Senior Site Reliability Engineer

2 Weeks ago • 7 Years + • DevOps

About the job

Summary

The Senior Site Reliability Engineer at Disney plays a crucial role in optimizing application performance and availability across the organization. Responsibilities include building solutions for complex problems, championing Infrastructure as Code (IaC), enhancing CI/CD pipelines, reviewing systems and policies, mentoring junior engineers, and collaborating with various teams. The ideal candidate will possess strong expertise in AWS cloud infrastructure, automation tools, distributed systems, and software engineering principles, and a proven ability to design and implement scalable, high-performing solutions. This role involves working with globally distributed teams within an Agile environment.
Must have:
  • 7+ years in Reliability Engineering
  • AWS Cloud Infrastructure experience
  • Automation tool design & implementation
  • Proficient in Python or similar language
  • Experience with distributed systems
  • Mentoring and collaboration skills
Good to have:
  • Bachelor's degree in computer science
  • Experience with containerization and microservices
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Job Summary:

Our Performance and Reliability teams are leading the improvements, optimization, and availability of applications across the Disney organization and business units, taking a consultative approach to Reliability Engineering by supporting, educating, mentoring, and delivering automation to foster performance and resiliency in best practice.

The Senior Site Reliability Engineer is a key member of our Performance and Reliability embedded teams. We focus on planning, scoping, solution architecting, software design, and implementation based on functional and performance capability requirements. We leverage cloud-native, commercial, and open-source tools and frameworks to solve complex business needs.  These solutions touch a wide range of functional areas.  This role will collaborate with Software Engineers, Product Owners, and others across teams and business areas to influence solutions and platforms across the organization.

Responsibilities:

  • Build solutions for problems of sizable scope and complexity that have been successfully deployed to customers.
  • Champions Infrastructure as Code (IaC); provides thought leadership; establishes enterprise-level infrastructure patterns.
  • Builds and enhances Continuous Integration and Delivery (CI/CD) pipelines.
  • Regularly review existing systems, policies, and practices, while identifying solutions that enhance service delivery efficiency, and enhance the current environment.
  • Mentors less experienced engineers. Collaborates with product engineering leaders to find innovative solutions for moderately complex problems.
  • Writes code that establishes and enhances frameworks, typically for software programs and systems that have little or no precedent.
  • Reviews code for the design, testability, and clear usability.
  • Develops specifications for assigned components, projects or fixes.
  • Builds solutions that scale and perform.
  • Participates in project proposal, architecture, and design. Contributes to architecture design and implementation of assigned projects and may lead in the effort.
  • Oversees technical maintenance. Performs troubleshooting for systems that tend to be large and highly complex.
  • Design, development, documentation and/or testing.
  • Applies experience to resolve a variety of complex issues.

Basic Qualifications:

  • 7+ years within the Reliability Engineering field.
  • Well-versed with Reliability Engineering principles, patterns, and best practices.
  • Ability to understand the business domain from both a technical and product viewpoint.
  • 5+ Years experience working with AWS Cloud Infrastructure and resources.
  • 5+ Years experience in designing and implementing automation tools.
  • 5+ Years experience running and monitoring large scale distributed systems
  • Proficient in Python and/or other coding language.
  • Well-versed with modern infrastructure services and concepts such as containerization, distributed systems and microservices.
  • Experience designing and implementing automation tools.
  • Well-versed in Software Engineering principles and patterns.
  • Experience working with globally distributed teams.
  • Experience as a coach and mentor within a business environment.
  • Experience working within an Agile environment.

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field, or equivalent training or work experience.


The hiring range for this position in Seattle, WA and New York, NY is $142,600.00 to $191,100.00 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.
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$142.6K - $191.1K/yr (Outscal est.)
$166.8K/yr avg.
New York, New York, United States

About The Company

From classic animated features and exhilarating theme park attractions to cutting edge sports coverage, and the hottest shows on television, The Walt Disney Company has been making magic since 1923, creating unforgettable stories that connect with audiences around the world. And we’re just getting started!

The key to our success…. The Cast, Crew, Imagineers and Employees who honor Disney’s rich legacy by stretching the bounds of imagination to create the never-before-seen, bringing unparalleled entertainment experiences to people of all ages. Begin a career that delivers unparalleled creative content and experiences to audiences around the world and just imagine the stories you could be part of…

What is #LifeAtDisney like? It’s a series of magical moments with cast members and employees developing and telling our stories in the most innovative ways. Whether it’s a day spent as a Disney VoluntEAR, or celebrating the release of a new interactive experience, retail product or movie, our days are filled with the knowledge that we are creating entertainment experiences the whole family can enjoy. Follow @DisneyCareers on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram for a peek behind-the-curtain, and discover how you could connect to a world of stories with Disney!

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