Senior Software Engineer - Network Automation
Senior Software Engineer - Network Automation
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Why PlayStation
PlayStation isnt just the Best Place to Play its also the Best Place to Work. Today were recognized as a global leader in entertainment producing The PlayStation family of products and services including PlayStation5 PlayStation4 PlayStationVR PlayStationPlus acclaimed PlayStation software titles from PlayStation Studios and more.
PlayStation also strives to create an inclusive environment that empowers employees and embraces diversity. We welcome and encourage everyone who has a passion and curiosity for innovation technology and play to explore our open positions and join our growing global team.
The PlayStation brand falls under Sony Interactive Entertainment a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sony Group Corporation.
The Network Reliability Engineering (NRE) team plays a critical role in enabling this by modernizing how we manage and scale our global network infrastructure.
Driven by a customer-first attitude our mission is to enhance operational capabilities through automation orchestration and infrastructure as code. We build tools and services that support intent-driven operations allowing teams to focus on outcomes instead of manual processes. By providing robust APIs and self-service capabilities we empower engineers and partners alike.
We continuously refine our automation stack based on feedback fostering an agile environment that adapts to evolving industry needs. If youre passionate about innovation operational excellence and delivering impactful customer-focused solutionsjoin us in shaping the future of network reliability at PlayStation.
What youll be doing:
- Design develop and maintain network orchestration systems that streamline operations for Network Engineering and Operations teams
- Build and improve internal tools for deploying upgrading and managing a global network infrastructure
- Maintain extend and support existing automation and tooling to ensure reliability and scalability
- Own and drive projects related to network automation and tooling with minimal supervision
- Proactively identify opportunities to improve workflows and reduce operational overhead through automation
What were looking for:
- Strong understanding of network fundamentals (IP routing basic concepts of dynamic routing policy based routing decisions)
- Expert in the Python programming language and modern language features
- Proficient in data modelling data persistency (relational or NoSQL databases) and inter-system communication patterns and data serialization
- Experience with at least 3 of the following:
- Reading interpreting and working with telemetry SNMP sFlow IPFIX data
- Event-driven system architecture and related messaging systems (e.g. ZeroMQ NATS Kafka)
- Kubernetes tooling (Helm GitOps Kustomize)
- CI/CD pipelines (Gitlab CI ArgoCD)
- Kubernetes and Kubernetes API extensionsREST and message broker systems (ZeroMQ NATS Kafka or similar)
- Understanding test driven development (TDD) software testing and deployment strategies
- Working and understanding distributed code development workflows (git)
- Software process and release management
- Remote orchestration of network devices (Netconf OpenConfig GNMI or similar)
Desirable Experience:
- Experience with Linux systems and containerized deployments.
- Experience with vendor hardware platforms (Juniper MX QFX SRX and EX series platforms Arista 7xxx series)
- Experience working in a globally distributed team and/or with IT Service Management (e.g. ITIL).
- Developing custom Kubernetes controllers and custom resource management systems
- Ability to translate networking and orchestration concepts to various stakeholders (e.g. infra engineers ops teams).
- Developing distributed systems designed as event-driven micro-service
- Proficient knowledge of vendor configuration management interfaces (Netconf and eAPI)
- Proficient knowledge of the NATS message bus (with Jetstream) and common communication patterns therein.
Equal Opportunity Statement:
Sony is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All persons will receive consideration for employment without regard to gender (including gender identity gender expression and gender reassignment) race (including colour nationality ethnic or national origin) religion or belief marital or civil partnership status disability age sexual orientation pregnancy maternity or parental status trade union membership or membership in any other legally protected category.
We strive to create an inclusive environment empower employees and embrace diversity. We encourage everyone to respond.
PlayStation is a Fair Chance employer and qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records will be considered for employment.
Required Experience:
Senior IC
Employment Type
Full Time
