The Role
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. They will work closely with the production team and system architect to ensure the projects are well planned, documented and implemented. This position will have operational and project duties.
This role is based on site in our headquarters in Frankfurt, Germany. You will have the chance to work alongside our world class team that features some of the best developers in the industry and take advantage of our attractive relocation package.
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.
- Assist with process, policy development and documentation.
- Operate and maintain a dynamic, highly available environment.
Requirements
- 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.
What you can expect from us
Career Path
Your professional development is important to us, so we have laid out a career plan to help you progress towards your goals and objectives.
Relocation Support
We offer a relocation budget and full coverage of flights to Frankfurt for you and your family.
You can expect extensive assistance with visa, work permits, and communication with authorities during the relocation process, as well as help settling into Germany (e.g. setting up appointments with banks, government agencies, schools, landlords, finding apartments etc.).
Company Apartment
To help you get settled, we provide you with a fully furnished company apartment during your first three months in Frankfurt.
Public Transport Pass
Discover Frankfurt by bus, tram and metro – free of charge.
Gym Card
A healthy body is a healthy mind. We offer a membership at the premium gym chain Fitness First in Germany. Work out, join group fitness classes, or relax in the wellness facilities.
State-of-the-art Office
We’ve recently moved into a brand-new, modern office located in the heart of Frankfurt. Our new workspace is designed to inspire creativity and collaboration, with open areas, quiet zones, and top-tier facilities — all just steps away from public transport, restaurants, bars and cultural hotspots.
International Environment
We truly embody diversity at Crytek. With employees from over 42 different countries, we define ourselves by our cultural diversity.
German Classes
Understanding the local culture will make your stay abroad more enjoyable, and Crytek supports that by offering German language courses for you and your family.
Events
Join us on our exciting company events, including new starter breakfasts, summer and winter parties, our annual trip to Gamescom in Cologne, and many more!
Vacation Days
At our Frankfurt office you can enjoy 24 days of vacation per year, and every 2 years you get 1 more (up to a maximum of 28 days). You will also have on average 10 public holidays on top of the days you take off.
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The Company
What We Do
Crytek is an independent videogame developer, publisher, and technology provider dedicated to pushing the boundaries of gaming with its cutting-edge 3D game development solution CRYENGINE. With headquarters in Frankfurt am Main (Germany) and studios in Kiev (Ukraine), and Istanbul (Turkey), Crytek has created multiple award-winning titles, including the original Far Cry, the Crysis series, Ryse: Son of Rome, Warface, The Climb, Robinson: The Journey and Hunt: Showdown. Crytek delivers fun and innovative gaming experiences for PC, consoles, and VR and continues to grow its reach in the games-as-a-service market. Every Crytek game is created with CRYENGINE, which can be used by anyone to create games.
For more information visit www.crytek.com - www.cryengine.com and www.huntshowdown.com
