Sr Platform Engineer (Project Hire)

Walt Disney World; Lake Buena Vista (FL); On-site; USD 112,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Walt Disney World is hiring a Senior Platform Engineer to design, implement, and support core platform and infrastructure capabilities across Disney experiences. Focus on data pipelines, on-prem server architecture, observability, and DevOps automation to enable reliable guest experiences.

The role is project-based for roughly 12 months with emphasis on automation, lifecycle management, and collaboration across teams to reduce operational toil and improve reliability.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of professional infrastructure/ platform engineering experience.
• Strong understanding of DevOps and reliability concepts.
• Experience with CI/CD systems (Jenkins or GitLab).
• Hands-on Linux/Windows administration and networking basics.
• Infrastructure-as-code with Ansible and Terraform.
• Experience with observability/log analytics (Splunk).

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and support core platform capabilities from design through operations.
• Automate platform operations using Ansible and Terraform.
• Maintain and improve CI/CD pipelines for reliable deployments.
• Monitor performance, reliability, and scalability; enhance observability with Splunk.
• Evolve Kubernetes, Harvester, and Splunk platforms; ensure security and runbooks.
• Mentor engineers and lead small platform initiatives.

Skills

DevOps

Reliability

Collaboration

Problem-solving

Education

Bachelor's Degree in CS/Engineering

Tools

Jenkins

GitLab

Ansible

Terraform

Kubernetes

Splunk

Job description

The Senior Platform Engineer is a skilled, independent contributor who designs, implements, and supports core platform and infrastructure capabilities that power magical Disney Experiences across parks, resorts, cruises, and consumer products. You will focus on data pipelines, on-prem server architecture, observability, and DevOps automation, ensuring robust, scalable, and reliable environments that enable teams to deliver seamless guest and cast experiences.

This is a project hire position, estimated for 12 months.

Responsibilities

In this role, you will act as a proficient problem-solver and effective partner to engineering and product teams, owning platform components from design through operations while mentoring colleagues and working with minimal guidance. You will emphasize automation, observability, and lifecycle management platforms to improve reliability, reduce operational toil, and support data-driven decisions that enhance Disney Experiences worldwide.

• Collaborate with team members, product, and engineering partners to deliver platform capabilities, support project needs, and resolve complex issues for assigned components or improvements.
• Design, implement, and maintain infrastructure automation using tools such as Ansible and Terraform to standardize and streamline platform operations.
• Efficiently support platform software and systems throughout their lifecycle, including upgrades, maintenance, troubleshooting, and clear operational documentation.
• Build, enhance, and maintain CI/CD pipelines to enable reliable, repeatable deployments across environments.
• Monitor and improve system performance, availability, and scalability through proactive analysis, observability practices, and automation, leveraging tools such as Splunk where appropriate.
• Evolve the Kubernetes, Harvester, and Splunk platforms.
• Maintain compliance with security, operational, and reliability standards across all supported environments, contributing to best practices and operational runbooks.
• Work independently on complex platform initiatives, occasionally leading small efforts and providing guidance to less-experienced engineers as a mentor and subject‑matter resource.

Required Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of professional experience in infrastructure engineering, platform engineering, DevOps, or closely related roles.
• Strong understanding of DevOps and reliability concepts, including monitoring, alerting, redundancy, failover, capacity, and performance analysis.
• Experience with CI/CD systems such as Jenkins or GitLab for building, testing, and deploying platform changes.
• Hands-on experience supporting server and platform infrastructure, including Linux and/or Windows administration, networking fundamentals, storage/backup, and platform operations.
• Proficiency with infrastructure‑as‑code and automation tools such as Ansible and Terraform to manage configuration and provisioning at scale.
• Experience operating or integrating with observability and log analytics platforms, preferably including Splunk.
• Good collaboration and communication skills, with the ability to work effectively across multiple teams in a partner-driven, team-oriented environment.
• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to independently identify root causes and drive durable solutions as a Self-directed, effective worker.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with cloud platforms and services such as AWS for hosting and integrating platform capabilities.
• Familiarity with containerized workloads or Kubernetes-based platforms and their operational considerations.
• Experience with monitoring, observability, and data visualization tools, including advanced use of Splunk or similar technologies.
• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Information Technology, or a related technical field.

The hiring range for this position in Orlando, FL is $111,900 to $150,000 per year. The base pay actually offered will take into account internal equity and also may vary depending on the candidate’s geographic region, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience among other factors. A bonus and/or long-term incentive units may be provided as part of the compensation package, in addition to the full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the level and position offered.