Site Reliability Engineer

Job Overview

Crytek is looking for an experienced Site Reliability Engineer to support Hunt: Showdown’s NetOps department in our new state-of-the-art office in Frankfurt, Germany. The person in this position will serve as liaison between different development teams and the network operations team.

Key Responsibilities

• Daily operation and maintenance of a hosted/cloud data-center environment.
• Installation, configuration and patching of system and game software.
• Daily monitoring, management, and reporting tasks, as well as contributing to 99.9% application and system up-time.
• Work closely with R&D to install, configure and operate developed features, as appropriate.
• Ensure appropriate, accurate, up-to-date technical documentation is available for systems and game logic, and environment.

Required Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience as a Network Operations Engineer or similar.
• Proficient in container technologies.
• Experience with continuous integration, delivery and automated deployments.
• Proficient in network security.
• Experience working with bare metal as well as cloud servers.
• Proficient in working with automation tools like Ansible and Terraform.
• Proficient in observability tooling like Open Telemetry, Prometheus, Mimir and Grafana.
• Experience managing all aspects of high-traffic servers, including scaling, profiling, debugging, and stress testing.
• Solid understanding of the full web technology stack (e.g. REST API, HTTP, CDN, cookies, headers, asset loading / caching).
• Solid understanding and hands-on experience in setting-up monitoring for online applications (Go, Java, C++) and creating metrics and alerts in order to act proactively.
• Experience with Automation, preferably Ansible, Terraform.
• Skilled with Shell, Python scripting.
• Skilled in network troubleshooting.
• Great English communication and writing skills.
• Willingness to relocate to Frankfurt am Main, Germany.

About Crytek

Crytek is a game development company that focuses on creating cutting-edge video games. They are known for their innovative technology and high-quality game development.

Benefits

• Career Path: Professional development plan to help you progress towards your goals.
• Relocation Support: Budget and full coverage of flights to Frankfurt for you and your family.
• Company Apartment: Fully furnished apartment during your first three months in Frankfurt.
• Public Transport Pass: Free bus, tram, and metro pass in Frankfurt.
• Gym Card: Membership at Fitness First in Germany.
• State-of-the-art Office: Modern office in the heart of Frankfurt.