Senior SRE: Reliability & Platform Architecture Lead

PlayStation Global; Adelaide; On-site; AUD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Sony Interactive Entertainment in Australia seeks a Senior Service Reliability Engineer to lead reliability improvements for cloud gaming services. The role focuses on production ownership, code quality, and deployments across the software lifecycle.

The candidate will shape incident response, scalability, and performance strategies, partnering with SRE management to define KPIs and drive continuous improvement. On-call rotation is required.

Qualifications

• Proficient in Linux production systems engineering for large-scale web services.
• Experience with cloud deployments, monitoring, and incident response.
• Strong programming skills in Python; familiarity with Bash, Go, Java, C++, or Rust.
• Experience with distributed data storage and data streaming technologies.
• Hands-on experience with Kubernetes and AWS for deployment and management.
• Knowledge of monitoring and alerting tools (Prometheus, Grafana) and traditional RDBMS HA setups.

Responsibilities

• Lead reliability and scalability improvements across production services.
• Define KPIs and drive adoption of best practices in SRE work.
• Influence architecture and implementation of platform-wide solutions.
• Mentor junior SRE staff and promote knowledge sharing.
• Represent SRE in cross-functional forums and strategic planning.
• Manage small projects from inception to implementation.

Skills

Linux Production Systems

Web Services

Python

Bash

Go

Java

C++

Rust

Distributed storage

Elasticsearch

Kafka

PostgreSQL

MySQL

Prometheus

Grafana

Kubernetes

AWS

Package management

Ansible

SaltStack

Puppet

Chef

QA/SDET

Job description

Sony Interactive Entertainment in Australia seeks a Senior Service Reliability Engineer to lead reliability improvements for cloud gaming services. The role focuses on production ownership, code quality, and deployments across the software lifecycle.

The candidate will shape incident response, scalability, and performance strategies, partnering with SRE management to define KPIs and drive continuous improvement. On-call rotation is required.