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Hiire is helping Funcom to hire a Senior DevOps Engineer for their Engineering team.
From critically acclaimed The Longest Journey to the very first sci-fi MMO Anarchy Online to the brutal trials of Conan Exiles, our 30-year history has set our players uniquely up for a journey to the harsh world of Dune, where the continual battle for survival and spice will bring a Legendary challenge.
The Funcom team consists of over 400 people located in 5 studios - Norway, the US, Portugal, Sweden and Romania. As part of Funcom’s ongoing growth, and completing a successful turnaround, Funcom is now backed by Tencent, the largest online gaming company in the world!
Your Mission in Funcom
As a Senior DevOps Engineer at Funcom, you will be in charge of ensuring we deliver a good quality of service to our players. You'll be responsible for building, maintaining, and improving the infrastructure and servers that support our games, managing comprehensive monitoring systems, and responding to incidents based on player feedback and stakeholder requests.
How You Can Have An Impact In Your Position
- Manage and maintain game servers, ensuring they are configured and deployed for optimal performance and maximum uptime;
- Address and resolve incidents, perform root cause analysis, and implement preventive measures to avoid future occurrences;
- Monitor system performance, identifying areas for improvement to enhance the overall gaming experience;
- Develop and maintain automation scripts to streamline infrastructure deployment and scale platforms as needed;
- Collaborate with the player support team to resolve issues reported by players efficiently;
- Partner with cross-functional teams, including QA, Automation, and Production, to integrate new changes and deliver the best possible experience to our player community;
We Are Looking For You To Have
- Expertise in setting up, maintaining, and troubleshooting Kubernetes clusters;
- Strong skills in managing and diagnosing issues with Elastic Search;
- Deep understanding of Linux, with the ability to identify and resolve performance issues;
- Good knowledge of RabbitMQ, PostgreSQL, and networking, as well as experience with Terraform and Ansible scripting.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience;
- Minimum of 5 years of experience in a DevOps role;
- Proficiency in English;
- Strong motivation and excellent communication skills;
- Strong problem-solving abilities.
Why Funcom?
We are a Scandinavian company and follow
Scandinavian work values. For you, that means a flat structure where you can thrive, be yourself, leave a mark in the studio, and become an ambassador for our company values. We focus on Agile/Scrum methodology and heavily value the importance of work-life balance in employee culture. Funcom values close-knit, collaborative individuals who crave creative ownership, a drive for constructive input, and a never-ending pursuit of evolution and quality.
Funcom Lisbon has a full-range development studio situated in Lisbon, the sunny capital of Portugal, in an area with famous cafés and sights near the river. The Lisbon team consists of roughly 80 people from more than 20 nationalities.
Funcom Lisbon offers challenging and interesting work, flexible schedules, relocation assistance, health insurance, meal allowance, gym discounts, social events, and a long list of other benefits.
Even more: working at Funcom means being part of a family, with skilled and professional colleagues who share a passion for games.
We have a diverse, dynamic, inclusive, challenging, and engaging culture, with a basis of continued training and career development opportunities, and we encourage candidates from all walks of life to apply.
Join us in a friendly environment of enthusiastic professionals willing to go the extra mile to deliver world-class games.
