Senior Platform Engineer

Responsibilities

• Managing, deploying and maintaining large scale distributed Ceph storage solutions
• Ensure high availability and performant storage by providing troubleshooting and debugging support, conducting performance tuning and continuously improving data integrity and reliability
• Evolve processes and best practices to maximize performance and cost efficiency
• Stay up to date with Ceph/Storage current developments and experimental features. Share findings and consult architecture changes with the team
• Analyze storage trends and participate in capacity planning

Requirements

• Experience managing and administrating Ceph Storage, object and block
• 5+ years of experience with Linux systems tooling and troubleshooting in networking, configuration and deployment
• First hand experience with industry standard storage protocols
• Strong Kubernetes skills
• Proven ability to mentor Junior Members of the team
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent practical experience

Skills & Knowledge

• Ceph & Rook expertise managing storage clusters with a deep understanding of the architectural and operational workings
• Experience in designing and implementing large-scale globally distributed storage systems
• Scripting and Automation experience in Bash, Python or Go
• Ability to support engineers with solving problems in integrating their systems with core Kubernetes components
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code and deployment tooling (Terraform, Ansible)

Additional Attributes

• Strong communication and customer service skills
• Experience with Kubernetes development including operators and controllers (plus)
• 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 (plus)

Pay, Benefits & Schedule

The estimated base pay range for this role is $177,300—$265,900 USD. 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. Please refer to our Candidate Privacy Notice for more information about what personal information we collect, how we use it, who we share it with, and your data protection rights.

This role is eligible for SIE’s top-tier benefits package that includes medical, dental, vision, matching 401(k), paid time off, wellness program and coveted employee discounts for Sony products. Please note, Sony Interactive Entertainment is a Fair Chance employer and qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records will be considered for employment.