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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Cloud Systems Engineer II - **Company:** Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. - **Location:** Austin, TX, United States - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Clean Code Principles, Amazon Web Services, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud, Amazon S3, Cloud Engineering, Software Quality, Continuous Integration, Domain Name System (DNS), Fault Tolerance, Github, Identity and Access Management, Python (Programming Language), Linux System Administration, Networking Basics, Cloud Services, Ansible, Prometheus, Runbook, Software Configuration Management, TCP/IP, Private Cloud Environment, Datadog, Computer Networking Systems, Load Balancing, Cloud Platform System, CheckMK, Istio, System Availability, Delivery Pipeline, Grafana, Firewalls (Computer Science), Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC), Containerization, Kubernetes, Infrastructure Automation Frameworks, Information Technology, Functional Programming, Puppet, Terraform, Docker - **Published:** July 27, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=83c8885abc9638af ## About the Role * Hands-on cloud engineering experience, with significant depth in AWS (EC2, ECS/EKS, RDS, EBS, S3, Lambda, IAM, VPC, and more) and working knowledge of GCP. * Write terraform modules, manage state, enforce policy, and review IaC PRs. * Use GitHub for pull requests, branch strategy, actions workflows, and repository management.. * Python is your primary scripting and automation language. You write clean, tested, maintainable code. * Proficiency with Linux system administration, networking fundamentals (TCP/IP, DNS, load balancing, firewalls), and container technologies (Docker, Kubernetes / EKS). * Strong understanding of CI/CD principles and experience building or maintaining delivery pipelines. * Experience architecting for high availability, fault tolerance, and cost optimization in a cloud-native environment. * Communicate clearly to explain complex infrastructure topics to both technical and non-technical stakeholders. Great to Have * Experience with configuration management tools such as Ansible or Puppet. * Familiarity with observability stacks like Datadog, Grafana, Prometheus, CheckMK, or equivalent. * Knowledge of service mesh or advanced networking patterns (e.g., AWS Transit Gateway, PrivateLink, GCP VPC peering). * Background in gaming, media, or other high-throughput, latency-sensitive industries. * Experience with cost management tooling and FinOps practices in large AWS environments. ## Description We are actively looking for a Cloud Systems Engineer with a broad range of systems infrastructure related and general purpose programming skills. Our ideal candidate has a rich and diverse technical background, is creative and passionate about IT systems, as well as standardization, optimization, and automation. Furthermore, this candidate will have experience architecting, engineering, implementing, and supporting large scale enterprise networks, storage, and system infrastructures in public and private cloud, and on-prem solutions to accommodate end-users, developers, and internal/external customers. Candidates are expected to stay aware of industry changes and plan to keep ahead of industry advancements to help guide the use and implementation of technology at Take-Two. What You'll Take On * Architect, deploy, and maintain scalable, highly available infrastructure across AWS and GCP, following cloud-native best practices. * Manage all infrastructure-as-code using Terraform, writing, reviewing, and enforcing IaC standards across the team. * Develop and maintain automation tooling and internal platforms using Python, reducing manual toil. * Lead the design and continuous improvement of CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions and GitHub workflows.. * Proactively monitor system performance and availability, participate in an on-call rotation and drive post incident reviews to improve reliability. * Collaborate closely with development, security, and networking teams to evaluate and adopt new cloud services and technologies. * Mentor junior and mid-level engineers, establishing standards for code quality. * Create and maintain clear technical documentation, runbooks, and architecture decision records. ## Related Videos - [Seriously gaming your cloud expertise: from cloud tourist to cloud native](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/373-seriously-gaming-your-cloud-expertise-from-cloud-tourist-to-cloud-native) - [An Applied Introduction to eBPF with Go](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1075-an-applied-introduction-to-ebpf-with-go) - [Rate-limiting using eBPF and Istio: How to protect your SaaS customers from themselves](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100220-rate-limiting-using-ebpf-and-istio-how-to-protect-your-saas-customers-from-themselves) - [Innovating Developer Tools with AI: Insights from GitHub Next](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1268-innovating-developer-tools-with-ai-insights-from-github-next) - [Turning Container security up to 11 with Capabilities](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/718-turning-container-security-up-to-11-with-capabilities) - [Get started with securing your cloud-native Java microservices applications](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/123-get-started-with-securing-your-cloud-native-java-microservices-applications) ## Related Articles - [How We Built a Worry-Free System That Runs for 10+ Years – And What We’d Do Again](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/751-how-we-built-a-worry-free-system-that-runs-for-10-years-and-what-we-d-do-again) - [Highest Paying Tech Companies for Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/220-highest-paying-tech-companies-for-developers) - [7 Cloud Computing Trends Coming in 2025 for Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/412-7-cloud-computing-trends-coming-in-2025-for-developers) - [Dev Digest 120 - Apple and peers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/455-dev-digest-120-apple-and-peers) - [Best US AI Conferences for CTOs in 2026: Build vs. Buy, Vendor Evaluation, and Peer Intelligence](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/736-best-us-ai-conferences-for-ctos-in-2026-build-vs-buy-vendor-evaluation-and-peer-intelligence) - [The Best X (Twitter) Accounts for Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/294-the-best-x-twitter-accounts-for-developers)