Senior Platform Engineer (Staff)

Everyrealm is looking for a Senior Platform Engineer (Staff) to play an integral part in building and scaling our immersive media and social gaming platforms. This position is onsite at the Everyrealm Headquarters.

About Everyrealm:

Everyrealm is an immersive media company that develops and invests in businesses related to virtual worlds, social video gaming, and the metaverse. Everyrealm is behind popular virtual-community-driven projects such as The Row and Fantasy Islands, as well as the upcoming social video games Narcos: Metaverse and Hometopia. Everyrealm also operates Bedlam, an esports guild and tournament platform.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with development teams to implement infrastructure-as-code, continuous integration and continuous delivery pipelines.
• Manage and monitor system performance, capacity, and resource utilization to identify and resolve bottlenecks.
• Design and implement high-availability systems and disaster recovery plans.
• Ensure security and compliance with industry standards and best practices, including data protection and privacy regulations.
• Support production incidents and outages, performing root cause analysis and implementing preventative measures.
• Manage and maintain the image of corporate laptops to ensure that they are secure and up-to-date with the latest security patches and software.
• Manage the deployment, configuration, and updates of hardware and software on corporate laptops.
• Monitor and enforce compliance with company security policies and standards on corporate laptops.
• Respond to and resolve laptop-related technical issues, providing tier-2 support when necessary.
• Perform periodic security audits of corporate laptops to ensure that they are secure and comply with company policies.
• Maintain accurate inventory of all corporate laptops and their components.
• Collaborate with procurement and IT security teams to source and purchase new laptops and accessories.
• Evaluate and recommend solutions for laptop backup, encryption, and remote access solutions.

Requirements

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field.
• At least 7-10 years of experience in platform engineering, systems administration, or a related field.
• Extensive experience with Amazon Web Services (AWS).
• Strong understanding of network protocols, security best practices, and data storage solutions.
• Proficiency in at least one scripting language such as Python, Bash, or Ruby. We also leverage AWS CDK, so Javascript/Typescript is also useful
• Experience with automation and configuration management tools such as Terraform and AWS CDK.
• Ability to design, implement, and maintain scalable, highly-available systems and infrastructure.
• Strong problem-solving and critical thinking skills, with the ability to troubleshoot and resolve complex technical issues.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to effectively collaborate with cross-functional teams.
• Familiarity with Agile development methodologies and experience working in a DevOps environment.
• Understanding of containerization and orchestration technologies such as Docker.
• Familiarity with modern software development practices such as continuous integration and delivery, and infrastructure-as-code.
• Experience with mobile device management (MDM) solutions and laptop deployment technologies such as Jumpcloud.
• Familiarity with laptop backup, encryption, and remote access solutions.
• Ability to manage and maintain the image of corporate laptops to ensure that they are secure and up-to-date with the latest security patches and software.
• Experience with managing software deployments and updates on laptops.
• Understanding of laptop security best practices and ability to enforce compliance with company security policies.
• Familiarity with inventory management systems and ability to maintain accurate inventory of all corporate laptops and their components.
• Experience working with procurement and IT security teams to source and purchase new laptops and accessories.
• Ability to evaluate and recommend solutions for laptop backup, encryption, and remote access solutions.

Benefits

• Health Care Plan (Medical, Dental & Vision)
• Life Insurance (Basic, Voluntary & AD&D)
• Short Term & Long Term Disability
• Wellness Resources
• Stock Option Plan
• Family Planning and Fertility Benefits
• Adoption Assistance
• Employee Token Plan
• Stock Option Plan
• Salary Range $145,000 - $165,000