Senior Storage Platform Engineer

PlayStation Global•Aliso Viejo, CA

12h

About The Position

Why PlayStation? PlayStation isn’t just the Best Place to Play — it’s also the Best Place to Work. Today, we’re recognized as a global leader in entertainment producing The PlayStation family of products and services including PlayStation®5, PlayStation®4, PlayStation®VR, PlayStation®Plus, acclaimed PlayStation software titles from PlayStation Studios, and more. PlayStation also strives to create an inclusive environment that empowers employees and embraces diversity. We welcome and encourage everyone who has a passion and curiosity for innovation, technology, and play to explore our open positions and join our growing global team. The PlayStation brand falls under Sony Interactive Entertainment, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sony Group Corporation. Senior Platform Engineer (Storage) Sony Interactive Entertainment At PlayStation, we're leading the revolution in cloud gaming as we push the boundaries of what's possible! Would you like to use your skills, time, and passion for meaningful projects that are building the future? We're looking for a Platform Engineer with proven experience in modern software delivery who loves crafting efficient, flexible and low friction systems to manage workloads at a global scale. If that sounds like something you would love to do, we want to hear from you! Come help us deliver a unique gaming experience to millions of players!

Requirements

Experience managing and administrating Ceph Storage, object and block
5+ years of experience with Linux systems tooling and troubleshooting in networking, configuration and deployment
First hand experience with industry standard storage protocols
Strong Kubernetes skills
Proven ability to mentor Junior Members of the team

Nice To Haves

Experience in designing and implementing large scale globally distributed storage systems
Scripting and Automation experience in Bash, Python or Go
Ability to support engineers with solving problems in integrating their systems with core Kubernetes components is preferred
Experience with Infrastructure as Code and deployment tooling (Terraform, Ansible)
Strong communication and customer service skills
Experience with Kubernetes development including operators and controllers is a plus
Experience with collaboration in a distributed team across multiple timezones
High energy, driven to positively impact the business with customer-first thinking
Must be self starter who understands that ownership means distributing the knowledge of your work so that everyone benefits
Being a Contributor to Open Source Software is a plus

Responsibilities

Managing, deploying and maintaining large scale distributed Ceph storage solutions
Ensure high availability and performant storage by providing troubleshooting and debugging support, conducting performance tuning and continuously improving data integrity and reliability
Evolve processes and best practices to maximize performance and cost efficiency
Staying up to date with Ceph/Storage current developments and experimental features. Share findings and consult architecture changes with the team
Analyze storage trends and participate in capacity planning