Lead DevSecOps Engineer
Join the VRChat Team!
VRChat offers a first-of-its-kind, game-changing platform that provides an endless collection of social VR experiences and gives the power of creation to its robust community. With over 250,000 worlds and growing, VRChat’s vision is to allow users to bring their imaginations to life and help shape the metaverse anywhere in the world on any device. VRChat has raised $100M to date with the support of investors, Makers Fund, Anthos Capital and HTC.
We have a great team which includes people from: Netflix, Twitter, Meta, Microsoft, Roblox, Google, Amazon, Unity, Spotify, Discord, Uber, eBay, Robinhood, Twitch, Zynga and TikTok. Come and join the mission!
Job Overview
We are looking for a DevOps Leader with security experience to lead our passionate DevOps team ensuring the smooth operation and security of the VRChat infrastructure. In this role you’ll be accountable for the uptime, security, proper operation and cost effectiveness of our infrastructure supporting millions of active users and petabytes of UGC content.
Help us run and secure our platform that allows our users to connect and create their part of the VRChat universe. If you’re interested in keeping the machinery behind the scenes humming and finely tuned, then this role could be right up your alley.
The role reports to the VP of Engineering at VRChat. This Engineering leader will work closely with the IT and Development teams, as well as the heads of various functions to plan and deploy infrastructure.
- Lead a small, thriving team of DevOps Engineers
- Foster direct communication with several other closely-related teams such as IT, Server Engineers, Client Security, User Support, and Community Team
- Design, plan and implementation of IT infrastructure in a hybrid cloud environment to support the evolution of our platform
- Hands-on day to day operation and maintenance of our infrastructure to keep our services running with high reliability, security and cost effectiveness
- Incident management and root cause analysis, sometimes during off hours
- Ensure the implementation and maintenance of robust security controls and practices
- Automate and improve our monitoring systems and tools
- Coordination and communication within the team and with internal stakeholders
- Work with external vendors to resolve issues and coordinate projects
- Proven experience (8+ years) in a DevOps leadership role, within a high-growth consumer-facing company, preferably in a fast-paced startup environment
- Experience with hybrid cloud environments and infrastructure as code tools such as Terraform, Terragrunt, OpenTofu, and octoDNS
- Experience with highly reliable networking and tools such as Wireguard and Tailscale
- Experience designing, building and maintaining high available and reliable network infrastructure
- Experience maintaining DDoS protection and intrusion detection and prevention systems from different vendors, such as Cloudflare and AWS CloudFront/AWS Shield/AWS WAF
- Experience with content delivery networks (CDNs)
- Knowledge of setup, configuration and operation of clustered data stores such as MongoDB, Redis/Valkey and MySQL
- Experience participating in proactive system hardening, engaging in technical security audits, and threat-hunting across multiple interconnected systems
- Experience in rapidly responding to and mitigating operational & security incidents, including coordinating with internal security, legal, and public relations teams
- Strong knowledge of REST web applications, API endpoint security and scripting knowledge, including Golang and Node.js
- Experience with realtime multiplayer game engines, Photon or other real-time networking, MMORPG or C# application security is desirable
- Familiarity with common Cybersecurity and Information Technology frameworks and standards such as MITRE ATT&CK, COBIT, and ITIL
- Knowledge of ISO27001/27002, SOC2, IG2 certifications and standards
- Preferably expertise in building security infrastructure that conforms to FTC guidance and international privacy laws such as the GDPR
- Exceptional communication skills with the ability to articulate and evangelize concepts to technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Work from anywhere! VRChat is a 100% remote company
- Health Benefits
- 401K for US & RRSP for Canadian Employees
- Stock Options
- Generous paid holiday schedule
- Unlimited/Flexible vacation time
- Paid parental leave benefits
VRChat is an equal-opportunity employer, and we welcome applicants from all backgrounds. VRChat fosters a diverse, creative, and collaborative environment where anyone can contribute to any of the ongoing projects or direction of the roadmap at any time. If you’re a passionate team player who wants to have an impact on a dynamic team, we’d love to hear from you!
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