Job Description

We have a team of talented people collaborating daily between our studios in Leamington Spa, Bangalore and Beijing, or on a remote basis from Turkey, Brazil, the Philippines and many more places, and we've recently acquired our first external studio,

We have a team of talented people collaborating daily between our studios in Leamington Spa, Bangalore and Beijing, or on a remote basis from Turkey, Brazil, the Philippines and many more places, and we've recently acquired our first external studio, TicTales which is based in France. We have a truly global team making games for a global audience. And it's paying off: Kwalee has been recognised with the Best Large Studio and Best Leadership awards from TIGA (The Independent Game Developers' Association) and our games have been downloaded in every country on earth! What's the job As a Lead DevOps Engineer you have a passion for automation, security and building reliable expandable systems. You develop scripts and tools to automate deployment tasks and monitoring critical aspects of the operation, resolve engineering problems and incidents. Colaborate with architects and developers to help create platforms for the future. What you tell your friends you do 'I manage 100s of servers worldwide to keep millions of players happy' What you will really be doing Find ways to automate tasks and monitoring systems to continuously improve our systems. Develop scripts and tools to make our infrastructure resilient and efficient. Understand our applications and services and keep them running smoothly How you will be doing this You'll be part of an agile, multidisciplinary and creative team and work closely with them to coordinate efforts and get the best results. You'll think creatively and be motivated by challenges and constantly striving for the best. You'll work with cutting edge technology, if you need software or hardware to get the job done efficiently, you can get it. Team Our talented team is our signature. We have a highly creative atmosphere with more than 200 staff where you'll have the opportunity to contribute daily to important decisions. You'll work within an extremely experienced, passionate and diverse team, including David Darling and the creator of the Micro Machines video games. Skills and Requirement Minimum 5 years of experience on a dev ops engineering role Deep experience with Linux and Unix systems Networking basics knowledge (named, nginx, etc) Some coding experience (Python, Ruby, Perl, etc.) Experience with common automation tools (Ex. Chef, Terraform, etc) AWS experience is a plus A creative mindset motivated by challenges and constantly striving for the best We offer We want everyone involved in our games to share our success, that's why we have a generous team profit sharing scheme from day 1 of employment In addition to a competitive salary we also offer private medical cover and life assurance (Design and make your own games every Wednesday) 20 days of paid holidays plus bank holidays Hybrid model available depending on the department and the role Relocation support available Great work-life balance with flexible working hours Quarterly team building days - work hard, play hard! Monthly employee awards Free snacks, fruit and drinks Our philosophy We firmly believe in creativity and innovation and that a fundamental requirement for a successful and happy company is having the right mix of individuals. With the right people in the right environment anything and everything is possible. Kwalee makes games to bring people, their stories, and their interests together. As an employer, we're dedicated to making sure that everyone can thrive within our team by welcoming and supporting people of all ages, races, colours, beliefs, sexual orientations, genders and circumstances. With the inclusion of diverse voices in our teams, we bring plenty to the table that's fresh, fun and exciting it makes for a better environment and helps us to create better games for everyone! This is how we move forward as a company - because these voices are the difference that make all the difference.