Platform Engineer II at PlayStation Global

Adelaide, South Australia, Australia -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

03 Feb, 26

Salary

0.0

Posted On

05 Nov, 25

Experience

2 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Kubernetes, Helm, Containerisation, Linux, Puppet, Ansible, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, GitOps, Prometheus, Grafana, IAC, Collaboration, Communication, Open Source Software

Industry

Entertainment Providers

Description

Why PlayStation? PlayStation isn’t just the Best Place to Play — it’s also the Best Place to Work. Today, we’re recognized as a global leader in entertainment producing The PlayStation family of products and services including PlayStation®5, PlayStation®4, PlayStation®VR, PlayStation®Plus, acclaimed PlayStation software titles from PlayStation Studios, and more. PlayStation also strives to create an inclusive environment that empowers employees and embraces diversity. We welcome and encourage everyone who has a passion and curiosity for innovation, technology, and play to explore our open positions and join our growing global team. The PlayStation brand falls under Sony Interactive Entertainment, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sony Group Corporation. Gaming, Developer and Future Technology (GDFT) At PlayStation, we're leading the revolution in cloud gaming as we push the boundaries of what's possible! Would you like to use your skills, time, and passion for meaningful projects that are building the future? We're looking for a Platform Engineer with proven experience in modern software delivery who loves crafting efficient, flexible and low friction systems to manage workloads at a global scale. If that sounds like something you would love to do, we want to hear from you! Come help us deliver a unique gaming experience to millions of players! Responsibilities Modernisation of container workloads that directly support our gaming platforms Designing and building APIs to support the internal infrastructure platform used for managing the lifecycle of bare metal hosts Improving Reliability, Performance and Feature Set of the infrastructure platform based on customer needs Identifying and diagnosing issues in deployments together with software development teams Requirements Proven knowledge of Kubernetes and Helm architecture, deployment, and operations. Demonstrates proficiency with modern containerisation tooling, best practises and lifecycles. Ability to learn from a fast moving team and constantly evolving technology. Experience with Linux system tooling and troubleshooting, particularly with configuration management and templating (such as Puppet, Ansible, Jinja2 and Golang templating). Experience with modern CI Platforms (preferably GitHub actions or GitLab CI) and GitOps deployment methodologies. Skills & Knowledge Ability to support engineers with solving problems in integrating their systems with Kubernetes orchestration Excitement with integrating with globally distributed large scale Private and Public Cloud Environments Familiar knowledge working with hardware mounting and passthrough for containerised software Familiar with IAC concepts, design and implementation Experience with the Prometheus/Grafana monitoring ecosystem Additional Attributes Strong communication skills. Experience with collaboration in a distributed team across multiple timezones High energy, driven to positively impact the business with customer-first thinking Must be self starter who understands that ownership means distributing the knowledge of your work so that everyone benefits Being a Contributor to Open Source Software is a plus Equal Opportunity Statement: Sony is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All persons will receive consideration for employment without regard to gender (including gender identity, gender expression and gender reassignment), race (including colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin), religion or belief, marital or civil partnership status, disability, age, sexual orientation, pregnancy, maternity or parental status, trade union membership or membership in any other legally protected category. We strive to create an inclusive environment, empower employees and embrace diversity. We encourage everyone to respond. PlayStation is a Fair Chance employer and qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records will be considered for employment.

Responsibilities

The role involves modernizing container workloads that support gaming platforms and designing APIs for managing bare metal hosts. Additionally, the engineer will improve the infrastructure platform's reliability and performance based on customer needs.