Senior DevOps & Cloud Engineering Leader

MSG Entertainment Holdings, LLC; New York (NY); On-site; USD 113,000 - 220,000; Full time

Job summary

Madison Square Garden Entertainment Corp. (MSG Entertainment) in New York City seeks a Senior Manager, DevOps & Cloud Engineering to lead a 24/7 team responsible for cloud infrastructure, automation, and CI/CD across multiple apps and services.

You will mentor engineers, define standards, scale operations, and partner with security, software, and infra teams to deliver fast, secure, and reliable software at scale in a vibrant NYC environment.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of related experience.
• Bachelor’s degree, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• 3+ years of experience in a technical leadership or management role.
• Strong hands-on experience with public cloud platforms, primarily AWS, with working knowledge of Azure or GCP, and their associated services (e.g., ELB/ALB, CloudFront, ECS, ECR, EKS, Lambda, Route 53)
• Strong experience with infrastructure as code frameworks such as Terraform, CloudFormation, or AWS CDK
• Strong experience with containers and orchestration technologies such as Docker, Kubernetes, and ECS, including service mesh, distributed tracing, and automated certificate management
• Strong experience with CI/CD pipeline tools like Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, SonarQube, and Artifactory
• Proficiency in at least one programming/scripting language (Python, Go, Bash, Groovy) with experience in git-based workflows and branching strategies (Git Flow, GitHub Flow)
• Experience with monitoring, observability, and APM tools (e.g., Dynatrace, Datadog, AppDynamics, NewRelic) and configuration management tools such as Ansible, Chef, or Puppet
• Experience managing and optimizing cloud costs and budgets
• Demonstrated ability to lead teams through process improvement and operational transformation
• Excellent troubleshooting, problem-solving, interpersonal, and communication skills with the ability to influence across teams
• Ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously and maintain composure in high-pressure situations with a strong sense of urgency regarding mission-critical issues

Responsibilities

• Lead and grow the DevOps & Cloud Engineering team, providing guidance and mentoring to team members including senior individual contributors, with a focus on diversity, collaboration, and respect.
• Work closely with engineering leadership to reinforce a culture of ownership, accountability, and collaboration; scale by delegating effectively and ensuring tasks are completed ascommitte
• Define, maintain, and evolve technology standards and best practices in collaboration with cross-functional teams, emphasizing automation, stability, security, and adaptability
• Oversee the design, estimation, implementation, and operations of cloud infrastructure, developer tooling, and CI/CD pipelines to enable rapid, reliable, and secure software delivery at scal
• Contribute to the organization's cloud and DevOps strategy, staying updated on industry trends and advancements, and making recommendations to ensure alignment with business goals and objective
• Lead automation efforts and identify opportunities to improve the quality, cost, and speed of the software development lifecycle across cloud engineering, application engineering, and quality engineering
• Manage team budget and expenses with a focus on cost optimization and operational efficiency
• Ensure compliance with security and data privacy protocols for all cloud and DevOps projects
• Monitor and report on key performance indicators and metrics for the DevOps & Cloud Engineering team
• Provide exceptional experiences for our guests, partners, and team members, including by adhering to our appearance and presentation guidelines while on-site

Skills

Cloud engineering

DevOps leadership

AWS

Terraform

Kubernetes

CI/CD

Python

Infrastructure as Code

Monitoring/Observability

Budget management

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Docker

GitHub Actions

Jenkins

CloudFormation

Ansible

Job description

Madison Square Garden Entertainment Corp. (MSG Entertainment) in New York City seeks a Senior Manager, DevOps & Cloud Engineering to lead a 24/7 team responsible for cloud infrastructure, automation, and CI/CD across multiple apps and services.

You will mentor engineers, define standards, scale operations, and partner with security, software, and infra teams to deliver fast, secure, and reliable software at scale in a vibrant NYC environment.