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EA SPORTS · 7 hours ago

Advanced DevOps & Automation Engineer - American Football

Orlando, FL

Full-time

Hybrid

Mid, Senior Level

CAD$120K/yr - CAD$167K/yr

7+ years exp

Electronic Arts creates next-level entertainment experiences that inspire players and fans around the world. As an Advanced DevOps & Automation Engineer, you will be responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining scalable systems and tools that improve developer velocity, build stability, and service reliability across multiple environments.

ElectronicsSportsVideo

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Design, implement, and maintain robust CI/CD pipelines for game clients, backend services, and tools using python, c#, groovy, c++, and more

Automate build, deployment, and environment management processes across Dev, Staging, and Production

Develop and maintain infrastructure-as-code solutions (e.g., Terraform, Ansible, CloudFormation)

Monitor, diagnose, and resolve issues affecting build stability, uptime, and environment health

Collaborate closely with gameplay, backend, and tools engineers to identify and eliminate workflow bottlenecks

Manage version control integrations and branch strategies to ensure stable and consistent release cycles

Implement monitoring, observability, and alerting solutions to ensure proactive service reliability

Drive continuous improvement in deployment practices, including test automation, rollback strategies, and release governance

Contribute to defining and tracking key engineering KPIs, including build success rate, environment uptime, and mean time to recovery (MTTR)

Champion DevOps best practices across the studio, helping teams adopt modern, automated workflows

Foster a strong testing culture by actively promoting best practices, mentoring team members, and driving the consistent adoption of effective testing methodologies across the team

Qualification

CI/CD systemsInfrastructure as CodeScripting skillsContainerizationOrchestrationCloud providersMonitoringAlerting systemsVersion control workflowsDebugging skillsPassion for automationProblem-solving skillsCommunication skills

Required

7+ years of professional software development or DevOps engineering experience

5+ years of experience with CI/CD systems such as Jenkins, GitLab CI, or GitHub Actions

3+ years of experience developing automation for large-scale or live-service environments

Strong scripting skills in Python, Bash, or PowerShell

Experience with containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes)

Experience with one or more cloud providers such as AWS, GCP, or Azure (multi-cloud experience preferred)

Hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) frameworks such as Terraform, Ansible, and CloudFormation for scalable, repeatable environment management

Experience with Perforce and/or Git version control workflows

Experience building and maintaining monitoring and alerting systems (Grafana, Prometheus, Datadog, or CloudWatch)

Strong understanding of networking, security practices, and environment isolation

Excellent debugging, problem-solving, and communication skills in a collaborative, multi-disciplinary environment

A passion for automation, developer enablement, and building reliable systems that scale

Preferred

Knowledge of Unreal Engine, Frostbite, or other large-scale game engines and build systems

Experience with artifact management, distributed caching, and CI parallelization

Familiarity with secure software development practices, including secrets management and automated security scanning

Experience supporting game or real-time service build pipelines for console and PC platforms

Desire to mentor engineers and advocate for continuous improvement in automation and DevOps processes

Passion for continual learning and growing in your career

Benefits

Vacation (3 weeks per year to start)

10 days per year of sick time

Paid top-up to EI/QPIP benefits up to 100% of base salary when you welcome a new child (12 weeks for maternity, and 4 weeks for parental/adoption leave)

Extended health/dental/vision coverage

Life insurance

Disability insurance

Retirement plan to regular full-time employees

Bonus

Equity

Healthcare coverage

Mental well-being support

Retirement savings

Paid time off

Family leaves

Complimentary games

Company

EA SPORTS

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EA Sports is a brand of Electronic Arts that creates and develops sports video games.

Founded in 1991

Redwood City, California, USA

1001-5000 employees

http://www.EASports.com

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