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# Dev Ops Engineer

- **Company:** Square Enix
- **Location:** UK
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Franchise
- **Skills:** Microsoft Access, BigQuery, Microsoft Online Services, Ubuntu (Operating System), Databases, Identity and Access Management, Python (Programming Language), PostgreSQL, Linux System Administration, MongoDB, MySQL, Ansible, Prometheus, Google Cloud, Cloud Platform System, System Availability, Delivery Pipeline, Grafana, Gitlab-ci, Kubernetes, Infrastructure Automation Frameworks, Information Technology, Performance Monitor, Terraform, Looker Analytics
- **Published:** September 5, 2026
- **Apply:** https://startup.jobs/senior-dev-ops-engineer-square-enix-8727117

## About the Role

Essential

 * Hands-on experience with on-prem sharded mongo cluster
 * Extensive experience in building, managing, scaling Kubernetes clusters (GKE, manual Kubernetes, etc.)
 * Extensive experience in designing and building high availability, resilient infrastructure
 * Experience in setting up and maintaining monitoring, alerting, log collection (rsyslog, Grafana, Prometheus, elk)
 * Automation and scripting experience (terraform, packer, ansible, bash)
 * Extensive Linux administration experience (Ubuntu LTS)
 * Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience
 * Medium to large size company experience
 * Experience dealing with different business units located in various parts of the globe
 * Self-motivated team player with great attention to details, superb organizational skills, and the ability to prioritize workload
 * Proven track record in maintaing and enhancing skill level according to future technology trends and using innovative approaches in solving and preventing problems
 * Ability to analyse, solve problems, and work well under pressure
 * Experience working independently and without direct supervision
 * Willing to work outside standard business hours

Desirable

 * Experience with Grafana-loki

 * Experience with Google, Amazon, Microsoft cloud
 * Experience with python, go languages
 * Experience with MySQL, psql, databases
 * Experience with cicd platforms (GitLab-ci)
 * Certifications in relevant area
 * Interest in gaming
 * Adaptable, enthusiastic attitude

## Description

This role will focus on the delivery, operation, and continuous optimisation of hybrid infrastructure platforms across both on-premises and cloud environments. Responsibilities include maintaining monitoring and alerting solutions, developing and supporting automation frameworks, managing CI/CD pipelines, and providing technical support to development teams to enable the efficient delivery of high-quality services and applications.

Requirements

Key Deliverables

 * Build and maintain Kubernetes clusters on-prem and in cloud

 * Access and IAM management in Google Cloud, Looker, BigQuery etc.
 * Database Management (mysql, psql, mongo)
 * Performance monitoring and fine tuning
 * Log collection and analysis
 * Monitoring and alerting setup and management
 * Establish best practices and standards and maintain documentation
 * Build and improve infrastructure automation and infrastructure as a code


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