Electronic Arts Inc

Software Engineer - Devops Automation, Perforce

Electronic Arts Inc • $122K — $170K *
Information Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of experience in DevOps or related fields
  • 5+ years of strong hands-on Linux administration
  • 3+ years of experience with Ansible automation
  • Proficient in Terraform and Infrastructure as Code practices
  • Strong scripting skills in Python, Bash, or PowerShell
  • Familiar with source control tools like Git or Perforce
  • Excellent communication skills for cross-team collaboration

Responsibilities

  • Build scalable automation solutions using Ansible
  • Develop and maintain Terraform-based Infrastructure as Code
  • Automate provisioning and maintenance tasks for infrastructure
  • Troubleshoot and support large-scale Linux environments
  • Participate in incident response and service recovery operations
  • Collaborate directly with game development teams on performance issues
  • Enhance CI/CD processes, monitoring, and platform reliability

Benefits

  • 3 weeks of vacation per year
  • 10 days of paid sick leave annually
  • Paid maternity and parental/adoption leave top-up
  • Comprehensive health, dental, and vision coverage
  • Life and disability insurance
  • Retirement plan for full-time employees
  • Potential eligibility for bonuses and incentive programs
Full Job Description
Join the team responsible for EA's Perforce source control platform, a critical service used across game development worldwide by teams working on Battlefield, FC, Madden, The Sims, and many others. We are looking for a DevOps engineer with strong Linux experience who enjoys eliminating manual work. If you like turning scripts and repetitive procedures into reliable automation, reducing the need to log directly into servers, and operating infrastructure safely at scale, this role is for you. This is also a hands-on production role. You will work directly with EA game teams, participate in support rotations and incidents, troubleshoot performance and infrastructure issues, and help improve the reliability and automation of the platform. Location - Vancouver (Hybrid) What You'll Do • Build scalable automation with Ansible • Develop Terraform-based Infrastructure as Code • Automate provisioning, configuration, patching, upgrades, and maintenance • Operate and troubleshoot large Linux environments across cloud, VM, and bare metal • Participate in support rotations, incident response, and service recovery • Work directly with game teams on source control, performance, and infrastructure issues • Improve CI/CD, monitoring, alerting, and platform reliability Requirements • 5+ years of DevOps, infrastructure, systems, or platform engineering experience • 5+ years of strong hands-on Linux administration and troubleshooting experience • 3+ years of hands-on Ansible experience building and maintaining automation • Experience with Terraform and Infrastructure as Code • Strong scripting skills with Python, Bash, PowerShell, or similar • Experience with source control such as Git, SVN, Perforce, ClearCase, or similar • Experience with production support, CI/CD, monitoring, and logging • Strong communication skills Nice to Have • Perforce Helix Core experience • Azure experience • Experience supporting large-scale developer platforms • Game industry experience Pay Transparency - North America COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS The ranges listed below are what EA in good faith expects to pay applicants for this role in these locations at the time of this posting. If you reside in a different location, a recruiter will advise on the applicable range and benefits. Pay offered will be determined based on a number of relevant business and candidate factors (e.g. education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, geographic location, or business needs). PAY RANGES * British Columbia (depending on location e.g. Vancouver vs. Victoria) *$122,300 - $170,700 CAD Pay is just one part of the overall compensation at EA. For Canada, we offer a package of benefits including vacation (3 weeks per year to start), 10 days per year of sick time, paid top-up to EI/QPIP benefits up to 100% of base salary when you welcome a new child (12 weeks for maternity, and 4 weeks for parental/adoption leave), extended health/dental/vision coverage, life insurance, disability insurance, retirement plan to regular full-time employees. Certain roles may also be eligible for bonus and other incentive programs. Post To External careers site, Internal careers site LinkedInID 1449

About Electronic Arts Inc

Electronic Arts Inc. (EA) is a global leader in digital interactive entertainment. The company develops and publishes games, content, and online services for consoles, mobile devices, and personal computers. EA's portfolio includes popular franchises such as FIFA, Madden NFL, The Sims, and Battlefield. The company was founded in 1982 and is headquartered in Redwood City, California.
Learn more about Electronic Arts Inc
Size
12,900 employees
Market Cap
$33.3 billion
Industry
Net Income
$1.1 billion
Founded
1982
5 Year Trend
+7.6%
Revenue
$5.6 billion
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