DreamWorks Technology - Sr. Platform Engineer I

Company Description

DreamWorks Animation is looking for more adventurous dreamers who shoot for the moon. We tell stories about the journeys our unconventional heroes take to make dreams come true. As a growth-minded studio, we pride ourselves on being one of the world’s leading producers of high-quality, award-winning, animated films and series, reaching consumers around the globe. We push to feel more, laugh more, and build immersive new worlds.

Comcast NBCUniversal has announced its intent to create a new publicly traded company ('SpinCo') comprised of most of NBCUniversal's cable television networks, including USA Network, CNBC, MSNBC, Oxygen, E!, SYFY and Golf Channel along with complementary digital assets Fandango, Rotten Tomatoes, GolfNow, GolfPass, and SportsEngine. The well-capitalized company will have significant scale as a pure-play set of assets anchored by leading news, sports and entertainment content. The spin-off is expected to be completed during 2025.

DreamWorks creates a diverse array of original content in a variety of formats, delivering compelling stories with unique characters. We place tremendous value on the experiences our talent offers from their own non-traditional paths to success. We believe in frequent communication and that transparency and trust yield the best work. We are a community of artists, technologists, innovators, and creators, who are passionate about animation and also happen to love eating lunch together.

The Studio Platform Engineering team at DreamWorks Animation is a multi-functional Operations/Software Engineering team with involvement in all phases of our application and service release lifecycle that embraces the DevOps method of communication, collaboration and integration between development and operations. The team ensures the health of the platform, streamline CI/CD processes, and deliver high-performance data services, all while maintaining standard methodologies for release management. Platform Engineers are responsible for developing the compute, storage, database and platform solutions on prem and in the public cloud. 

In this role, you will have the opportunity to contribute to the development of ground breaking platforms that serve the needs of the Studio across various cloud providers and data centers. 

If you are part of the fandom and believe teamwork makes the dream work, join us in #livingthedream and #doingyourdreamwork! 

Job Description

“What would you say you do here?”

• Collaborate within a multi-functional team to design and implement next-generation CI/CD platforms-as-a-service for internal product solutions.
• Leverage Kubernetes operators and Spinnaker pipelines to automate application deployments and administration across multiple environments (on-premises and in the cloud).
• Define and implement workflows, processes, and standards for Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC).
• Demonstrate a strong understanding and contribute to the continuous improvement of the studio platform, including in-house DevOps tools and custom products used for platform operations, as well as customer-facing user interfaces.
• Integrate chaos engineering practices and support the development of full-stack, continuous testing environments to improve system reliability and resilience.
• Continuously monitor system health, capacity, and performance indicators, driving optimization and proactive improvements.
• Provide tier-3 on-call support for troubleshooting and break-fix support for production services.
• Actively drive and participate in the team’s continuous improvement initiatives.
• Monitor and maintain platform infrastructure, using tools like Datadog for performance tracking, alerts, and capacity management.

Qualifications

“What do I need to have in order to do this job?”

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software/Computer Engineering or Information Technology.
• Minimum 5+ years of relevant work experience within the Animation Industry.
• Experience in cloud-native technologies and architectures (Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift).
• Proficiency in revision control and DevOps best practices (Git).
• Expert Linux experience (Red Hat, CentOS).
• Previous experience supporting an Animation Studio Production environment, with an understanding of production-critical systems and workflows.
• Deep understanding of animation artists’ production pipelines including but not limited to its critical backend applications related to farm rendering, asset and catalog management software. 
• Minimum of 5 years experience in operations supporting production artists and Supervisor TDs through P1, P2 incident handling to ensure platform’s health and stability of high-performance rendering workflows. 
• Domain expert in CI/CD tools and platforms such as Spinnaker, Drone, Jenkins, Ansible, Argo.
• Software engineering skills, preferably working in multiple programming languages (Java, Go, Python).
• Operational support experience, including platform infrastructure monitoring and problem-solving using tools like Datadog, Prometheus, or similar.
• Knowledge of best practices in release management, including versioning, branching, and deployment strategies.
• Clear, articulate, and personable with strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to effectively communicate sophisticated technical concepts to non-technical colleagues.
• Self-motivated, responsible, and diligent with the ability to work both independently and in collaborative teams.
• Passionate about continuous learning and improvement, and can quickly absorb new information.
• Great teammate with a customer service approach and a commitment to quality.
• Ethical, honest, and fair, demonstrating a high level of integrity in all work and interactions.
• Must be able to support the PST work schedule to align with the onsite team. 

“What can I offer?”

• Hands-on experience with public or private cloud services (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, OpenStack).
• Experience with Application Performance Monitoring (APM) or distributed tracing tools (e.g., Datadog, New Relic, or similar).

Fully Remote: This position has been designated as fully remote, meaning that the position is expected to contribute from a non-DreamWorks worksite, most commonly an employee’s residence.

We are accepting applications for this position on an ongoing basis.

This position is eligible for company sponsored benefits, including medical, dental and vision insurance, 401(k), paid leave, tuition reimbursement, and a variety of other discounts and perks. Learn more about the benefits offered by NBCUniversal by visiting the Benefits page of the Careers website.

Salary range: $145,000 - $165,000

Additional Information

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