At Disney, we're storytellers! We make the impossible, possible. The Walt Disney Company is the premier entertainment and technological leader. Walt's passion was to continuously envision new ways to move audiences around the world-a passion that remains our touchstone in an enterprise that stretches from theme parks, resorts and a cruise line to sports, news, movies and other businesses. Uniting each endeavor is a dedication to crafting and delivering unforgettable experiences - and we're constantly looking for outstanding ways to improve these exciting experiences.
The Enterprise Technology mission is to deliver technology solutions that align to business strategies while enabling enterprise efficiency and promoting cross-company collaborative innovation. Our group drives competitive advantage by improving our consumer experiences, enabling business growth, and advancing what makes us great. Our Systems Reliability Engineering (SRE) team helps elevate SRE practices at Disney, promoting and onboarding new technologies, solving sophisticated problems and integrating with next generation digital platforms.
This Sr Systems Reliability Engineer will be responsible for helping create, build, and deliver amazing experiences to our guests, fans, and businesses. We are looking for someone with on premises hosting experience, and strong systems administration skills in Linux, Windows, Hypervisor, Storage, and Data Protection services - along with the appropriate knowledges in development, CI pipelines, and container computing.
What You Will Do
- Translate ideas into tangible products through automation, resiliency, efficiency, stability, security, performance, and capacity management - to ensure high reliability
- Design, build, and support systems for a large-scale enterprise production environment on the behalf of product teams
- Act as a thought partner and collaborator with various engineering and production teams, as well as with leadership to drive forward Disney's goals
- Participate in discovery, architecture, design, automation, and implementation of various projects
- Documentation of infrastructure, run books, and other reference materials
- Ensure applications are following security standard processes, and aren't unnecessarily complex
- Project manage & plan large-scale engineering efforts as needed
Required Qualifications & Skills
- 5+ years experience within a System Reliability Engineering or related role
- Expertise in multiple languages (Python, PowerShell, Go, Ruby, Dart, Node, Java, etc.)
- Validated experience with automation platforms (Chef, Terraform, Ansible, etc.)
- Strong Linux & Windows platform knowledge
- Expertise with Distributed Systems and Container Platforms (Kubernetes/GKE, ECS, Mesos, Fargate, Nomad, etc.)
- Experience within networking and protocols (e.g. HTTP, TLS, SSH, DNS)
- Proficient in web server technologies (e.g. Apache, Node.js, NginX, Tomcat, IIS, Caddy Server)
- Proficient with data technologies (e.g. NoSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, Redis, Elastic)
- Experience supporting converged infrastructure stacks
- Holds systems administration experience with major operating system platforms
- Experience working with public and private cloud hosting services
- Holds Continuous Integration (CI) Pipeline knowledge (e.g. Jenkins, Gitlab CI)
- Has experience administering Splunk of other large Enterprise solutions (Websphere, SAP, etc)
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Software, Electrical or Electronics Engineering, or comparable field of study, and/or equivalent work experience
Preferred Qualifications
- Master's degree in a related field
- Related certification/s
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The hiring range for this position in Burbank is $136,038 to $182,490 per year and in Seattle is $142,516 to $191,180 per year. The base pay actually offered will take into account internal equity and also may vary depending on the candidate's geographic region, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience among other factors. A bonus and/or long-term incentive units may be provided as part of the compensation package, in addition to the full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the level and position offered.
What the Team is Saying
What We Do
Innovation is in the DNA of The Walt Disney Company. We not only embrace it, we translate it into experiences you can see and feel. From our groundbreaking work in advanced audio-animatronic robots featured in the Disney theme parks, to streaming services that are redefining entertainment, to inventing tools to create new worlds in our films — The Walt Disney Company has spent nearly 100 years immersing audiences in new and stunning experiences using groundbreaking technology. When next generation technology meets talented people ready to tackle challenges still to be imagined, anything can happen.
Why Work With Us
Every technologist at Disney is essential to helping us create unforgettable experiences and innovative products. Our teams constantly spearhead innovation by incubating cutting-edge ideas into production-ready solutions. At Disney, you’ll make an impact you can see and feel with a team that both supports and challenges your thinking.
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