Description
PlayOn is looking for a Cloud Engineer to help manage and improve our application infrastructure on AWS while following industry best practices, allowing engineers to both build and maintain our products with speed and at scale. You will work alongside our Product-Oriented Delivery teams (PODs) to automate, secure, and enhance our development and deployment workflows. Your contributions will be key in ensuring reliable and efficient cloud solutions that align with our business objectives.
Reporting to the Director of Cloud Engineering, the best candidate will be a strong AWS cloud engineering background and experience championing best in class devops practices in a high performing engineering environment.
THE OUTCOMES WE EXPECT
Ensure AWS environments can handle peak traffic during football season, with auto-scaling and performance optimizations.
Continuously analyze and implement cloud cost-saving measures, including right-sizing and auto-scaling strategies.
Work closely with development teams to foster a DevOps culture and document best practice
IN THIS ROLE YOU CAN EXPECT TO ..
- Assist in designing, building, and maintaining CI/CD pipelines for applications deployed on AWS.
- Support the automation of infrastructure provisioning using Terraform.
- Manage Docker containers and assist with container orchestration systems such as EKS and ECS.
- Participate in improving system monitoring, alerting, and escalation mechanisms.
- Work with cross-functional teams to optimize system performance, availability, and cost-efficiency.
- Help develop and maintain logging and monitoring solutions to ensure system reliability.
- Collaborate with Development and Product Teams to contribute to feature delivery from conception to implementation.
- Contribute to the documentation of engineering standards and best practices across various areas.
- Assist in troubleshooting and resolving infrastructure and application-related issues.
TO THRIVE IN THIS ROLE THESE ARE THE TALENTS YOU BRING ..
- 3-5 years of hands-on experience in AWS cloud environments, including core services such as EC2, S3, RDS, and IAM.
- Proficiency in Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform.
- Familiarity with CI/CD tools such as CircleCI.
- Experience working with containerization technologies like Docker and orchestration platforms such as ECS or Kubernetes (EKS).
- Basic knowledge of monitoring and logging tools (e.g., CloudWatch, Prometheus, or ELK stack).
- Scripting experience with Python, Bash, or similar to support automation tasks.
- Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to work independently and collaboratively in a team.
HOW YOU PLAY
- Ownership over Participation- You take responsibility for achieving holistic outcomes, prioritize key objectives, and adapt quickly when situations require a different approach. You follow through even against the toughest challenges.
- Team over Stars- You are a bridge builder, establishing processes and relationships with teams outside your own. You work to rally around common goals, find win-win solutions, compromise when necessary, and help others succeed.
- Growth over Comfort- You are driven by a desire to grow and actively seek opportunities to expand your comfort zone, skills, and confidence. You embrace new challenges with curiosity, accepting discomfort and failure as opportunities to learn.
- Fairness over Popularity- You approach decisions with a scientist’s mindset, challenging your assumptions and remaining objective. You consider long-term impact rather than relying on short-term gains, proactively seek others’ perspectives, and manage emotions in decision-making.
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Company Overview
PlayOn is a dynamic growth-stage company dedicated to championing the spirit of play in the high school space. Backed by KKR, our family of brands—including GoFan, NFHS Network, and VidSwap—empowers schools with innovative solutions and exceptional service. Our fan engagement platform is the only one that offers event ticketing, streaming, fundraising, concessions, merchandise sales, and website management in one place. We save administrators time so they can focus on what truly matters: supporting the students, staff, and fans who bring their programs to life.
Trusted by thousands of schools across the country, we're here to help create more instant replays, hold-your-breath moments, last-minute comebacks, and games you want to watch over and over again.
When being there means everything, we make sure you never miss a moment.
Why you’ll love working at PlayOn
Product, potential, and people. We’re a leader in the high school event space, constantly evolving our product to meet the needs of administrators. We focus on solving real challenges, learning quickly, and creating impactful solutions.
This is a growth-stage company, meaning your contributions have real impact. You’ll have opportunities to grow your skills, tackle meaningful problems, and make a difference in the lives of schools and the students and fans they serve.
Our culture is built on accountability, collaboration, growth, and fairness. We don’t just show up—we show up for each other. Everyone wears the same jersey, and we play hard, make the extra pass, and cheer one another on. Losses teach us, challenges motivate us, and persistence drives us forward. We value integrity over shortcuts, choosing to do what’s right even when it’s hard. Together, we strive to be better every day—because we know that’s how we win as a team.
The Benefits We Offer
Multiple medical insurance plans to choose from
Dental, vision life and disability insurance
Employee Emergency Fund
Company equity (stock options)
Open PTO policy
401K plan with company match
Hybrid/flexible work environment
Note: Must be a full-time employee to participate in the company’s employee health benefit plan. Part-time employees and interns are not eligible to participate.
PlayOn! Sports
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Event Management
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News
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