Senior Software Engineer - Devop & Perforce (Game Creation) (R27171) | Epic Games | Austin, United States
Department
Engineering
Location
Austin, United States
Product
Corporate
Company
Epic Games
Requisition ID
R27171
WHAT MAKES US EPIC?
At the core of Epic’s success are talented, passionate people. Epic prides itself on creating a collaborative, welcoming, and creative environment. Whether it’s building award-winning games or crafting engine technology that enables others to make visually stunning interactive experiences, we’re always innovating.
Being Epic means being a part of a team that continually strives to do right by our community and users. We’re constantly innovating to raise the bar of engine and game development.
ONLINE INFRASTRUCTURE
What We Do
We enable Epic’s online services teams to build, deploy, and manage services that are used by more than half a billion players around the world. Our mission is to provide world class tools and platforms to improve the experience of our developers and make it easier, faster, and safer to build, operate, and scale their applications. We operate at massive scale as one of the largest cloud computing users in the world.
What You'll Do
You’ll work on one of the largest and most demanding Perforce Helix Core deployments in the industry, supporting thousands of users and millions of files at scale. You’ll tackle complex engineering challenges that come with operating source control at this level, while partnering closely with teams across Epic Games and with external studios and partners around the world. As one of Perforce’s largest customers, Epic collaborates directly with the Perforce engineering team, giving you a unique opportunity to influence their product roadmap and help shape the future of source control tooling used across the industry.
In this role, you will
Architect and administer large, high performance Perforce Helix, and other SCM tools at a global scale with thousands of consumers worldwide
Perform deep troubleshooting of Perforce Helix server performance and database contention issues
Implement and maintain automation tools, user facing tools, documentation, and workflows to assist with system management
Manage and support permissions and identity integrations
Assist in disaster recovery and business continuity initiatives to ensure a protected and highly available implementation
Devise, test, and deploy integrations between Perforce products and other internal systems
Promoting adoption and best practices among the system user community and conducting user-training and help-sessions for new features or implementations
What we're looking for
Experience deploying and maintaining environments with infrastructure as code approaches and tools (SCM/Git, Packer, Terraform, Ansible, Chef, or Salt, and leveraging CI/CD systems to get work done)
Experience with cloud providers like AWS, Azure, GCP (Google Cloud Platform)
Understanding of Linux operating systems, OS performance tuning, troubleshooting, patching and patch management best practices
Expertise writing tools, scripting and automation in Bash/UNIX shell, Python
Excellent communicator with the ability to convey complex ideas clearly and collaborate effectively across teams
Strong learning skills, able to quickly absorb new concepts, tools, and processes in a fast-paced environment
Experience with Perforce Helix, Git and their related server and client components in a large scale, and understanding of version control workflows is a big plus
Experience with other version control systems such as Git, and related code collaboration tools such as GitHub, and GitLab would be a plus
Highly organized, with the ability to manage priorities, track details, and deliver work reliably on time would be a plus
EPIC JOB + EPIC BENEFITS = EPIC LIFE
Our intent is to cover all things that are medically necessary and improve the quality of life. We pay 100% of the premiums for both you and your dependents. Our coverage includes Medical, Dental, a Vision HRA, Long Term Disability, Life Insurance & a 401k with competitive match. We also offer a robust mental well-being program through Modern Health, which provides free therapy and coaching for employees & dependents. Throughout the year we celebrate our employees with events and company-wide paid breaks. We offer unlimited PTO and sick time and recognize individuals for 7 years of employment with a paid sabbatical.
ABOUT US
Epic Games spans across 25 countries with 46 studios and 4,500+ employees globally. For over 25 years, we've been making award-winning games and engine technology that empowers others to make visually stunning games and 3D content that bring environments to life like never before. Epic's award-winning Unreal Engine technology not only provides game developers the ability to build high-fidelity, interactive experiences for PC, console, mobile, and VR, it is also a tool being embraced by content creators across a variety of industries such as media and entertainment, automotive, and architectural design. As we continue to build our Engine technology and develop remarkable games, we strive to build teams of world-class talent.
Like what you hear? Come be a part of something Epic!
Epic Games deeply values diverse teams and an inclusive work culture, and we are proud to be an Equal Opportunity employer. Learn more about our Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy here.
Note to Recruitment Agencies: Epic does not accept any unsolicited resumes or approaches from any unauthorized third party (including recruitment or placement agencies) (i.e., a third party with whom we do not have a negotiated and validly executed agreement). We will not pay any fees to any unauthorized third party. Further details on these matters can be found here.
https://www.epicgames.com/site/en-US/careers/jobs/5739578004
