We are looking for an enthusiastic IT Specialist to join our highly passionate, Montreal-based team of creative developers and industry veterans, in order to work on a brand-new and original IP for next-gen consoles and PC.

As part of this full-time position, you will be responsible for implementing, maintaining and improving all infrastructures, tools and solutions vital to the on-site and remote development of our new and ambitious third-person Action-RPG title.

Within a mid-sized team using the Unreal Engine, you will be working under the executive committee’s direct supervision, in close collaboration with the Technical Director, members of the direction, and various departmental leads, in order to directly influence the end product’s quality and success.

Rogue Factor Offers

Competitive salary and employee benefits package, including group insurance, unlimited sick days, RRSP with the employer's contribution and gym membership.
Flexible work hours and a hybrid remote / on-site work formula.
Advantageous development budgets and appropriate production timelines on medium size and truly unique projects - created by and for gamers.
A dynamic, inclusive, challenging, and engaging work environment.
Continued training and career development opportunities.

Responsibilities

Work closely with the Technical Director, departmental leads and members of the direction to identify, anticipate and answer to the studio’s numerous and varied IT needs, enabling team members to accomplish their work, fulfill the project’s creative vision and meet production objectives.
Ensure the deployment, maintenance, update and continuous uptime of all of the studio’s IT infrastructures, services and tools (equipment, servers, networks, licenses, technical support, etc.), both on-site and remote.
Facilitate the information flow necessary to track the state of all IT services, efficiently plan the workload, identify risks and provide relevant solutions to complex problems, all while adopting a flexible approach that will allow for special and urgent assignments to be conducted with minimal impact.
Write and maintain exhaustive, clear and frequently updated documentation, in order to provide a complete technical guide to all IT systems stakeholders.
Push back the project’s technical limits by proactively contributing to R&D sessions, in order to propose new ideas, tools, pipelines and solutions, as well as to provide advice on the best practices to drive their implementation and support.
Take part in additional duties, which may include assisting with content creation, code reviews, quality control and any other activities necessary to the project’s delivery and success.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree or diploma in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technologies or equivalent.
3+ years of experience in IT installation and maintenance, ideally within a related industry (new technologies, communications and media sector, video games), with the demonstrated ability to convert high-level requirements into technical concepts and tasks.
Experience with the Windows 10, Windows Server and Linux environments.
Experience with the installation and support of versioning systems, such as (in order of importance) Perforce, Plastic, Git and/or SVN.
Experience with the physical installation, maintenance and update of servers, workstations and computer hardware.
Experience with the management of software licenses for large teams.
Strong networking knowledge (LAN, WAN, VPN, SSH, Remote Desktop).
Knowledge of scripting languages (DOS Batch, Windows Powershell, Unix Shell).
Knowledge of OS virtualization solutions (VirtualBox, VMWare, Docker).
Strong problem-solving mindset, with the willingness to pass on explanations and knowledge, in order to empower others to implement solutions and best practices.
The ideal candidate will be autonomous, exhibit a positive attitude and possess strong communication skills (in both French and English), displaying a capacity for analysis, problem solving and judgment, as well as an eagerness for learning and self-improvement.

Bonus Points

Experience working on one or more large-scale commercial gaming or cinematic projects from preproduction to release, while occupying an IT Specialist position.
Experience with the Office 365 collaborative suite.
Experience with Unreal Engine.
Experience in driving technical roadmaps with project management software like Jira.
Knowledge of object-oriented programming concepts.

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Candidates must be authorized to work in Canada.

Rogue Factor is an equal opportunity employer.

Although we wish to sincerely thank all applicants, only candidates who have been selected for an interview will be contacted.

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ABOUT ROGUE FACTOR

Design Distinctions Create Desire

At Rogue Factor, we truly believe that the most important aspect of any creation is the strength of its design distinctions.

A powerful idea is one that has a voice of its own, born from an audacious vision to generate new meaning and leave no one indifferent. In order for a game to be truly memorable, for it to jolt people’s hearts and minds, its distinctive elements should be mystifying when first witnessed. They should challenge the audience’s pre-defined perspectives and expectations, forcing people to stop in their tracks, take notice, process, and dissect the information.

When this effect is achieved, when a product’s distinctions completely capture the onlooker’s imagination, it generates fascination and desire. A desire to know more, a desire to understand, to be a part of and possess.

The New Rogue Factor - Montreal’s Premier Boutique Studio

With “Design Distinctions Create Desire” as our new guiding philosophy, we are hard at work planning and gearing up for our studio’s next 10 years and beyond, as we aim to become what we affectionately dub Montreal’s first Boutique Studio.

While our hometown is known the world over for its vibrant game industry, comprising both renowned AAA giants and a myriad of small indies, we believe that a space exists right in the middle for something radically different. A space for the emergence of a bold and original new model - a middleweight developer with the capacity to produce ambitious and world-class titles that are intricate, deep, personal and captivating.

Rogues Wanted

We want to create video games that are not afraid of being just that - games - utterly interactive and mechanically engrossing. In order to achieve this, our roadmap foresees the expansion of our current team to a total of 80-100 members, working with enviable development budgets and appropriate production timelines on large-scale-yet-intimate and truly unique projects, created by and for gamers.

Our goal is to offer breathtaking original tales that will unfold as you, the player, get to live and breathe them for yourself like never before. By fully embracing this ideal and striving to achieve its very embodiment, our ambition is nothing less than to write tomorrow’s gaming History.