Sr Cloud Infrastructure & Platform Engineer

PlayStation•Madison, WI

16h•Hybrid

About The Position

Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) is seeking a Sr Cloud Infrastructure & Platform Engineer to join their IT Cloud Foundations team. This role is responsible for engineering the cloud capabilities that power enterprise business systems, developer platforms, and data services across the company. The team focuses on improving automation, reliability, security, and cloud infrastructure to accelerate engineering teams and enhance the reliability of critical business services. The mission is to engineer a secure, scalable cloud platform that enables SIE to operate, innovate, and grow.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or related discipline
Strong hands-on experience designing and operating AWS-based cloud infrastructure.
Experience with Infrastructure as Code, Kubernetes, automation, and CI/CD.
Strong communication, collaboration, and problem-solving skills.
Proven experience designing, implementing, and supporting AWS cloud infrastructure.
Hands-on experience with IaC and Terraform.
Experience deploying, administering, and troubleshooting Kubernetes platforms.
Strong automation experience using Python and/or Bash.
Experience designing CI/CD pipelines for infrastructure and application delivery.
Strong understanding of AWS networking including VPCs, subnets, routing, security groups, VPNs, and load balancing.
Experience building secure, highly available, resilient cloud environments.
Strong troubleshooting across compute, storage, networking, and platform services.
Experience with CloudWatch, Datadog, Splunk, Prometheus, and/or Grafana.
Experience with Git-based source control and collaborative engineering practices.
Experience administering Linux systems in cloud environments.
Knowledge of IAM, encryption, secrets management, logging, and cloud security best practices.
Experience monitoring, optimizing, and operating cloud infrastructure for performance, reliability, scalability, and cost efficiency.

Nice To Haves

AWS certifications.
Enjoy leading complex technical initiatives from idea to production.
Naturally look for opportunities to simplify, automate, and improve.
Build strong partnerships across engineering organizations.
Mentor others by sharing knowledge and raising engineering quality.
Balance technical excellence with practical business outcomes.
Embrace emerging technologies—including AI—when they create meaningful value.

Responsibilities

Lead complex AWS infrastructure and platform initiatives from architecture through production.
Design reusable infrastructure, automation, and platform capabilities that strengthen the shared cloud platform.
Advance Kubernetes/EKS, observability, governance, CI/CD, networking, and automation capabilities.
Partner across engineering organizations to deliver secure, scalable solutions for business-critical services.
Mentor engineers through design reviews, implementation guidance, troubleshooting, and knowledge sharing.
Evaluate AI-assisted engineering capabilities where they improve automation, operational efficiency, documentation, or delivery quality.