Staff DevOps Engineer

2K•Austin, TX

1d•Onsite

About The Position

2K, a wholly owned label of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc., is a global video game company founded in 2005 and headquartered in Novato, California. 2K publishes titles developed by influential game development studios worldwide, including Visual Concepts, Firaxis, Hangar 13, CatDaddy, Cloud Chamber, 31st Union, HB Studios, and 2K SportsLab. Their portfolio spans popular gaming genres such as sports, shooters, action, role-playing, strategy, casual, and family entertainment, featuring renowned brands like NBA®️ 2K, BioShock®️, Borderlands®️, Mafia, Sid Meier’s Civilization®️, XCOM®️, WWE®️ 2K, WWE®️ SuperCard, TopSpin 2K25, and PGA TOUR®️ 2K. 2K is committed to fostering an inclusive work environment and encourages all applicants. The company is seeking a Staff DevOps Engineer leader to design, build, and operate scalable platform solutions that enhance reliability, developer experience, and operational efficiency across multiple teams and studios, with a focus on platform-level impact and technical leadership.

Requirements

Strong experience in DevOps, SRE, or Platform Engineering roles.
Hands-on expertise with cloud infrastructure (AWS/GCP), CI/CD pipelines, and automation.
Experience designing or influencing shared platforms and standards across teams.
Ability to balance technical depth with cross-team collaboration and clear communication.
Comfortable operating in ambiguous environments and driving alignment.

Nice To Haves

Experience with large-scale or distributed, multi-team or multi-studio environments.
Familiarity with observability tooling, FinOps practices, and security automation.
Experience mentoring senior engineers or acting as a technical multiplier across teams.

Responsibilities

Design and evolve shared CI/CD, infrastructure, and cloud platforms used across 2K.
Establish platform standards and best practices for deployments, environments, observability, and operations.
Drive automation and self-service to reduce operational toil and improve developer velocity.
Lead observability and reliability efforts, including monitoring, alerting, incident response, and postmortems.
Partner with engineering teams to enable platform adoption and improve workflows.
Contribute to FinOps practices, including cost visibility, tagging standards, and optimization.
Act as a technical leader and mentor, influencing architecture and practices across teams.