Sr DevOps Engineer

Company Description

We create world-class content, which we distribute across our portfolio of film, television, and streaming, and bring to life through our theme parks and consumer experiences. We own and operate leading entertainment and news brands, including NBC, NBC News, MSNBC, CNBC, NBC Sports, Telemundo, NBC Local Stations, Bravo, USA Network, and Peacock, our premium ad-supported streaming service. We produce and distribute premier filmed entertainment and programming through Universal Filmed Entertainment Group and Universal Studio Group, and have world-renowned theme parks and attractions through Universal Destinations & Experiences. NBCUniversal is a subsidiary of Comcast Corporation.

Here you can be your authentic self. As a company uniquely positioned to educate, entertain and empower through our platforms, Comcast NBCUniversal stands for including everyone. Our Diversity, Equity and Inclusion initiatives, coupled with our Corporate Social Responsibility work, is informed by our employees, audiences, park guests and the communities in which we live. We strive to foster a diverse, equitable and inclusive culture where our employees feel supported, embraced and heard. Together, we’ll continue to create and deliver content that reflects the current and ever-changing face of the world.

Job Description

NBCUniversal is looking for an individual to fill the Senior DevOps Engineer position. As a member of the NBC Production Infrastructure team, this individual will be responsible for designing, building, and maintaining cloud infrastructure and services that directly support broadcast production.

Reliability Engineering is a methodology that combines automation, codified infrastructure, and continuous delivery to reduce operational complexity and increase platform stability and usability. Applying this approach to the enterprise broadcast environment, the DevOps Engineer will design and build solutions to automate, provision, and maintain infrastructure across hybrid cloud environments. 

This role will rely heavily on infrastructure as code, configuration management, and cloud-native architecture.

Responsibilities:

• Architect cloud solutions to deploy and support infrastructure running applications used in a production control room environment, applying critical security principles throughout the process
• Build and manage resources in an AWS environment using Crossplane and Kubernetes
• Develop GoLang code to implement and deploy Crossplane functions, controllers, and APIs as Kubernetes resources, including creating compositions and custom resource definitions (CRDs) to streamline advanced resource management
• Devise CI / CD pipelines to build and deploy code, publish images, etc., using GitOps principles
• Design, develop, and maintain secure, user-facing APIs that enable end users to interact with specific platform features
• Collaborate with other teams throughout the company on user access controls (Active Directory, Group Policy, etc.)
• Fulfill post deployment configuration management needs leveraging a self-hosted Puppet service
• Implement monitoring of resource and platform health indicators and automate responses to any issues flagged
• Provide technical guidance to a growing team of developers, ensuring and enforcing best application and network security practices

Qualifications

Basic Requirements:

• 5+ years’ experience designing and implementing strategic cloud-native architectures at enterprise scale, with an understanding of design principles regarding scalability, performance, and reliability
• 3+ years’ production experience with AWS (or other cloud provider) platforms and core service offerings (EC2, S3, Networking, Route 53, Lambda, etc., or non-AWS equivalents)
• 3+ years’ experience with Kubernetes, such as EKS, AKS, or equivalent
• 3+ years’ experience with infrastructure-as-code and configuration management tools such as Crossplane, Terraform, Helm, Puppet, and Ansible
• 3+ years’ experience with GoLang and associated design patterns and best practices
• Experience with GitHub (or another version control system) and associated best practices around releases in development and production environments
• Experience with VDI workflows, desktop delivery, and remote connectivity
• Experience with Linux/Windows operating system internals, debugging, and best practices
• Strong problem-solving and communication skills (presenting to executives, engaging with vendors, writing technical documentation, etc.)
• Keen eye for information cybersecurity (zero-trust, machine identity, authentication, authorization, secrets abstraction)
• Proficient in at least one of the following languages: Python, Bash, PowerShell, Go, Javascript/Typescript, Rust

Desired Characteristics:

• Experience with or interest in Crossplane
• Experience with advanced Kubernetes concepts – Custom Resource Definitions, Controllers, KubeBuilder / Kube-rs
• Familiarity with GitOps – GitHub Actions, Flux, Kustomizations
• Experience with REST API design, implementation, usage, debugging, and documentation
• Experience with monitoring/alerting suites (CloudTrail, Grafana, etc.)
• Understanding of software-defined-networking and service connectivity, specifically AWS Transit Gateway, Direct Connect, Express Route, and routing protocols
• Contribution to open-source projects
• Ability to script routine tasks in Bash and PowerShell
• Experience with PKI certificate management
• Strong self-starter with the ability to independently drive tasks to completion
• Intuitive with strong problem-solving skills for debugging code and tracing issues in cloud environments

Additional Requirements:

• Fully Remote: This position has been designated as fully remote, meaning that the position is expected to contribute from a non-NBCUniversal worksite, most commonly an employee’s residence.

This position is eligible for company sponsored benefits, including medical, dental and vision insurance, 401(k), paid leave, tuition reimbursement, and a variety of other discounts and perks. Learn more about the benefits offered by NBCUniversal by visiting the Benefits page of the Careers website.

Salary range: $110,000 - $140,000

We are accepting applications for this position on an ongoing basis.

Additional Information

As part of our selection process, external candidates may be required to attend an in-person interview with an NBCUniversal employee at one of our locations prior to a hiring decision.

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