Senior Systems Engineer

Who We Are

Headquartered in New York City, Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. is a leading developer, publisher, and marketer of interactive entertainment for consumers around the globe. The Company develops and publishes products principally through Rockstar Games, 2K, Private Division, and Zynga. Our products are currently designed for console gaming systems, PC, and Mobile, including smartphones and tablets, and are delivered through physical retail, digital download, online platforms, and cloud streaming services. The Company’s common stock is publicly traded on NASDAQ under the symbol TTWO.

While our offices (physical and virtual) are casual and inviting, we are deeply committed to our core tenets of creativity, innovation and efficiency, and individual and team development opportunities. Our industry and business are continually evolving and fast-paced, providing numerous opportunities to learn and hone your skills. We work hard, but we also like to have fun, and believe that we provide a great place to come to work each day to pursue your passions.

 The Challenge

The Systems Engineering team crafts, builds, deploys and maintains a wide variety of IT infrastructure using the latest standards and technologies.

We are actively looking for a Systems Engineer with a broad range of systems infrastructure related and general purpose programming skills. Our ideal candidate has a rich and diverse technical background, is creative and passionate about IT systems, as well as standardization, optimization, and automation. Furthermore, this candidate will have experience architecting, engineering, implementing, and supporting large scale enterprise networks, storage, and system infrastructures in public and private cloud, and on-prem solutions to accommodate end-users, developers, and internal/external customers.

Candidates are expected to stay aware of industry changes and plan to keep ahead of industry advancements to help guide the use and implementation of technology at Take-Two.

What You’ll Take On

• Implementation of information and operational support systems
• Install, configure, test and maintain operating systems, application software, system management tools, and hardware, virtualization, and storage related systems
• Maintain security, backup, offsite replication, and general DR strategies
• Write and maintain custom scripts to increase system efficiency and lower the human intervention time of any task
• Proactively ensure the highest levels of availability and performance for all systems
• Monitor and resolve alerting issues for all infrastructure systems by participating in rotating on-call schedule
• Monitor and test system performance for potential bottlenecks, and collaborate to drive solutions and implement changes
• Provide 2nd and 3rd level support for team related assets and domains
• Work closely with vendors and other IT personnel to identify and resolve issues with systems and infrastructure
• Creating and updating technical documentation and procedures

What You Bring

• Proficient with Linux, including installing, configuring and problem solving issues
• Extensive experience building and managing virtualized environments (e.g. VMware)
• Experience maintaining typical private datacenter hardware/infrastructure - servers (e.g. Dell, Cisco UCS), storage (e.g. PureStorage, NetApp).
• Adept at the deployment and configuration of Storage Area Network and software-defined file systems (e.g. FlashArray, vSAN)
• Experience deploying, managing, and monitoring backup platforms (e.g. Rubrik)
• Practical networking experience (4 layer model, TCP/IP) including diagnosing, and remediating basic network issues (e.g., firewalls, basic routing/switching)
• Demonstrable ability to write and debug automation tools and scripts (e.g. PowerShell, shell scripts, Python)
• Strong ability to learn new technologies and dive into challenges.
• Capable of written and verbal communication among both technical and non-technical audience

Great to Have

• Cloud experience, preferably in AWS
• Experience in the administration and performance tuning of application stacks (e.g., Tomcat, Apache/NGINX/IIS, databases, etc)
• Experience managing configuration management solutions (e.g., Puppet, Ansible, etc)
• Proficiency in the IT infrastructure monitoring platform CheckMK.
• Deeper background in all virtualization platforms (e.g. VMware, HyperV, Proxmox)
• Experience with software development principles, including version control systems, Agile development methodologies, and automated CI/CD pipelines (e.g., Perforce, Jenkins, Git)

 What We Offer You

• Great Company Culture. Ranked as one of the most creative and innovative places to work, creativity, innovation, efficiency, diversity and philanthropy are among the core tenets of our organization and are integral drivers of our continued success.
• Growth: As a global entertainment company, we pride ourselves on creating environments where employees are encouraged to be themselves, inquisitive, collaborative and to grow within and around the company.
• Work Hard, Play Hard. Our employees bond, blow-off steam, and flex some creative muscles – through corporate boot camp classes, company parties, game release events, monthly socials, and team challenges.
• Benefits. Medical (HSA & FSA), dental, vision, 401(k) with company match, employee stock purchase plan, commuter benefits, in-house wellness program, broad learning & development opportunities, a charitable giving platform with company match and more!
• Perks. Fitness allowance, employee discount programs, free games & events, stocked pantries and more!

As an equal opportunity employer, Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (“Take-Two”) is committed to fostering and celebrating the diverse thoughts, cultures, and backgrounds of its talent, partners, and communities throughout its organization. Consistent with this commitment, Take-Two does not discriminate or retaliate against any employee or job applicant because of their race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, and gender identity), national origin, age, disability, and genetic information (including family medical history), or on the basis of any other trait protected by applicable law. If you need to report a concern or have questions regarding Take-Two’s equal opportunity commitment, please contact [email protected]

Please be aware that Take-Two does not conduct job interviews or make job offers over third-party messaging apps such as Telegram, WhatsApp, or others. Take-Two also does not engage in any financial exchanges during the recruitment or onboarding process, and the Company will never ask a candidate for their personal or financial information over an app or other unofficial chat channel. Any attempt to do so may be the result of a scam or phishing exercise. Take-Two’s in-house recruitment team will only contact individuals through their official Company email addresses (i.e., via a take2games.com email domain). If you need to report an issue or otherwise have questions, please contact [email protected]

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

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