Senior DevOps Engineer

NBCUniversal

69d • $130,000 - $150,000

About The Position

NBCU Local is reimagining storytelling for the next generation of local news watchers, delivering local content to English and Spanish-speaking audiences in 31 U.S. TV markets and Puerto Rico. We are comprised of NBC Owned Television Stations, NBC Sports Regional Networks and Telemundo Station Group – plus multicast networks COZI TV and TeleXitos, regional cable news network NECN, and 16 free ad-supported streaming TV (FAST) channels – including 11 NBC local news, four Telemundo regional news channels. The NBCU Local Technology & Operations organization provides the Technology & Workflow Solutions, Support, Media Operations, Production, Studio and Facilities services that power NBCU Local content creation and distribution.

Requirements

• 5+ years in DevOps/Site Reliability or related discipline, with 3+ years designing cloud‑native architectures at enterprise scale.
• Deep production experience with Kubernetes and container ecosystems.
• 3+ years hands‑on with IaC/CM tools—Crossplane, Terraform, Helm, Ansible or Puppet.
• Proficiency in at least one of Python, Go, Bash, PowerShell for automation and tooling.
• Solid foundation in AWS core services (EC2, S3, Route 53, IAM, VPC) and networking fundamentals.
• Strong Linux/Windows administration, troubleshooting and performance‑tuning skills.
• Proven ability to author technical documentation and present complex concepts to diverse audiences.

Nice To Haves

• Go development for infrastructure—experience writing Kubernetes operators, Crossplane providers, or other controller‑style tooling.
• GitOps expertise—hands‑on with Argo CD, Flux, or comparable declarative deployment workflows.
• Advanced observability—building dashboards and alerting rules with Prometheus, Grafana, CloudWatch/Loki, or ELK.
• CI/CD craftsmanship—designing robust, reusable pipelines in GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or similar systems.
• Team enablement—proven record of mentoring engineers and driving knowledge‑sharing initiatives across DevOps and production teams.

Responsibilities

• Build secure, repeatable pipelines (GitHub Actions, Jenkins or similar) for container images, IaC modules and application releases.
• Develop automation utilities in Python, Go, Bash or PowerShell to reduce toil and accelerate delivery.
• Design and implement AWS‑centric and on‑prem resources using Crossplane, Terraform, Helm and GitOps workflows.
• Own Kubernetes clusters (EKS/AKS/on‑prem) that run micro‑services, playout pipelines and control‑plane tooling.
• Create modular, reusable IaC patterns that meet scalability, performance and reliability targets.
• Define SLO/SLA objectives, instrument applications and infrastructure, and build proactive alerting with Datadog or Prometheus, Grafana, ELK/CloudWatch.
• Codify auto‑healing and run‑book automation to maximize uptime.
• Embed zero‑trust networking, least‑privilege IAM, secrets management and policy‑as‑code into every layer.
• Partner with NBCU Cyber to address findings, maintain compliance and champion secure‑by‑default practices.
• Work closely with engineering, operations and production teams to translate real‑world workflow requirements into resilient infrastructure designs.
• Mentor junior engineers, conduct design and code reviews, and foster a culture of continuous learning and DevOps best practice.

Benefits

• Medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• 401(k)
• Paid leave
• Tuition reimbursement
• Variety of other discounts and perks

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior