Site Reliability Engineer

Sony Playstation; Deutschland; Vor Ort; EUR 70.000 - 90.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

A leading gaming company is seeking a Site Reliability Engineer to enhance cloud gaming experiences. Responsibilities include leading technical discussions on reliability, creating High Level Designs, mentoring junior staff, and incident management. The ideal candidate has 5+ years of experience in software development/Linux systems, strong communication skills, and proficiency in Linux systems, Python, and related technologies. This is a great opportunity to work in a dynamic environment.

Qualifikationen

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

Aufgaben

• Lead team technical discussions on reliability and scalability improvements.
• Create High Level Designs (HLDs) for new products and platforms.
• Mentor junior SRE staff.
• Lead incident response and post-mortem activities.
• Work with cross-functional teams to prioritize reliability improvements.
• Contribute to code for improved reliability.
• Implement automation to reduce toil.

Kenntnisse

Linux production systems engineering

Python

Bash

Go

Java

C++

Rust

Distributed data storage (Hadoop, Ceph)

NoSQL (MongoDB, Redis, Cassandra)

Data aggregation technologies (Elasticsearch, Kafka)

RDBMS (PostgreSQL, MySQL)

Monitoring & alerting (Prometheus, Grafana)

Kubernetes

AWS

Configuration management (Ansible, SaltStack, Puppet, Chef)

Software performance analysis

Load testing

Jobbeschreibung

PlayStation is a global leader in entertainment, producing the PlayStation family of products and services including PlayStation®5, PlayStation®4, PlayStation®VR, PlayStation®Plus and acclaimed PlayStation software titles.

Site Reliability Engineer

As part of Sony Computer Entertainment’s Gaming, Developer & Future Technology Group (GDFT), the Site Reliability Engineering team focuses on delivering a great cloud gaming experience. SREs influence design and operational decisions to ensure overall stability, production quality, and deployments.

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 prioritize 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 of experience in software development and/or Linux systems administration.
• Strong interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills.
• Availability to be scheduled on an 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).
• Software performance analysis and load testing (QA or SDET experience: a plus).

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.

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