Platform Engineer

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.

Overview
Were looking for a strongPlatform Engineerwith strong hands-on experience in Kubernetes AWS and DevOps/GitOpstooling. This role sits within our Data Platform Services team and focuses on building scalable platform capabilities that enable engineering teams to deliver quickly and reliably.

Key Responsibilities

• Buildoperate and supportKubernetes (EKS) clusters andcontainerisedworkloads.

• Deliver and enhance internalself-serve platform capabilities (e.g. Airflow CI/CD observability tools).

• Improve platform automation deployment workflows and onboarding experience for internal teams.

• Develop and maintain GitOps workflows using tools like ArgoCD.

• Troubleshoot platform issues across AWS Kubernetes networking and CI pipelines.

• Collaborate with engineering teams to ensure smooth integration with platform services.
  

Required Experience

• Strong hands-on experience withKubernetes ideally including EKS.

• Solid background withAWS core services (IAM VPC networking compute).

• Experience supporting production systems and modern DevOps/SRE practices.

• Proficient with command line tooling IaC Tooling (Terraform) Linux and development workflows.

• Familiarity withAirflowor other workflow orchestration systems.

• Experience withGitOps(ArgoCD) and CI/CD tools (Jenkins GitHub Actions).
  

Preferred Skills & Certifications

• CNCF certifications (CKA CKAD or CKS).

• Experience with observability stacks (Datadog Prometheus Loki Grafana).

• Strong scripting/automation skills (Python Bash etc.).

• Prior platform engineering or SRE team experience.

Benefits:

• Discretionary bonus opportunity
• Hybrid Working (within Flexmodes)
• Private Medical Insurance
• Dental Scheme
• 25 days holiday per year
• On Site Gym
• Subsidised Café
• Free soft drinks
• On site bar
• Access to cycle garage and showers

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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.