Description & RequirementsElectronic Arts creates next-level entertainment experiences that inspire players and fans around the world. Here, everyone is part of the story. Part of a community that connects across the globe. A place where creativity thrives, new perspectives are invited, and ideas matter. A team where everyone makes play happen.
Role OverviewElectronic Arts is looking for a
hands-on Enterprise Architect to help shape the next generation of EA's technology landscape.As an Enterprise Architect, you will be reporting to the Director of Enterprise Architecture. You will work as an individual contributor.
ResponsibilitiesEnterprise & Platform Architecture- Define and maintain EA's enterprise architecture standards, reference architectures and technology roadmaps.
- Lead architecture for hybrid cloud platforms ensuring understanding to EA's scalability, performance and security requirements.
- Increase adoption of cloud-native patterns including microservices, APIs, service mesh, event-driven design and container-based workloads.
OpenShift & Cloud-Native Engineering- You will be EA's SME for OpenShift Virtualization and Kubernetes platform architecture, governance and workload patterns.
- Define deployment strategies supporting global scale for game dev enivornment.
- Guide platform enhancements including operators, networking, storage, security controls and developer experience.
Hands-On Technical Execution- Develop and publish engineering patterns, reusable frameworks and reference implementations.
- Contribute to proof-of-concepts and solution prototypes in languages such as Go, Java, or Python.
- Provide architectural oversight for complex systems ensuring resiliency, observability and operational readiness.
- Establish standards for IaC using Terraform, Helm, GitOps and CI/CD.
- Lead modernization of provisioning, configuration and deployment pipelines to ensure consistency, traceability and velocity.
- Implement automation-first approaches for configuration, compliance and operations.
- Embed security-by-design across architectures working with EA Security teams.
- Promote best practices in observability, DevOps, SRE.
- Partner with engineering teams, studios and platform groups to ensure architectural alignment and technical clarity.
- Conduct design reviews, mentor engineering teams and provide executive-level architectural guidance.
- Contribute to EA's long-term technology evolution by evaluating emerging standards, tools and cloud services.
Qualifications- 10+ years of experience in enterprise architecture, platform engineering and software engineering.
- Expertise with OpenShift and enterprise Kubernetes platforms.
- Hands-on coding experience (Go, Java, Python, or comparable).
- Experience designing large-scale, distributed cloud-native systems.
- Deep experience with IaC (Terraform, Helm, Ansible, GitOps) and CI/CD frameworks.
- Hybrid cloud architecture experience across AWS, Azure or Google Cloud Platform combined with on-premises environments.
- Foundation in networking, security models, API architecture and integration frameworks.
- Experience with service mesh, operator design, API gateways and event-driven architectures.
- Background in observability stacks (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK/EFK) and SRE practices.
- Experience supporting large-scale consumer or gaming platforms.
- Certifications: RHCA, RHOCP and Kubernetes certs (CKA, CKAD, CKS).
This is a hybrid remote/in-office role.
About Electronic Arts We're proud to have an extensive portfolio of games and experiences, locations around the world, and opportunities across EA. We value adaptability, resilience, creativity, and curiosity. From leadership that brings out your potential, to creating space for learning and experimenting, we empower you to do great work and pursue opportunities for growth.
We adopt a holistic approach to our benefits programs, emphasizing physical, emotional, financial, career, and community wellness to support a balanced life. Our packages are tailored to meet local needs and may include healthcare coverage, mental well-being support, retirement savings, paid time off, family leaves, complimentary games, and more. We nurture environments where our teams can always bring their best to what they do.
Electronic Arts is an equal opportunity employer. All employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, genetic information, religion, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, marital status, family status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We will also consider employment qualified applicants with criminal records in accordance with applicable law. EA also makes workplace accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities as required by applicable law.
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