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!

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.

About the Team: Network Operations

The 2K Network Operations team is responsible for the deployment, operations, and troubleshooting  of our production and enterprise networks to support our studios and online games. The team is closely cooperating with various infrastructure and development teams.

What We Need:

We are looking for a Senior Network Engineer to join the team that is implementing and maintaining 2k gaming networks  from the Internet edge, core and security layer up to users’ connections. Our networks need to be scalable, and enable systems agility, while providing our hundreds of thousands of fans with the most stable platform. We work with other infrastructure and engineering teams to ensure new products and features have scalable architectures and will provide the performance our customers require. This role requires a traditional on-premise data center skill set and familiarity with cloud-based technologies.

What You Will Be Doing:

• Ensuring that our existing network is running at its peak
• Providing support to customers who are experiencing network related issues
• Responding to and troubleshooting alerts as well as participating in our on-call rotation
• Rolling out new network infrastructure to our various locations remotely around the world
• Optimizing our automation and monitoring  systems

Who We Think Will Be a Great Fit:

You are willing to work in a fast-paced and cutting-edge environment with other highly skilled professionals. You will be motivated to stay current with evolving technologies whilst developing skills that will help make 2K the best gaming company in the world.

Required Qualifications:

• CCNP/JNCIP certification or equivalent knowledge and experience
• In depth troubleshooting skill in multi vendor environment - Juniper, Arista
• Advanced knowledge of routing protocols, and network threat detection & remediation
• Advanced knowledge of switching and wireless technologies and protocols
• Advanced knowledge of next generation firewall systems - Palo Alto 
• Advanced knowledge of Data Centre infrastructure - Arista CVP, Juniper Apstra

Preferred Qualifications:

• Familiarity with networking in major cloud providers  
• Exposure to network automation NETCONF/YAML, Ansible 
• Arista CVP, ZTP
• In depth knowledge of VXLAN/EVPN for Arista and Juniper
• Advanced knowledge of DDOS protection and mitigation  - Netscout Arbor TMS
• Knowledge of cloud based DDOS protection services
• Knowledge of scripting languages Python/Perl for automation 
• Knowledge of F5 load balancers including AFM
• General knowledge of virtualization platforms
• Knowledge of Windows and Linux based operating systems
• Familiarity with data centre network design.

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. 
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