Senior DevOps Engineer

NBCUniversal is one of the world's leading media and entertainment companies. They are seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer to build and deploy CI/CD infrastructure, focusing on AWS-based cloud processing and ensuring software development aligns with established processes.

Responsibilities:

• Design, build, and maintain scalable infrastructure and development tools, primarily in AWS
• Automate CI/CD pipelines, deployments, and server configurations to improve efficiency and reliability. GitHub Actions, Jenkins
• Implement and enforce security best practices, patch vulnerabilities, and ensure regulatory compliance
• Test and review code for security risks, collaborating with teams to mitigate threats
• Manage Test, Staging, and Production environments to support development and deployment workflows
• Streamline software delivery through automated integration and release pipelines
• Monitor system performance, availability, and cost; implement observability tools and alerts
• Investigate and resolve production issues through root cause analysis and proactive maintenance
• Work closely with developers and stakeholders to align infrastructure with project goals
• Translate technical needs and constraints across teams to ensure effective delivery
• Maintain comprehensive documentation for systems, processes, and troubleshooting procedures
• Develop and implement disaster recovery plans, including runbooks and contingency strategies

Requirements:

• 5+ years as a DevOps engineer or in a related software engineering role
• Solid understanding of DevOps principles, including CI/CD (GitHub Actions, Jenkins), infrastructure as code (Packer + Terraform, Pulumi, or AWS CloudFormation + Ansible), and continuous feedback
• Hands-on experience with CI/CD tools and version control workflows (Git, GitHub, Perforce)
• Experience implementing log management, monitoring and observability with industry-standard tooling (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana), or Datadog)
• Proficient in Python
• Strong AWS experience (IAM, EC2, S3, Lambda, CodeDeploy, Cloud NAS, CDN)
• Azure or GCP experience is not a disqualifier in the presence of a strong conceptual understanding
• Working knowledge of SQL
• Bachelor of Science degree (or equivalent) in computer science, engineering, or relevant field
• Solid experience in software engineering
• Experience in managing 'immutable infrastructure' where servers are replaced rather than updated
• Strong problem-solving, communication, and collaboration skills
• Knowledge of cloud networking (VPCs, Subnets)
• Experience with graph and geospatial databases
• Experience with deploying and scaling infrastructure in cloud environments
• Experience with REST APIs and tools like Swagger
• Experience with configuration management tools (Ansible, Puppet, or Chef)
• Experience and familiarity with C++
• Knowledge of build systems (CMake, CPack)
• Familiarity with monitoring and logging tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana)