Principal Platform Architect — Automation & Cloud

Disney Entertainment; Bristol (CT); On-site; USD 158,000 - 212,000; Full time

Job summary

Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology seeks a principal technical leader for compute platforms. You will oversee virtualization, private cloud, Kubernetes, and bare-metal strategies, guiding architecture, tooling, and governance. This is an individual contributor role with broad influence across teams.

The position emphasizes automation, scalable infrastructure, and secure, cost-aware design. You will mentor engineers, drive platform standards, and prototype next-generation

Qualifications

• Deep experience engineering virtualization, private cloud, and bare-metal platforms at scale.
• Strong Kubernetes and Docker expertise with enterprise integration.
• Hands-on IaC and automation with Terraform and Ansible; CI/CD with GitLab, GitHub, Jenkins.
• Expert Linux and Windows Server knowledge with relevant services.
• Record of leading complex migrations and platform transformations.
• Clear communication with engineers, vendors, and executives.

Responsibilities

• Define compute strategy across virtualization and multi-cloud, with platform-agnostic patterns.
• Establish IaC, API-first provisioning, and CI/CD engineering standards.
• Build production-aware tooling to handle dependencies and health checks.
• Improve observability by linking inventory and configuration data to decision platforms.
• Prototype emerging technologies and translate findings into reference architectures.
• Lead cross-domain architecture decisions and mentor engineers.

Skills

Kubernetes

Docker

IaC automation

CI/CD

Linux

Windows Server

Migration leadership

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Job description

Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology seeks a principal technical leader for compute platforms. You will oversee virtualization, private cloud, Kubernetes, and bare-metal strategies, guiding architecture, tooling, and governance. This is an individual contributor role with broad influence across teams.

The position emphasizes automation, scalable infrastructure, and secure, cost-aware design. You will mentor engineers, drive platform standards, and prototype next-generation