DreamWorks Technology - Sr Platform Engineer I

What would you say you do here

• Collaborate within a multifunctional team to design and implement nextgeneration CI/CD platformsasaservice for internal product solutions.
• Leverage Kubernetes operators and Spinnaker pipelines to automate application deployments and administration across multiple environments (onpremises and in the cloud).
• Define and implement workflows processes and standards for InfrastructureasCode (IaC).
• Demonstrate a strong understanding and contribute to the continuous improvement of the studio platform including inhouse DevOps tools and custom products used for platform operations as well as customerfacing user interfaces.
• Integrate chaos engineering practices and support the development of fullstack continuous testing environments to improve system reliability and resilience.
• Continuously monitor system health capacity and performance indicators driving optimization and proactive improvements.
• Provide tier3 oncall support for troubleshooting and breakfix support for production services.
• Actively drive and participate in the teams continuous improvement initiatives.
• Monitor and maintain platform infrastructure using tools like Datadog for performance tracking alerts and capacity management.

Qualifications :

What do I need to have in order to do this job

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science Software/Computer Engineering or Information Technology.
• Minimum 5 years of relevant work experience within the Animation Industry.
• Experience in cloudnative technologies and architectures (Docker Kubernetes OpenShift).
• Proficiency in revision control and DevOps best practices (Git).
• Expert Linux experience (Red Hat CentOS).
• Previous experience supporting an Animation Studio Production environment with an understanding of productioncritical systems and workflows.
• Deep understanding of animation artists production pipelines including but not limited to its critical backend applications related to farm rendering asset and catalog management software. 
• Minimum of 5 years experience in operations supporting production artists and Supervisor TDs through P1 P2 incident handling to ensure platforms health and stability of highperformance rendering workflows. 
• Domain expert in CI/CD tools and platforms such as Spinnaker Drone Jenkins Ansible Argo.
• Software engineering skills preferably working in multiple programming languages (Java Go Python).
• Operational support experience including platform infrastructure monitoring and problemsolving using tools like Datadog Prometheus or similar.
• Knowledge of best practices in release management including versioning branching and deployment strategies.
• Clear articulate and personable with strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to effectively communicate sophisticated technical concepts to nontechnical colleagues.
• Selfmotivated responsible and diligent with the ability to work both independently and in collaborative teams.
• Passionate about continuous learning and improvement and can quickly absorb new information.
• Great teammate with a customer service approach and a commitment to quality.
• Ethical honest and fair demonstrating a high level of integrity in all work and interactions.
• Must be able to support the PST work schedule to align with the onsite team. 

What can I offer

• Handson experience with public or private cloud services (AWS Azure Google Cloud OpenStack).
• Experience with Application Performance Monitoring (APM) or distributed tracing tools (e.g. Datadog New Relic or similar).

Fully Remote: This position has been designated as fully remote meaning that the position is expected to contribute from a nonDreamWorks worksite most commonly an employees residence.

We are accepting applications for this position on an ongoing basis.

This position is eligible for company sponsored benefits including medical dental and vision insurance 401(k) paid leave tuition reimbursement and a variety of other discounts and perks. Learn more about the benefits offered by NBCUniversal by visiting the Benefits page of the Careers website.

Salary range: $145000 $165000

Additional Information :

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Remote Work :

Yes

Employment Type :

Fulltime