Architect - Enterprise Infrastructure

Description & Requirements

Electronic 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.


Central Technology is the force multiplier, accelerating creative opportunity and progress at EA. We're a world-class community of technologists, innovators, strategists, and orchestrators transforming interactive entertainment. Together, we power the platforms, AI-driven tools, live services, and infrastructure that ensure global scale, secure player experiences, and unlock bold new possibilities.


EA Information Technology (EAIT) powers the technology that connects our global workforce and supports every part of our business, from game development to marketing, publishing, security, and player experience. We create secure, scalable solutions that help teams collaborate and innovate in order to create better experiences for players worldwide.

Location: Austin
Reports to: Director, Enterprise Infrastructure
Job Summary:

Join us at Electronic Arts, where you will help shape the technology powering iconic franchises like FIFA, Apex Legends, and The Sims. Reporting to the Director, Enterprise Infrastructure, you will work as an individual contributor, guiding our enterprise architecture and collaborating with teams across EA. Our award-winning culture values creativity, inclusion, and flexibility, supporting you as you build scalable, secure platforms for millions of players.
Responsibilities:

• You will define and maintain enterprise architecture standards, reference architectures, and technology roadmaps, ensuring alignment with EA's scalability and security requirements.
• You will lead architecture for hybrid cloud platforms, increasing adoption of cloud-native patterns such as microservices, APIs, service mesh, and container-based workloads.
• You will serve as EA's subject matter expert for OpenShift Virtualization and Kubernetes, guiding platform enhancements in operators, networking, storage, and security controls.
• You will develop and publish engineering patterns, reusable frameworks, and reference implementations, partnering with engineering teams to embed automation-first approaches and security-by-design.

Required Qualifications:

• 10+ years of experience in enterprise architecture, platform engineering, or software engineering, including designing large-scale, distributed cloud-native systems.
• Experience with OpenShift and enterprise Kubernetes platforms, including defining deployment strategies and platform governance for global-scale environments.
• Hands-on coding experience in Go, Java, Python, or comparable languages, and deep expertise with Infrastructure as Code tools (Terraform, Helm, GitOps) and CI/CD frameworks.
• Certifications: RHCA, RHOCP, and Kubernetes (CKA, CKAD, CKS), plus experience supporting large-scale consumer or gaming platforms in hybrid cloud environments.

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Pay Transparency - North America

COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS

The ranges listed below are what EA in good faith expects to pay applicants for this role in these locations at the time of this posting. If you reside in a different location, a recruiter will advise on the applicable range and benefits. Pay offered will be determined based on a number of relevant business and candidate factors (e.g. education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, geographic location, or business needs).


PAY RANGES

* Ontario *$141,400 - $192,100 CAD


Pay is just one part of the overall compensation at EA.

For Canada, we offer a package of benefits including vacation (3 weeks per year to start), 10 days per year of sick time, paid top-up to EI/QPIP benefits up to 100% of base salary when you welcome a new child (12 weeks for maternity, and 4 weeks for parental/adoption leave), extended health/dental/vision coverage, life insurance, disability insurance, retirement plan to regular full-time employees. Certain roles may also be eligible for bonus and equity.

This role is for an existing vacancy.

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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