Site Reliability Engineer

PlayStation Global; Berlin; Vor Ort; EUR 70.000 - 90.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

A global leader in gaming entertainment located in Berlin is seeking a Site Reliability Engineer. This role involves leading discussions on reliability improvements, mentoring staff, and ensuring the stability of gaming services. Ideal candidates have over 5 years of software development or Linux administration experience and proficiency in several programming languages, including Python and Go. The position is full-time, and offers an inclusive environment where diversity is embraced.

Qualifikationen

• Minimum of 5 years working experience in software development and/or Linux systems administration.
• Strong interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills.
• Available to be scheduled in on-call rotation.

Aufgaben

• Lead team technical discussions regarding reliability and scalability improvements.
• Create high level designs for new products and platforms.
• Mentor junior SRE staff and enable them for success.
• Lead incident response and post-mortem activities.
• Work with engineers to prioritise reliability improvements.
• Contribute to code to improve reliability.
• Implement automation to reduce ongoing toil.

Kenntnisse

Linux production systems engineering

Software development

Python

Kubernetes

Incident management

Monitoring

Tools

Ansible

ElasticSearch

AWS

Jobbeschreibung

Site Reliability Engineer • Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Why PlayStation

PlayStation isn’t just the Best Place to Play its also the Best Place to Work. Today we’re recognized as a global leader in entertainment producing the PlayStation family of products and services including PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, PlayStation VR, PlayStation Plus, acclaimed PlayStation software titles from PlayStation Studios and more.

PlayStation also strives to create an inclusive environment that empowers employees and embraces diversity. We welcome and encourage everyone who has a passion and curiosity for innovation technology and play to explore our open positions and join our growing global team.

The PlayStation brand falls under Sony Interactive Entertainment, a wholly‑owned subsidiary of Sony Group Corporation.

Site Reliability Engineer

As part of Sony Computer Entertainment’s Future Technology Group (FTG), we are leading the cloud gaming revolution, putting console‑quality video games on any device from TVs to consoles to mobile devices and beyond.

Our Site Reliability Engineering team plays a significant role in delivering a great cloud gaming experience to our customers. We influence design and operational decisions towards the overall stability of the gaming service. Our SREs focus on overall ownership of production, production code quality, and deployments. The successful candidate will be self‑directed and able to participate in the way we make decisions at different levels.

What you’ll be doing

• Lead team technical discussions especially around ongoing improvements in reliability and scalability
• Be involved in creating high level designs (HLDs) for new products and platforms
• Mentor junior SRE staff and enable them for success
• Lead incident response and post‑mortem activities within your assigned service team
• Work with other engineers in a cross‑functional team to prioritise reliability improvements to address technical debt and toil
• Contribute to code to improve reliability
• Implement automation to reduce ongoing toil

What we’re looking for

• Minimum of 5 years working experience in software development and/or Linux systems administration
• Strong interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills
• Available to be scheduled in on‑call rotation

Skills & Knowledge

• Proficient as a Linux production systems engineer with experience managing large‑scale web services infrastructure
• Development experience in one or more of the following programming languages: Python (preferred), Bash, Go, Java, C, or Rust
• Experience with at least three of the following topics: distributed data storage at scale (Hadoop, Ceph), NoSQL at scale (MongoDB, Redis, Cassandra), data aggregation technologies (ElasticSearch, Kafka), scaling and running traditional RDBMS (PostgreSQL, MySQL) with high availability
• Monitoring & alerting (Prometheus, Grafana) and incident management toolsets
• Kubernetes and/or AWS (deployment and management)
• Software distribution (package management and distribution at scale)
• Configuration management (Ansible, SaltStack, Puppet, Chef)
• S/W performance analysis and load testing (QA or SDET experience: a plus)

Key Skills

• Kubernetes
• FMEA
• Continuous Improvement
• Elasticsearch
• Go
• Root cause analysis
• Maximo
• CMMS
• Maintenance
• Mechanical engineering
• Manufacturing
• Troubleshooting

Employment Details

Employment type: Full Time

Experience: IC

Vacancy: 1

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Equal Opportunity Statement

Sony is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All persons will receive consideration for employment without regard to gender (including gender identity, gender expression, and gender reassignment), race (including colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin), religion or belief, marital or civil partnership status, disability, age, sexual orientation, pregnancy, maternity or parental status, trade union membership or membership in any other legally protected category.

We strive to create an inclusive environment, empower employees and embrace diversity. We encourage everyone to respond.

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Site Reliability Engineer • Berlin, Berlin, Germany