Senior Service Reliability Engineer

TL;DR

Senior Service Reliability Engineer: Leading reliability and scalability improvements for a cloud gaming service with an accent on architectural influence, KPI definition, and continuous improvement. Focus on designing platform-wide solutions, mentoring junior staff, and ensuring operational readiness for production.

Company

hirify.global is a global leader in entertainment, producing the PlayStation family of products and services.

What you will do

• Lead ongoing improvements in reliability and scalability.
• Collaborate with SRE Management to define KPIs and drive continuous improvement.
• Influence architecture and implementation of solutions within the division.
• Mentor junior SRE staff.
• Represent SRE in the wider organization.
• Lead small-scale projects from inception to implementation.
• Design platform-wide solutions and provide technical leadership.

Requirements

• Minimum of 7+ years working experience in Software Development and/or Linux Systems Administration.
• Strong interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills.
• Available to be scheduled in on-call rotation.
• Proficient as a Linux Production Systems Engineer with experience managing large-scale web services infrastructure.
• Development experience in Python (preferred), Bash, Go, Java, C++, or Rust.
• Experience with at least 3 of the following: Distributed data storage (Hadoop, Ceph), NoSQL (MongoDB, Redis, Cassandra), Data aggregation (ElasticSearch, Kafka), RDBMS with High Availability (PostgreSQL, MySQL), Monitoring & alerting (Prometheus, Grafana), Kubernetes and/or AWS, Software distribution, Configuration management (Ansible, SaltStack, Puppet, Chef).

Nice to have

• QA or SDET experience.

Culture & Benefits

• Work for a global leader in entertainment (PlayStation brand).
• Inclusive environment that empowers employees and embraces diversity.
• Focus on innovation, technology, and play.
• Fair Chance employer; considers qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
• Equal Opportunity Employer.

Hiring process

• Background checks are conducted at the offer stage for all new employees.