Senior Cloud Platform Engineer, PlayStation

12 Month FTC

Salary not provided

AWS

Kubernetes

Python

Bash

Airflow

Terraform

Splunk

Ansible

Prometheus

Grafana

Git

Senior level

London

Gaming and digital entertainment provider

Job no longer available

Gaming and digital entertainment provider

1001+ employees

B2CGamingEntertainmenteSports

Job no longer available

Salary not provided

AWS

Kubernetes

Python

Bash

Airflow

Terraform

Splunk

Ansible

Prometheus

Grafana

Git

Senior level

London

1001+ employees

B2CGamingEntertainmenteSports

Company mission

To create a gaming experience without barriers that fits the needs of players of all abilities.

Job

Company

Role

Who you are

Production experience with Kubernetes/EKS
Familiar with infrastructure as code automation technologies to build and deploy both infrastructure and applications (i.e. Terraform, Ansible)
Scripting skills in bash, python or go
Troubleshooting across storage and compute areas to determine optimal performance
Knowledgeable on costing aspects including monitoring of cost, as well as strategies for minimizing cost (i.e. spot instances, etc.)
Adept at using and configuring monitoring tools (i.e. DataDog, Splunk, CloudWatch)
Familiar with distributed source code repositories, such as git
Very familiar with data storage techniques, particularly S3
Experience (desirable)
Experience building and using architectures that enable Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment
Deep knowledge of GitOps and the most common tools used in this area
Observability tooling such as DataDog, Splunk, Prometheus, Grafana
Lambda and AWS serverless services
Understanding of Data Science, ETL or Reporting workloads
Awareness of open source projects such as Airflow, Open Policy Agent, Packer, Jupyter
Qualifications
Technical accreditation is preferred (i.e. AWS / CNCF certification)

What the job involves

The Senior Cloud Platform Engineer will be responsible for building and maintaining a common technical platform to underpin our data processing and analytics applications in the cloud. This will require configuration and deep knowledge of Kubernetes and AWS, ideally to host data intensive applications
The successful candidate will be responsible for the development of this platform to ensure it meets the requirements of downstream application and data subject matter experts. In order to achieve this, some out of hours support will be required, on a rota system. This platform will need to be scalable, performant, robust and secure. It will also need to meet the needs of hundreds of globally located users
The focus will be on minimizing support and development costs through automation; creating and maintaining documentation that shares how it works; and working closely within the data and engineering community as this is a fast moving area for innovation

Salary benchmarks

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 revolutionise 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.