Platform Engineer Application Networking

Why PlayStation

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PlayStation builds worldwide online services that need low-latency secure and reliable clientserver communication for millions of users and services. We want an engineer committed to platform development skilled in networking application routing and platform abstractions who enjoys converting architectural plans into stable repeatable systems.

This role centers on crafting and deploying collaborative application routing and networking platforms. These platforms use Kubernetes along with modern gateway and service mesh technologies. They support the exchange of information both from client to service and between services across PlayStations hybrid infrastructure.

Responsibilities

In your role as a Platform Engineer at PlayStation you will:

• Compose develop and maintain common application routing frameworks that facilitate communication spanning client requests to service responses as well as between services.
• Develop and improve routing capabilities through the Kong ecosystem including Kong API Gateway Kong Ingress Controller and Kong Konnect.
• Enable safe traffic management approaches that support scalability resilience and controlled change.

Platforms for managing application routing

• Compose build and operate shared systems for managing application routing that enable client-to-service and service-to-service communication.
• Build and improve routing features with the Kong suite of tools (Kong API Gateway Kong Ingress Controller Kong Konnect).
• Facilitate secure traffic management methods that promote scalability resilience and regulated change.

Kubernetes & Service Connectivity

• Deploy and manage container-based routing and networking components on Kubernetes.
• Support eastwest service connectivity within and across clusters including service mesh-based solutions.
• Partner with Kubernetes platform teams to ensure routing infrastructure is reliable scalable and operable.

Platform Reliability & Enablement

• Increase the reliability performance and observability of application routing platforms.
• Integrate routing platforms into CI/CD and GitOps workflows.
• Provide clear conventions automation and documentation to enable application teams to adopt the platform effectively.

Requirements

• Strong background in networking and distributed systems particularly client/server communication models.
• Hands-on experience operating application gateways proxies or traffic management platforms.
• Experience managing Kubernetes-based systems in production environments.
• Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science or a related field or equivalent practical experience.

Networking & Protocols

Solid understanding of:

• HTTP HTTP/2 HTTP/3 gRPC
• TCP and UDP traffic patterns

TCP and UDP traffic patterns

• Experience with L4/L7 routing concepts load balancing and traffic policy.

Platform & Systems

• Proven experience integrating Kong to provide enterprise middleware application routing implementations.
• Experience working with platforms that rely on configuration control planes or policy systems.
• Familiarity with DNS-based service discovery and naming strategies.
• Comfort working alongside infrastructure primitives such as networks load balancers and firewalls.

Skills & Knowledge

• Experience supporting globally distributed systems across regions providers and environments.
• Knowledge of gateway architectures service mesh concepts and internal service connectivity.
• Familiarity with modern platform practices: GitOps or equivalent experience Infrastructure as Code Automated policy enforcement.
• Knowledge of fundamental networking technologies such as BGP eBPF or overlay networking is an advantage.

Additional Attributes

• Strong communicator who can collaborate effectively across architecture platform and application teams.
• Comfortable working with distributed teams across multiple time zones.
• Product-minded with a focus on developer experience platform reliability and adoption.
• Self-starter with a strong sense of ownership and a bias toward documentation and knowledge sharing.
• Experience contributing to or collaborating on open-source software is a plus.

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