Sr. Platform Engineer I

NBCUniversal•New York, NY

16h•$183,851 - $184,000•Remote

About The Position

Contribute to the development of cutting-edge platforms that serve the needs of the Studio across various cloud providers and data centers. Responsible for developing the compute, storage, database and platform solutions on prem and in the public cloud. Collaborate within a cross-functional team to design and implement next-generation CI/CD platforms-as-a-service for internal product solutions. Leverage Kubernetes operators and Spinnaker pipelines to automate application deployments and administration across multiple environments (on-premises and in the cloud). Define and implement workflows, processes, and standards for Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC). Demonstrate a strong understanding and contribute to the continuous improvement of the studio platform, including in-house DevOps tools and custom products used for platform operations, as well as customer-facing user interfaces. Integrate chaos engineering practices and support the development of full-stack, continuous testing environments to improve system reliability and resilience. Continuously monitor system health, capacity, and performance indicators, driving optimization and proactive improvements. Provide tier-3 on-call support for troubleshooting and break-fix support for production services. Actively drive and participate in the team’s continuous improvement initiatives. Monitor and maintain platform infrastructure, utilizing tools like Datadog for performance tracking, alerts, and capacity management.

Requirements

Revision control and DevOps best practices (Git).
Expert Linux experience (Red Hat, CentOS).
Animation artists’ production pipelines, including but not limited to its critical backend applications related to farm rendering, asset and catalog management software.
CI/CD tools and platforms such as Spinnaker, Drone, Jenkins, Ansible, Argo.
Best practices in release management, including versioning, branching, and deployment strategies.
Production-critical systems and workflows.
Operational support experience, including platform infrastructure monitoring and troubleshooting using tools like Datadog, Prometheus, or similar.
Working in multiple programming languages (Java, Go, Python).
Cloud-native technologies and architecture (Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift).
Experience in operations supporting production artists and supervisor Technical Directors through P1, P2 incident handling to ensure platform’s health and stability of high-performance rendering workflows.

Responsibilities

Contribute to the development of cutting-edge platforms that serve the needs of the Studio across various cloud providers and data centers.
Responsible for developing the compute, storage, database and platform solutions on prem and in the public cloud.
Collaborate within a cross-functional team to design and implement next-generation CI/CD platforms-as-a-service for internal product solutions.
Leverage Kubernetes operators and Spinnaker pipelines to automate application deployments and administration across multiple environments (on-premises and in the cloud).
Define and implement workflows, processes, and standards for Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC).
Demonstrate a strong understanding and contribute to the continuous improvement of the studio platform, including in-house DevOps tools and custom products used for platform operations, as well as customer-facing user interfaces.
Integrate chaos engineering practices and support the development of full-stack, continuous testing environments to improve system reliability and resilience.
Continuously monitor system health, capacity, and performance indicators, driving optimization and proactive improvements.
Provide tier-3 on-call support for troubleshooting and break-fix support for production services.
Actively drive and participate in the team’s continuous improvement initiatives.
Monitor and maintain platform infrastructure, utilizing tools like Datadog for performance tracking, alerts, and capacity management.