Staff Dev Ops Engineer

#LI-Onsite 

On-Call Requirement: Yes (Periodic Rotation)

THIS IS AN ONSITE POSITION in Austin, TX. 

Who We Are

 2K is headquartered in Novato, California and 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 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 Staff DevOps Engineer leader who can design, build, and operate scalable platform solutions that improve reliability, developer experience, and operational efficiency across multiple teams and studios. This role focuses on platform-level impact.

What You’ll Do

• 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.

What Will Make You a Great Fit

• 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.

Bonus Points

• Experience with large-scale, 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.

 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.

Please note that 2K Games and its studios never uses instant messaging apps or personal email accounts to contact prospective employees or conduct interviews and when emailing, only use 2K.com accounts.