Site Reliability Engineer

Job Description

Your Platform

Activision Central Tech works to support our development studios and their titles. Comprised of seven main teams, we have many specialties including big data, privacy and security, motion capture and animation pipeline technologies, graphics, build and infrastructure for studio development and data centers, optimization, systems programming and online services including matchmaking and networking. Central Tech is distributed globally with offices across the US, and in Canada, England, Ireland and Japan.

Most of our teams are comprised of both engineering and research talent, allowing us to always have an eye on the future. Our dedicated engineers help with title development and provide valuable knowledge sharing between studios while our researchers make things happen and keep a strong connection with the needs of the game studios.

Central Tech is part of Activision. To learn more about us and our research, please visit us at https://research.activision.com/.

Your Mission

The Central Tech team is looking for a Site Reliability Engineer to join us in managing the infrastructure that supports backend game servers for some of the largest multiplayer games in the world. This is a very small team with a very large responsibility!

The individual in this position will act as the point of interception for day-to-day studio and team server support. This position will also be responsible for building out documentation, alerting, monitoring and assisting in building SOPs for identifying and resolving issues.

Your responsibilities:
• Apply your technical expertise to improve the scalability and reliability of our services platforms that are built on open-source technologies.
• Investigate and resolve problems at scale for our critically important services. Contribute to root cause analysis efforts. Help the team implement fixes and apply what we've learned to prevent recurring issues.
• Demonstrate a customer-focused demeanor, keeping the success of our game studio partners and an excellent player experience front and center at all times.
• Influence our technology community with your expertise.
• Be a contributing member of the worldwide Activision engineering community. Bring knowledge and standard methodologies into the team and share your expertise with other teams who will benefit from it.
• Share comprehensive design feedback in the development of new services and service architecture, both with your own team members and with other teams across the company.
• Build long-term working relationships with senior online developers, technical directors, and producers across Activision's game studios.

Requirements:
• 2+ years relevant work experience
• Technical expertise in service scalability and reliability
• Expertise in Python
• Expertise in Django
• Expertise in Nagios/Splunk
• Experience with Deployment tools (Ansible/Puppet/Chef)
• Experience with Docker Containerization
• Experience writing Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) and Knowledge Base Articles (KBs)
• Experience with program management methodologies and working with Program Managers
• Experience with automated testing frameworks
• Experience working in a business-critical production environment

Bonus Points:
• Understanding of Javascript
• Understanding of React
• Cloud experience (AWS/GCP/Azure)
• JIRA experience
• Experience working in game economy
• Experience working with high-volume, consumer-facing applications
• Flexibility and adaptability to changing situations and requirements
• Excellence in proactive, open-minded collaboration across teams

We love hearing from anyone who is enthusiastic about changing the games industry. Not sure you meet all qualifications? Let us decide! Research shows that women and members of other under-represented groups tend to not apply to jobs when they think they may not meet every qualification, when, in fact, they often do! We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment and strongly encourage you to apply.

The video game industry and therefore our business is fast-paced and will continue to evolve. As such, the duties and responsibilities of this role may be changed as directed by the Company at any time to promote and support our business and relationships with industry partners.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status, among other characteristics.

We are committed to working with and providing reasonable assistance to individuals with physical and mental disabilities. If you are a disabled individual requiring an accommodation to apply for an open position, please email your request to accommodationrequests@activisionblizzard.com General employment questions cannot be accepted or processed here. Thank you for your interest.

About Activision Blizzard Media

Activision Blizzard Media is the gateway for brands to the #1 cross-platform gaming company in the western world, with hundreds of millions of players across over 190 countries. Our legendary portfolio includes iconic mobile game franchises such as Candy Crush™, esports opportunities like the Call of Duty® and Overwatch® Leagues, and some of the top PC and console gaming franchises such as World of Warcraft®, Call of Duty®, and StarCraft®.

The idea is simple: great game experiences offer great marketing experiences. We have built a new team to introduce innovative, impactful, and rewarding advertising experiences to our huge audience of highly-engaged players. We are looking for new talents to help take our emergent media offering to the next level.

We need all sorts of heroes

Making games is fun. Especially when you do it with people who share the same idea of what makes a good workplace, great. We design games for everyone, no matter where they are or who they are, and we employ all sorts of people from all kinds of backgrounds to bring them to life. Truth is, we simply can't expect diversity in our players and originality in our games without first nurturing it in our people.

Ready to play?

Come join our world and work alongside some of the best and brightest minds in the business.

All applications should be made in English.

Discover more at https://www.activisionblizzardmedia.com/

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-gp5qve-3-22-70-9-42 in your application.