Senior Dev Ops Engineer

Square Enix

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London, England, UK on site Until 9/7/2026 3+ years exp First posted July 9, 2026 Last posted July 9, 2026
Job description

Job Summary

Square Enix is a leading publisher of entertainment content, known for iconic franchises such as Final FantasyKingdom HeartsDragon QuestNieRLife is Strange, and Just Cause. Our mission is to create and deliver experiences that resonate deeply with the hearts and minds of our players.

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

Qualifications and Skills

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

Purpose & Values

  • Purpose: Creating New Worlds with Boundless Imagination to Enhance People’s Lives.
  • Values:
    • Deliver Unforgettable Experiences
    • Embrace Challenges
    • Act Swiftly
    • Stronger Together
    • Continuously Evolve
    • Cultivate Integrity
About this role

Summary

Manage and optimize hybrid infrastructure, Kubernetes, monitoring, and automation for gaming content.

Job title

Senior Dev Ops Engineer

Experience level

senior level

Minimum experience

3+ years exp

Industry

entertainment

Location requirements

London, UK, on-site role, remote not specified

Salary

Not specified

Management role

No

Skills & keywords

Required skills

kubernetesmonitoringlog collectionautomationlinux administration

Preferred skills

grafana-lokicloud platformspythoncicd platformscertifications

Specializations

kubernetescloud infrastructuremonitoringautomationlinux
Locations

Structured locations inferred from the posting.

London, UK

On-site City