Senior Production Reliability Engineer — Cloud CI/CD for Unreal

The Walt Disney Company; Glendale (CA); On-site; USD 144,000 - 193,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus program

Long-term incentive units

Medical benefits

Job summary

The Walt Disney Company in Glendale, CA is seeking a Senior Production Site Reliability Engineer to automate and support production pipelines for DKF productions, including Unreal Engine and Perforce infrastructure.

You will build CI/CD pipelines, manage cloud and on‑prem environments, and work with Kubernetes, Terraform, and various rendering and production tools to ensure reliable, scalable operations for Disney's family content.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years supporting high-end graphics workflows.
• Minimum 5 years supporting Linux/Unix, Mac OS, and Windows-based systems in a network environment.
• Minimum 5 years of experience with network administration utilities.
• Experience with Unreal Engine in animation, live-action, and/or virtual production.
• Experience with Perforce P4 at an administrative level (server topology, replication, Code Review).
• Understanding of real-time/production-animation workflows and Unreal integration with DCC and render pipelines (Maya, Nuke, AWS Deadline).
• Strong Linux/Unix/Windows administration background.
• Cloud management platforms with AWS, Azure, Google GCP; migration strategies.
• CI/CD tools (GitLab, Jenkins) and containerization/orchestration tools (Docker/Kubernetes).
• Infrastructure as code: Terraform, CloudFormation, Ansible, etc.
• MySQL and SQL databases.
• Load Balancers (Nginx, F5, AWS types).
• Active Directory/Identity Management knowledge (IDP, SAML, LDAP).
• Experience with ToonBoom, Maya, Nuke a plus.
• Pipeline automation and rendering with AWS Deadline.

Responsibilities

• Architect, deploy, and maintain Unreal Engine and Perforce P4 infrastructure on‑prem and cloud.
• Administer and scale Perforce P4 including depot design, replica/edge/proxy topology, Helix Code Review.
• Build and operate CI/CD pipelines for Unreal Engine projects.
• Support rendering and pipeline automation for Unreal-based production; integrate with render workflows (AWS Deadline).
• Deliver cloud native and in‑house infrastructure solutions for a wide range of applications.
• Architect, deploy, and support CI/CD pipelines.
• Migrate applications and servers between local and cloud deployments.
• Configure and implement Terraform, Helm, GitLab, Docker, and Kubernetes.
• Develop software to automate, monitor, and maintain deployed infrastructure.
• Collaborate with product developers for operational support and maintainability.
• Create, build, and deliver new technologies or platforms; automate pipelines; telemetry for monitoring.
• Design and develop front-end apps as needed for automation/tools.
• Work with Software Development to manage tools for hardware/software resources.
• Generate reports and statistics for various systems.

Skills

Unreal Engine

Perforce P4

CI/CD pipelines

Python

PowerShell

Docker

Kubernetes

Linux/Unix

Cloud platforms (AWS Azure GCP)

Education

Bachelor’s degree in technical discipline

Tools

Terraform

Helm

GitLab

Docker

Kubernetes

Ansible

CloudFormation

MySQL

Job description

The Walt Disney Company in Glendale, CA is seeking a Senior Production Site Reliability Engineer to automate and support production pipelines for DKF productions, including Unreal Engine and Perforce infrastructure.

You will build CI/CD pipelines, manage cloud and on‑prem environments, and work with Kubernetes, Terraform, and various rendering and production tools to ensure reliable, scalable operations for Disney's family content.