Shipboard Automation & Systems Engineering Manager

Disney Experiences; Celebration (FL); On-site; USD 137,000 - 184,000; Full time

Job summary

The Walt Disney Company is seeking a Manager, Systems Engineering to lead a professional engineering team responsible for end-to-end lifecycle management of shipboard deployment, integration, automation, validation, and commissioning across Disney Cruise Line New Build initiatives.

The role partners with Systems Engineering, Site Reliability Engineering, and business stakeholders to implement automation-first tooling and infrastructure-as-code, shaping the deployment landscape from concept to

Qualifications

• Minimum 8 years of technology experience with at least 3+ years leading projects and coordinating efforts across diverse technical and business teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and grow a team of Technical Project Managers and Systems Engineers across Disney Cruise Line New Ship Build initiatives.
• Provide governance across application implementations, ensuring alignment with delivery milestones and maiden voyage timelines.
• Design and drive an automation-first deployment pipeline strategy, integrating with release managers and business stakeholders.
• Partner with SE and SRE teams to modernize build, test, and deployment pipelines for shipboard systems.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Strategic thinking

Problem solving

Agile methodologies

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science/Information Systems/Engineering

Tools

Ansible

Terraform

Kubernetes

Docker

CI/CD

Python

PowerShell

Git

Job description

The Walt Disney Company is seeking a Manager, Systems Engineering to lead a professional engineering team responsible for end-to-end lifecycle management of shipboard deployment, integration, automation, validation, and commissioning across Disney Cruise Line New Build initiatives.

The role partners with Systems Engineering, Site Reliability Engineering, and business stakeholders to implement automation-first tooling and infrastructure-as-code, shaping the deployment landscape from concept to