Senior Platform Engineer (DevOps)

TL;DR

Senior Platform Engineer (DevOps): Developing and optimizing cloud-native platforms for animation production across hybrid environments with an accent on compute, storage, and CI/CD automation. Focus on leveraging Kubernetes operators, Spinnaker pipelines, and IaC to ensure system reliability and resilience for high-performance rendering workflows.

Location: Fully Remote (US). Position requires up to 5% domestic travel.

Salary: $183,851 – $184,000 per year

Company

NBCUniversal is one of the world's leading media and entertainment companies, encompassing brands like Universal Pictures and hirify.global Animation.

What you will do

• Develop compute, storage, and database solutions for on-premises and public cloud environments.
• Design and implement next-generation CI/CD platforms-as-a-service for internal product solutions.
• Automate application deployments using Kubernetes operators and Spinnaker pipelines.
• Define and implement workflows, processes, and standards for Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC).
• Integrate chaos engineering and continuous testing environments to improve system reliability.
• Monitor platform health and performance using Datadog and provide tier-3 on-call support.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field.
• 8+ years of experience with Git, expert-level Linux (Red Hat, CentOS), and animation production pipelines.
• Proficiency with CI/CD tools including Spinnaker, Drone, Jenkins, Ansible, and Argo.
• 7+ years of experience working with Java, Go, and Python.
• 5+ years of experience with cloud-native technologies (Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift).
• Experience handling P1/P2 incidents to ensure stability of high-performance rendering workflows.

Culture & Benefits

• Fully remote work arrangement.
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• 401(k) retirement plan and paid leave.
• Tuition reimbursement and various company discounts.