Senior Systems Engineer
About The Position
The Senior Systems Engineer is a high-level individual contributor specializing in Perforce Helix Core to support, enhance, and optimize critical source control infrastructure. This role is responsible for ensuring the reliability, scalability, and efficiency of the Perforce environment through proactive management, advanced automation, and deep collaboration with software development and tools engineering teams. The Senior Systems Engineer balances complex operational requirements with long-term strategic projects, providing technical leadership and clear communication across multiple global teams to drive continuous infrastructure improvement.
Requirements
- 4+ years of experience as a systems engineer
- Significant systems engineering experience specifically focused on Perforce Helix Core administration and optimization.
- Demonstrated expertise in troubleshooting complex system performance issues and maintaining high-availability environments.
- Proficient in using automation and scripting languages to enhance operational efficiency and reduce system downtime.
- Experience managing version control environments through IaC methodologies and tools.
- Strong ability to communicate technical insights and architectural solutions to diverse stakeholders.
Nice To Haves
- Experience supporting large-scale, multi-site game development environments.
- Familiarity with integrating Perforce into automated build systems (e.g., Unreal Engine Horde, Jenkins).
Responsibilities
- Maintain, monitor, and optimize Perforce Helix Core infrastructure to ensure high availability, peak performance, and enterprise-grade security.
- Oversee complex server configurations, triggers, permissions, and multi-tool integrations to support global development workflows.
- Architect and implement industry best practices for system reliability, data integrity, comprehensive backup strategies, and disaster recovery protocols.
- Partner with development and tools engineering teams to design and refine synchronization strategies, repository organization, and CI/CD integration.
- Act as the subject matter expert providing high-level support, troubleshooting, and specialized training for development teams utilizing Perforce.
- Develop and maintain sophisticated documentation regarding system architecture, operational procedures, and evolving technical processes.
- Proactively monitor system resource utilization and performance metrics to identify and resolve architectural bottlenecks before they impact production.
- Drive efficiency by automating routine administrative tasks and maintaining infrastructure as code (IaC) repositories for version control environments.
Benefits
- medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance coverage
- 14 paid holidays per calendar year
- paid vacation time per calendar year (ranging from 15 to 25 days) or eligibility to participate in the Company’s discretionary time off program
- up to 10 paid sick days per calendar year
- paid parental and compassionate leave
- wellbeing programs for mental health and other wellness support
- family planning support through Maven
- commuter benefits
- reimbursements for fitness-related expenses
- 401(K) plan
- Employee Stock Purchase Program
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
No Education Listed
