Site Reliability Engineer

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

Zusammenfassung

A leading gaming company in Berlin is seeking a Site Reliability Engineer to enhance cloud gaming services. This role focuses on improving reliability and scalability, requiring 5+ years of experience in Software Development or Linux Systems Administration. Candidates should possess strong communication skills and be familiar with cloud technologies such as Kubernetes and AWS. Join a team that values innovation and collaboration in a diverse environment.

Qualifikationen

• 5+ years in Software Development or Linux Systems Administration.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Available for on-call rotation.

Aufgaben

• Lead team technical discussions focused on Reliability and Scalability.
• Create High-Level Designs for new products.
• Mentor junior SRE staff.
• Lead incident responses and post-mortems.
• Work cross-functionally to prioritize reliability improvements.

Kenntnisse

Software Development

Linux Systems Administration

Communication Skills

Python

Bash

Go

Tools

Kubernetes

AWS

ElasticSearch

Prometheus

Jobbeschreibung

Overview

Why PlayStation?

PlayStation isn’t just the Best Place to Play — it’s 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 a part of Sony Computer Entertainment, the Future Technology Group (FTG) is 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 on the promise of a great cloud gaming experience to our customers. We do this by influencing design and operational decisions towards the overall stability of the gaming service. Our SREs focus on three main things: 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.

We expect our SREs to have opinions on the state of our service and provide critical feedback during different phases of the operational lifecycle. We are engaged throughout the software development lifecycle, ensuring the operational readiness and stability.

Responsibilities

• 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 role.
• 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
• In addition, experience with at least 3 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)

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Equal Opportunity

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.

PlayStation is a Fair Chance employer and qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records will be considered for employment.