Principal Systems Engineer — Cloud, Kubernetes & Automation

Disney Entertainment; Glendale (CA); On-site; USD 158,000 - 222,000; Full time

Job summary

Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology is seeking a senior compute platforms architect to lead virtualization, private cloud, and Kubernetes strategy at scale. You will define standards, automate provisioning, and build production-ready tooling across teams.

The role emphasizes deep IaC experience, CI/CD, Linux/Windows proficiency, and strong cross-team communication with engineers and executives. On-site with broad impact across Disney's media infrastructure.

Qualifications

• Deep experience engineering enterprise virtualization, private cloud, and bare-metal platforms at scale.
• Strong Kubernetes and Docker expertise, including integration with enterprise infrastructure.
• Hands-on IaC and automation (Terraform, Ansible) with CI/CD (GitLab, GitHub, Jenkins) and scriptable tooling.

Responsibilities

• Define compute strategy across virtualization, private/hybrid/public cloud, Kubernetes, and bare metal.
• Establish IaC, API-first provisioning, and CI/CD as engineering standards.

Skills

Kubernetes

Docker

Terraform

CI/CD

Linux

Windows Server

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in related field

Tools

GitLab

GitHub

Jenkins

Job description

Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology is seeking a senior compute platforms architect to lead virtualization, private cloud, and Kubernetes strategy at scale. You will define standards, automate provisioning, and build production-ready tooling across teams.

The role emphasizes deep IaC experience, CI/CD, Linux/Windows proficiency, and strong cross-team communication with engineers and executives. On-site with broad impact across Disney's media infrastructure.