What are the responsibilities and job description for the DevOps Engineer position at 2K?
On-Call Requirement: Yes (Periodic Rotation)
THIS IS AN ONSITE POSITION in Austin, TX.
About 2K
Headquartered in Novato, California, 2K is a wholly owned label of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTWO). Founded in 2005, 2K Games is a global video game company, publishing titles developed by some of the most influential game development studios in the world. Our studios responsible for developing 2K’s portfolio of world-class games across multiple platforms include Visual Concepts, Firaxis, Hangar 13, CatDaddy, Cloud Chamber, 31st Union, HB Studios, and 2K SportsLab. Our portfolio of titles is expanding due to our global strategic plan, building and acquiring exciting studios whose content continues to inspire all of us! 2K publishes titles in today’s most popular gaming genres, including sports, shooters, action, role-playing, strategy, casual, and family entertainment.
Our team of engineers, marketers, artists, writers, data scientists, producers, thinkers and doers, are the professional publishing stewards of 2K’s portfolio. This currently includes several AAA, sports, and entertainment brands, including global powerhouse NBA® 2K, renowned BioShock®, Borderlands®, Mafia, Sid Meier’s Civilization® and XCOM® brands; popular WWE® 2K and WWE® SuperCard franchises, TopSpin 2K25, as well as the critically and commercially acclaimed PGA TOUR® 2K.
At 2K, we pride ourselves on creating an inclusive work environment, which means encouraging our teams to Come as You Are and do your best work! We encourage ALL applicants to explore our global positions, even if they don’t meet every requirement for the role. If you're interested in the job and think you have what it takes to work at 2K, we encourage you to apply!
What We Need
We are seeking a DevOps Engineer who can build, support, and improve infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, and operational tooling that help teams deliver reliable services and better developer experiences. This role focuses on hands-on engineering, automation, and day-to-day operational excellence in partnership with other engineers and teams.
What You’ll Do
As an equal opportunity employer, we are committed to ensuring that qualified individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform their essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us if you need reasonable accommodation.
Important Security Notice: 2K Games and its studios never use instant messaging apps or personal email accounts to contact prospective employees or conduct interviews. When emailing, we only use official 2K.com accounts.
THIS IS AN ONSITE POSITION in Austin, TX.
About 2K
Headquartered in Novato, California, 2K is a wholly owned label of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTWO). Founded in 2005, 2K Games is a global video game company, publishing titles developed by some of the most influential game development studios in the world. Our studios responsible for developing 2K’s portfolio of world-class games across multiple platforms include Visual Concepts, Firaxis, Hangar 13, CatDaddy, Cloud Chamber, 31st Union, HB Studios, and 2K SportsLab. Our portfolio of titles is expanding due to our global strategic plan, building and acquiring exciting studios whose content continues to inspire all of us! 2K publishes titles in today’s most popular gaming genres, including sports, shooters, action, role-playing, strategy, casual, and family entertainment.
Our team of engineers, marketers, artists, writers, data scientists, producers, thinkers and doers, are the professional publishing stewards of 2K’s portfolio. This currently includes several AAA, sports, and entertainment brands, including global powerhouse NBA® 2K, renowned BioShock®, Borderlands®, Mafia, Sid Meier’s Civilization® and XCOM® brands; popular WWE® 2K and WWE® SuperCard franchises, TopSpin 2K25, as well as the critically and commercially acclaimed PGA TOUR® 2K.
At 2K, we pride ourselves on creating an inclusive work environment, which means encouraging our teams to Come as You Are and do your best work! We encourage ALL applicants to explore our global positions, even if they don’t meet every requirement for the role. If you're interested in the job and think you have what it takes to work at 2K, we encourage you to apply!
What We Need
We are seeking a DevOps Engineer who can build, support, and improve infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, and operational tooling that help teams deliver reliable services and better developer experiences. This role focuses on hands-on engineering, automation, and day-to-day operational excellence in partnership with other engineers and teams.
What You’ll Do
- Pipeline & Infrastructure Management: Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines, cloud infrastructure, and deployment automation.
- Environment Reliability: Support the reliability, scalability, and performance of development and production environments.
- Workflow Optimization: Improve developer workflows through automation, tooling, and documentation.
- Observability & Incident Response: Contribute to observability efforts, including monitoring, alerting, dashboards, and incident response. Participate in on-call rotations and help resolve operational incidents.
- Cross-Team Collaboration: Partner with software engineers and platform teams to troubleshoot issues and improve delivery processes.
- Standards & Security: Help maintain infrastructure standards, security practices, and operational runbooks.
- Cost Efficiency: Support cost-conscious engineering through efficient infrastructure usage and tagging practices.
- Core Experience: Proven experience in DevOps, SRE, or Platform Engineering roles.
- Cloud Infrastructure: Hands-on experience with cloud infrastructure such as AWS or GCP.
- CI/CD Workflows: Experience building or maintaining CI/CD pipelines and deployment workflows.
- Infrastructure as Code: Familiarity with IaC and automation tooling.
- Operations & Monitoring: Understanding of monitoring, alerting, logging, and operational support practices.
- Soft Skills: Strong troubleshooting skills, the ability to work collaboratively across teams, clear communication skills, and a willingness to learn in a fast-paced environment.
- Experience supporting containerized environments and orchestration platforms such as Kubernetes.
- Familiarity with observability platforms, cost optimization practices, or security-focused automation.
- Experience working in large-scale or multi-team engineering environments.
- Exposure to scripting or programming languages used for automation and tooling.
As an equal opportunity employer, we are committed to ensuring that qualified individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform their essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us if you need reasonable accommodation.
Important Security Notice: 2K Games and its studios never use instant messaging apps or personal email accounts to contact prospective employees or conduct interviews. When emailing, we only use official 2K.com accounts.