Sr. Platform Engineer I
About The Position
Contribute to the development of platforms serving the Studio across cloud providers and data centers. Develop compute, storage, database, and platform solutions on premises and in the public cloud, and collaborate with a cross-functional team to design and implement CI/CD platforms-as-a-service for internal products. Use Kubernetes operators and Spinnaker pipelines to automate application deployments and administration across on-premises and cloud environments. Define and implement Infrastructure-as-Code workflows, processes, and standards, and contribute to continuous improvement of the studio platform, in-house DevOps tools, custom platform-operations products, and customer-facing interfaces. Integrate chaos engineering and support full-stack continuous testing environments to improve reliability and resilience. Monitor system health, capacity, and performance; optimize platform infrastructure using tools such as Datadog; and provide tier-3 on-call troubleshooting and break-fix support for production services. Prepare executive-level presentations that communicate technical concepts, strategies, risks, and recommendations to technical, business, and operational leaders. Participate in team continuous-improvement initiatives. Up to 5% domestic travel is required.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, Information Technology, or a related field (or foreign degree equivalent).
- Eight years of experience in the job offered or a related occupation in the animation industry.
- Eight years of experience with revision control and DevOps best practices, including Git.
- Eight years of expert Linux experience, including Red Hat and CentOS.
- Eight years of experience with animation artists’ production pipelines, including critical backend applications related to farm rendering and asset and catalog management software.
- Eight years of experience with CI/CD tools and platforms such as Spinnaker, Drone, Jenkins, Ansible, and Argo.
- Eight years of experience with release-management best practices, including versioning, branching, and deployment strategies.
- Seven years of experience with production-critical systems and workflows.
- Seven years of operational support experience, including platform infrastructure monitoring and troubleshooting using Datadog, Prometheus, or similar tools.
- Seven years of experience working in multiple programming languages, including Java, Go, and Python.
- Five years of experience with cloud-native technologies and architecture, including Docker, Kubernetes, and OpenShift.
- Five years of experience in operations supporting production artists and supervisor Technical Directors through P1 and P2 incident handling to maintain platform health and high-performance rendering workflow stability.
Responsibilities
- Develop compute, storage, database, and platform solutions on premises and in the public cloud.
- Collaborate with a cross-functional team to design and implement CI/CD platforms-as-a-service for internal product solutions.
- Use Kubernetes operators and Spinnaker pipelines to automate application deployments and administration across on-premises and cloud environments.
- Define and implement Infrastructure-as-Code workflows, processes, and standards.
- Contribute to continuous improvement of the studio platform, in-house DevOps tools, custom platform-operations products, and customer-facing interfaces.
- Integrate chaos engineering practices and support full-stack continuous testing environments to improve reliability and resilience.
- Prepare and deliver executive-level presentations communicating technical concepts, strategies, risks, and recommendations to diverse leadership audiences.
- Monitor system health, capacity, and performance indicators, and drive optimization and proactive improvements.
- Provide tier-3 on-call troubleshooting and break-fix support for production services.
- Participate in team continuous-improvement initiatives.
- Monitor and maintain platform infrastructure using tools such as Datadog for performance tracking, alerts, and capacity management.
- Travel domestically up to 5%.
Benefits
- Medical insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- 401(k)
- Paid leave
- Tuition reimbursement
- Other discounts and perks
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
