Sr Platform Engineer (Project Hire)
About the role
The Senior Platform Engineer is a skilled, independent contributor who designs, implements, and supports core platform and infrastructure capabilities that power magical Disney Experiences across parks, resorts, cruises, and consumer products. You will focus on data pipelines, on-prem server architecture, observability, and DevOps automation, ensuring robust, scalable, and reliable environments that enable teams to deliver seamless guest and cast experiences.
Responsibilities
- Collaborate with team members, product, and engineering partners to deliver platform capabilities, support project needs, and resolve complex issues for assigned components or improvements.
- Design, implement, and maintain infrastructure automation using tools such as Ansible and Terraform to standardize and streamline platform operations.
- Efficiently support platform software and systems throughout their lifecycle, including upgrades, maintenance, troubleshooting, and clear operational documentation.
- Build, enhance, and maintain CI/CD pipelines to enable reliable, repeatable deployments across environments.
- Monitor and improve system performance, availability, and scalability through proactive analysis, observability practices, and automation, leveraging tools such as Splunk where appropriate.
- Evolve the Kubernetes, Harvester, and Splunk platforms.
- Maintain compliance with security, operational, and reliability standards across all supported environments, contributing to best practices and operational runbooks.
- Work independently on complex platform initiatives, occasionally leading small efforts and providing guidance to less-experienced engineers as a mentor and subject-matter resource.
Required Qualifications
- Minimum 5 years of professional experience in infrastructure engineering, platform engineering, DevOps, or closely related roles.
- Strong understanding of DevOps and reliability concepts, including monitoring, alerting, redundancy, failover, capacity, and performance analysis.
- Experience with CI/CD systems such as Jenkins or GitLab for building, testing, and deploying platform changes.
- Hands-on experience supporting server and platform infrastructure, including Linux and/or Windows administration, networking fundamentals, storage/backup, and platform operations.
- Proficiency with infrastructure-as-code and automation tools such as Ansible and Terraform to manage configuration and provisioning at scale.
- Experience operating or integrating with observability and log analytics platforms, preferably including Splunk.
- Good collaboration and communication skills, with the ability to work effectively across multiple teams in a partner-driven, team-oriented environment.
- Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to independently identify root causes and drive durable solutions as a self-directed, effective worker.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with cloud platforms and services such as AWS for hosting and integrating platform capabilities.
- Familiarity with containerized workloads or Kubernetes-based platforms and their operational considerations.
- Experience with monitoring, observability, and data visualization tools, including advanced use of Splunk or similar technologies.
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Information Technology, or a related technical field.
- Executive Leadership
- Social Responsibility
- Inclusion
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- Executive Leadership
- Social Responsibility
- Inclusion
- Heroes Work Here
Pay
The hiring range for this position in Orlando, FL is $111,900 to $150,000 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.
About Walt Disney World Resort
Since opening in 1971, Walt Disney World Resort has played an important role in many childhood and family memories. Today, hundreds of millions of guests from around the globe visit this magical place to enjoy a Disney vacation. Through a combination of creativity, innovation and technology, the resort immerses guests in classic Disney tales and new kinds of family entertainment. Drawing from a rich heritage of storytelling, Walt Disney World Resort cast members bring Disney magic to life through unmatched attention to detail and superior guest service.
About The Walt Disney Company
The Walt Disney Company, together with its subsidiaries and affiliates, is a leading diversified international family entertainment and media enterprise that includes three core business segments: Disney Entertainment, ESPN, and Disney Experiences. From humble beginnings as a cartoon studio in the 1920s to its preeminent name in the entertainment industry today, Disney proudly continues its legacy of creating world-class stories and experiences for every member of the family. Disney’s stories, characters and experiences reach consumers and guests from every corner of the globe. With operations in more than 40 countries, our employees and cast members work together to create entertainment experiences that are both universally and locally cherished.
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