DevOps Team Lead (Unannounced Project) at Wargaming

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Guildford

Job Overview

Does the challenge of working on a new AAA unannounced project excite you? Here at DPS Games you can do exactly that. We are based in Guildford, self-publishing our own title, and are fully funded by Wargaming, one of the biggest publishers of F2P games in the world. Our studio leadership are industry veterans, and we believe we’re building a great studio culture in the best studio space in Guildford. If you think you have the talent to join a world class team, we’d love you to join us!

Reports to

This role reports to the Technical Director

What will you do?

Manage, mentor and train team of DevOps and Build engineers
Optimize DevOps practices and methodologies for efficiency and scalability
Plan and architect project's development, staging and production infrastructure
Guide career development of the team members
Oversee incident management and troubleshooting
Ensure 24/7 game clusters operation
Write documentation and SOPs
Cooperate with technical, QA, live-ops and release teams to provide stable and in-time version releases

What are we looking for?

Experience working as Lead DevOps Engineer, DevOps Team Lead or similar role
Experience operating high load systems/products in production
Scripting and/or programming experience with Python and Bash
Experience automating infrastructure deployment and managing scalable applications using Kubernetes in a CI/CD environment
Strong experience with public cloud service providers (AWS, Azure, GCP)
Configuration management experience (Ansible, Puppet)
Knowledge of CI/CD processes and tools (Teamcity, Jenkins, Gitlab)
Experience in optimizing performance and cost management in cloud environments
Experience building monitoring and logging systems (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, Loki)
Experience in managing databases RDBMS and NoSQL (PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, DynamoDB

What additional skills will help you stand out?

Experience in operating session-based multiplayer games
Programming using one of the following languages: Python, C/C++, Java/Kotlin
Strong background in Linux administration
Working with DevSecOps practices

Work mode

Hybrid (3 days of work from the office)

Benefits

Benefits and perks are tailored to the local market and culture. Our benefits in Guildford include:

5 weeks of Annual Leave per calendar year
Dog-friendly office
Onsite canteen (with an endless supply of snacks and drinks)
Video game areas
Health Insurance (including family coverage), Life Insurance, Pension contribution
Mental well-being program (iFeel)
Wellbeing perks (Mental Health Days, Dedicated Well-being room, Team of Mental Heath First Aiders)
Career development and education opportunities within the company
Employee discounts
Personal Gaming Account
Company events
Seniority Awards
Referral program - you can recommend the best talents to the Company and receive a reward
Working in one of the main European hubs for game development
Startup within a company with 25 years of experience on the market
To learn more about our studio in Guildford, follow this link: https://dpsgames.com/studio

About Wargaming

Wargaming is an award-winning online game developer and publisher headquartered in Nicosia, Cyprus. Operating since 1998, Wargaming has become one of the leaders in the gaming industry with 15 offices worldwide, including studios in Chicago, Prague, Shanghai, Tokyo, and Vilnius. Our diverse and multicultural team works together to deliver a top-class experience to millions of players who enjoy Wargaming's titles across all major gaming platforms. Our flagship products include free-to-play hits World of Tanks, World of Warships and World of Tanks Blitz.

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Estimated Salary range:

Our salary intelligence, powered by our AI algorithms, has calculated an estimated range for this position between $80,000 - $110,000 . Please note that the actual salary for this position may vary, as it is dependent on various factors including but not limited to experience, location, and market dynamics.

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