SNS, Lambda is a must
• Experience working with Infrastructure as Code tooling is a must. Experience with Terraform is highly desirable.
• Strong Docker or Kubernetes skills highly desirable
• Knowledge of IP networking, VPN's, DNS, load balancing and firewall is a must
• Experience working on Linux based infrastructure and Shell script is a must
• Experience with scheduling tool like Airflow is highly desirable
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

What We Offer You:

• Great Company Culture. Ranked as one of the most creative and innovative places to work, creativity, innovation, efficiency, diversity and philanthropy are among the core tenets of our organization and are integral drivers of our continued success. 
• Growth: As a global entertainment company, we pride ourselves on creating environments where employees are encouraged to be themselves, to be inquisitive and collaborative and to grow within and around the company.
• Work Hard, Play Hard. Our employees bond, blow-off steam, and flex some creative muscles – through corporate boot camp classes, company parties, game release events, monthly socials, and team challenges.
• Perks. Fitness allowance, employee discount programs, free games & events, the ability to earn cash for taking care of yourself and more!

Take-Two is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, and we are committed to hiring, promoting, and compensating employees based on their qualifications and demonstrated ability to perform job responsibilities.

This role will initially be based form home before our brand new office opens in late 2022 at which point it will become an in-office role. If you have the right skills and would like to learn more, please apply here.