Who We Are:

Founded in 2005, the 2K label includes some of the most passionate game development studios in the world today including: Firaxis Games, Visual Concepts, Hangar 13, 2K Czech and Cat Daddy Games. Our world-class team of engineers, developers, graphic artists and publishing professionals are stewards of a growing library of critically-acclaimed franchises such as Battleborn, BioShock, Borderlands, The Darkness, Mafia, NBA 2K, Sid Meier’s Civilization, WWE 2K, and XCOM. 2K is headquartered in Novato, California and is a wholly owned label of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTWO).

2K develops and publishes interactive entertainment globally for console systems, handheld gaming systems and personal computers, including smartphones and tablets, which are delivered through physical retail, digital download, online platforms, and cloud streaming services. 2K publishes titles in today’s most popular gaming genres, including shooters, action, role-playing, strategy, sports, casual, and family entertainment.

Our vision at 2K is to create a diverse and inclusion environment to “Come as You are and Feel Equipped to do Your Best Work!” We are dedicated to promoting diversity, multiculturalism, and equality in all that we do. Our communities are focused on increased access and personal growth, and their greatness depends on a diversity of race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, ethnicity, national origin, and perspective. We're an equal opportunity employer, and we're excited to build the future of co-living with the world's most hardworking and dedicated people.

What We Need:

You are passionate about Architecture and the Cloud. You’re a problem solver and proactive solutions architect, looking to expand your career by architecting and optimizing large-scale Production and Enterprise environments in the Cloud for gaming customers. Bringing expert level experience in complex environments and are excited to apply innovative solutions to provide the best Cloud capabilities to our employees and fans around the world!

What You Will Do:

As a Cloud Architect within 2K’s Architecture team, you will architect and design 2K’s Cloud infrastructure to be highly available, exceptionally performant, and adaptive to our evolving needs. You will work with leading development teams in the gaming industry to gather requirements and develop solutions in the Cloud, follow sound architectural principles being cognizant of security and other key foundational elements as you build solutions. This is an opportunity to enhance your career in a critical role supporting one of the largest and most successful game franchises in the world.

Who We Think Will Be a Great Fit:

7+ years of Cloud design and architecture experience, working with the major providers including AWS, GCP, and Azure.
Experience architecting and designing large-scale Production and Enterprise environments.
Experience with hybrid environments that include on-prem and cloud computing resources, and scaling into the cloud dynamically.
Ability to translate architectural and engineering concepts to various technical and non-technical partners. Ability to structure and transition operational duties to SRE team.
Familiar with security best practices – defining roles, access lists, and integrating with IdP systems.
Strong experience with Cloud optimization and cost analyses
Experience and familiarity with container orchestration platforms and microservices
Proven experience with configuration management and infrastructure as a code to automate deployment - Puppet, Terraform, and CloudFormation.
Experience with build tools, CI/CD, DevOps and agile principles

Desired Skills:

Excellent communication and written skills – ability to generate clear architectural documentation and diagrams.
Software development experience (Python or similar).
Working knowledge of SQL and NoSQL, and related data stores.
Advanced knowledge of networking principles in the cloud.
Experience negotiating Enterprise Agreements
Understanding of various storage platforms and protocols