Senior Systems Engineer: Enterprise Infra & Storage

PlayStation; Northern, Los Angeles (KY, CA); Hybrid; USD 156,000 - 234,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision benefits

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Wellness program

Employee discounts for Sony products

Job summary

Sony Interactive Entertainment is seeking a Lead Systems Engineer in the United States to lead Linux/Windows production environments, storage, and monitoring. You will guide the Systems Administration team, set standards, and own incident response.

Requirements include 5+ years in enterprise IT, strong scripting (Python/PowerShell), and expertise in Ceph storage, AD/DNS/DHCP, and virtualization. Hybrid work policy may apply; benefits and bonus potential are mentioned.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent.
• Strong Linux and Windows administration and engineering experience in enterprise or production environments.
• Strong hands‑on experience with enterprise server hardware, including troubleshooting, lifecycle planning, and firmware management.
• Strong experience with enterprise storage and distributed storage systems; Ceph experience strongly preferred.
• Strong experience architecting and administering Windows and Linux server platforms in enterprise or production environments.
• Strong understanding of how storage, compute, and virtualization interact in performance‑sensitive production environments.
• Strong scripting and automation skills, preferably Python and/or PowerShell.
• Proficiency with Active Directory, DNS, and DHCP; Infoblox experience is a plus.
• Experience designing or overseeing monitoring, alerting, and observability solutions, including Grafana or equivalent tools.
• Ability to lead and mentor Systems Administrators.
• 5+ years of relevant enterprise IT experience in a senior or lead infrastructure role.
• Available to work varying hours, on‑call shifts, including evenings, weekends, and holidays as required.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design, deployment, and operational support of Linux and Windows platforms in a production environment.
• Architect and support enterprise server hardware, including platform selection, RAID configuration, firmware lifecycle management, hardware diagnostics, and performance troubleshooting.
• Lead the design, deployment, and operation of enterprise and distributed storage platforms, including Ceph, NFS‑based NAS, and SAN architectures.
• Design and maintain high‑availability and load‑balanced systems, including clustered servers.
• Define and own the monitoring, alerting, and observability strategy for infrastructure platforms including storage, virtualization, servers, and operating systems.
• Partner with vendors and internal teams on hardware selection and lifecycle planning.
• Establish technical standards, patterns, and documentation that can be executed by the Systems Administration team.
• Review designs, changes, and implementations performed by Systems Administrators to ensure quality, consistency, and reliability.
• Act as the technical lead during infrastructure incidents, driving restoration efforts and post‑incident review actions.
• Ensure infrastructure designs align with security standards and requirements.

Skills

Linux administration

Windows administration

Leadership

Mentoring

Scripting

Python

PowerShell

On-call readiness

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

Ceph

Grafana

Infoblox

Active Directory

DNS

DHCP

PowerShell

Python

Job description

Sony Interactive Entertainment is seeking a Lead Systems Engineer in the United States to lead Linux/Windows production environments, storage, and monitoring. You will guide the Systems Administration team, set standards, and own incident response.

Requirements include 5+ years in enterprise IT, strong scripting (Python/PowerShell), and expertise in Ceph storage, AD/DNS/DHCP, and virtualization. Hybrid work policy may apply; benefits and bonus potential are mentioned.