Senior IT Systems Engineer, PlayStation
Studio IT
$155.9-233.9k
5 days a week in office (W Jefferson Blvd, CA)
Gaming and digital entertainment provider
Open for applications
Gaming and digital entertainment provider
1001+ employees
Open for applications
$155.9-233.9k
5 days a week in office (W Jefferson Blvd, CA)
1001+ employees
Company mission
To create a gaming experience without barriers that fits the needs of players of all abilities.
Role
Who you are
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent
- Strong Linux and Windows administration and engineering experience in enterprise or production environments
- Strong hands-on experience with enterprise server hardware, including troubleshooting, lifecycle planning, and firmware management
- Strong experience with enterprise storage and distributed storage systems; Ceph experience strongly preferred
- Strong experience architecting and administering Windows and Linux server platforms in enterprise or production environments
- Strong understanding of how storage, compute, and virtualization interact in performance‑sensitive production environments
- Strong scripting and automation skills, preferably Python and/or PowerShell
- Proficiency with Active Directory, DNS, and DHCP; Infoblox experience is a plus
- Experience designing or overseeing monitoring, alerting, and observability solutions, including dashboarding platforms such as Grafana or equivalent tools
- Ability to lead and mentor Systems Administrators
- 5+ years of relevant enterprise IT experience in a senior or lead infrastructure role
- Available to work varying hours, on-call shifts, including evenings, weekends, and holidays as required
What the job involves
- SIE Studio IT is seeking a Lead Systems Engineer to lead the design, operation, and evolution of our production infrastructure and data center platforms
- This role provides technical direction for the Systems Administration team and serves as the senior engineering authority for Linux systems, enterprise server hardware, virtualization, storage, and high-availability infrastructure
- Lead the design, deployment, and operational support of Linux and Windows platforms in a production environment
- Architect and support enterprise server hardware, including platform selection, RAID configuration, firmware lifecycle management, hardware diagnostics, and performance troubleshooting
- Lead the design, deployment, and operation of enterprise and distributed storage platforms, including technologies such as Ceph, NFS-based NAS, and SAN architectures
- Design and maintain high‑availability and load‑balanced systems, including clustered servers
- Define and own the monitoring, alerting, and observability strategy for infrastructure platforms including storage, virtualization, servers, and operating systems
- Partner with vendors and internal teams on hardware selection and lifecycle planning
- Establish technical standards, patterns, and documentation that can be executed by the Systems Administration team
- Review designs, changes, and implementations performed by Systems Administrators to ensure quality, consistency, and reliability
- Act as the technical lead during infrastructure incidents, driving restoration efforts and post-incident review actions
- Ensure infrastructure designs align with security standards and requirements
Application process
- Please note, Sony Interactive Entertainment conducts background checks at the offer stage for all new employees (which may include criminal background checks for some roles) and will need to process personal information to support these checks
Our take
Since the release of the PS1 in 1994, PlayStation has been a consistent leader in the video gaming market. Its consoles are iconic in the gaming community - PlayStation has produced both the top-selling and fastest-selling console of all time - and the company is still pushing boundaries. Its current flagship - the PS5 - promises to revolutionize gaming, featuring new technology that will create improvements across the board.
As well as its consoles, PlayStation has also developed online services, connecting its users and giving them access to diversified media. A PlayStation can be used for a huge range of activities - from Netflix to guided workouts - which has led to the expansion of the company's audience over time and across generations.
PlayStation faces competition in its field from the likes of Microsoft, with its Xbox range, and PC gaming, which has been becoming more popular in recent years. Regardless, PlayStation shows no signs of slowing down. The upcoming implementation of in-game ads in free games looks to significantly increase revenue, and the wider PlayStation gaming experience also appears to be evolving from plans to launch live service games in upcoming years.
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Insights
8% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company HQ
East San Mateo, San Mateo, CA
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