Lead Hybrid Infrastructure & Storage Engineer

The Walt Disney Company; Glendale (CA); On-site; USD 129,000 - 173,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus

Job summary

The Walt Disney Company in Glendale, CA seeks a Lead Systems Engineer to drive hybrid infrastructure design and delivery for Disney Entertainment and ESPN Tech. You translate enterprise designs into automated deployment patterns across on‑premises and cloud environments, shaping scalable, high‑availability platforms.

You will mentor engineers, lead major initiatives, and partner across teams to ensure robust operations, performance, and continuous modernization of core services.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a technical field is required.
• 7+ years of systems/infrastructure engineering experience.
• Expertise in hybrid infrastructure (on-prem + cloud) and complex storage systems.
• Experience with VMware, Kubernetes, and distributed systems.
• Strong automation skills (IaC, CI/CD) and leadership capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Lead design and implementation of hybrid infrastructure systems.
• Translate architectures into scalable deployment patterns.
• Drive reliability and 5 9's availability across platforms.
• Mentor engineers and lead multi-team projects.
• Collaborate cross-functionally to accelerate delivery.

Skills

Hybrid infrastructure

NFS & S3 storage

Automation / IaC / CI/CD

Leadership across initiatives

Distributed systems

Education

Bachelor's degree in a technical field

Tools

VMware

Kubernetes

Job description

The Walt Disney Company in Glendale, CA seeks a Lead Systems Engineer to drive hybrid infrastructure design and delivery for Disney Entertainment and ESPN Tech. You translate enterprise designs into automated deployment patterns across on‑premises and cloud environments, shaping scalable, high‑availability platforms.

You will mentor engineers, lead major initiatives, and partner across teams to ensure robust operations, performance, and continuous modernization of core services.