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Senior Systems Engineer

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At a Glance

Location
Novato, California, United States
Work Regime
hybrid
Experience
4+ years
Posted
2026-06-23T18:29:17-04:00

Key Requirements

Required Skills

AIJenkins

Domain Knowledge

  • Automation
  • Engineering
  • Insurance
  • Medical

Requirements

Technical Leadership: Serves as a primary technical resource for source control, influencing best practices across the DevTools function.

Collaboration: Effectively partners with cross-functional teams to align infrastructure capabilities with studio-specific development needs.

Continuous Learning: Actively stays informed about emerging technologies, Perforce improvements, and industry-standard version control methodologies.

Problem Solving: Expertly diagnoses and resolves complex system performance and operational issues in a high-pressure production environment.

Perforce Expertise: Significant systems engineering experience specifically focused on Perforce Helix Core administration and optimization.

Diagnostic Skills: Demonstrated expertise in troubleshooting complex system performance issues and maintaining high-availability environments.

Responsibilities

The Senior Systems Engineer is a high-level individual contributor specializing in Perforce Helix Core to support, enhance, and optimize critical source control infrastructure.

This role is responsible for ensuring the reliability, scalability, and efficiency of the Perforce environment through proactive management, advanced automation, and deep collaboration with software development and tools engineering teams.

The Senior Systems Engineer balances complex operational requirements with long-term strategic projects, providing technical leadership and clear communication across multiple global teams to drive continuous infrastructure improvement.

Infrastructure Optimization: Maintain, monitor, and optimize Perforce Helix Core infrastructure to ensure high availability, peak performance, and enterprise-grade security.

System Administration: Oversee complex server configurations, triggers, permissions, and multi-tool integrations to support global development workflows.

Reliability & Data Integrity: Architect and implement industry best practices for system reliability, data integrity, comprehensive backup strategies, and disaster recovery protocols.

About the Company

At 2K, we create some of the most iconic and culture-shaping video games in entertainment, including NBA® 2K , one of the top-selling franchises in the world, and legendary titles like BioShock® , Borderlands® , Mafia , Sid Meier’s Civilization ® , and XCOM® , as well as fan favorites WWE® 2K , TopSpin® , and PGA TOUR® 2K .

We build unforgettable experiences by pushing the boundaries of creativity, authenticity and innovation across every genre.

Our portfolio is brought to life by some of the most influential game development studios in the world.

Visual Concepts, Firaxis Games, Hangar 13, Cat Daddy Games, 31st Union, Cloud Chamber, Gearbox, HB Studios, and 2K SportsLab create world-class experiences across platforms.

But what truly powers 2K is our people.

We believe the best ideas come from teams that feel empowered, supported, and inspired.