Staff DevOps Engineer

Company Description
NBCUniversal is one of the world's leading media and entertainment companies. We create world-class content, which we distribute across our portfolio of film, television, and streaming, and bring to life through our global theme park destinations, consumer products, and experiences. We own and operate leading entertainment and news brands, including NBC, NBC News, NBC Sports, Telemundo, NBC Local Stations, Bravo, and Peacock, our premium ad-supported streaming service. We produce and distribute premier filmed entertainment and programming through our powerhouse film and television studios, including Universal Pictures, DreamWorks Animation, and Focus Features, and the four global television studios under the Universal Studio Group banner, and operate industry-leading theme parks and experiences around the world through Universal Destinations & Experiences, including Universal Orlando Resort, home to Universal Epic Universe, and Universal Studios Hollywood. NBCUniversal is a subsidiary of Comcast Corporation. Visit www.nbcuniversal.com for more information.
Our impact is rooted in improving the communities where our employees, customers, and audiences live and work. We have a rich tradition of giving back and ensuring our employees have the opportunity to serve their communities. We champion an inclusive culture and strive to attract and develop a talented workforce to create and deliver a wide range of content reflecting our world.
Job Description
As the DevOps Lead Engineer, you will be responsible for spearheading our DevOps initiatives. You will foster a culture of automation, continuous integration, observability and delivery. Your efforts will support consumer data driven advertising and marketing products, standardized consumer identity solutions, and machine learning initiatives for NBCUniversal and its brands. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to optimize our cloud infrastructure, ensuring high availability, scalability, and security. Your expertise in AWS services, containerization technologies, monitoring tools, and cloud architecture will be pivotal in designing and implementing robust DevOps solutions that streamline our development, testing, and deployment processes.
Responsibilities:

• Develop and lead the implementation of DevOps strategies and best practices to improve the efficiency, reliability, and scalability of our cloud-based applications.
• Design, build, and maintain robust continuous integration and continuous delivery pipelines to automate the software development and deployment lifecycle.
• Utilize your in-depth knowledge of AWS services to architect, deploy, and manage scalable and resilient cloud infrastructure solutions.
• Implement containerization technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes) to orchestrate application deployment and ensure consistent environments across various stages of development.
• Implement effective monitoring and logging solutions to proactively identify performance bottlenecks, security issues, and system anomalies. Develop auto-scaling solutions to meet fluctuating demand.
• Design and optimize cloud architecture to ensure high availability, disaster recovery, and cost-effectiveness.
• Implement security measures and best practices to safeguard our cloud infrastructure and applications against potential threats and vulnerabilities.
• Lead and mentor a team of DevOps engineers, fostering a collaborative and innovative work environment.
• Promote automation in all aspects of DevOps and maintain detailed documentation of infrastructure, processes, and procedures.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field.
• Proven experience of 6+ years in DevOps and cloud engineering, with at least 2 years in a leadership or senior role.
• Expertise in building and managing CI/CD pipelines using tools like Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, or AWS CodePipeline.
• Strong proficiency in AWS services, including EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, IAM, and VPC.
• Solid understanding of containerization technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes) and container orchestration.
• Experience with infrastructure-as-code tools (e.g., CloudFormation, Terraform).
• Familiarity with monitoring and logging tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, ELK stack, Splunk, Datadog and CloudWatch.
• Knowledge of cloud security best practices and compliance standards (e.g., CIS benchmarks, CCPA, GDPR).
• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to troubleshoot complex issues in a cloud environment.
• Excellent communication and leadership skills to effectively collaborate with cross-functional teams.

Additional Requirements:

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

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: $130,000 - $160,000 (bonus eligible)
We are accepting applications for this position on an ongoing basis.
Additional Information
As part of our selection process, external candidates may be required to attend an in-person interview with an NBCUniversal employee at one of our locations prior to a hiring decision. NBCUniversal's policy is to provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, gender identity or expression, age, national origin or ancestry, citizenship, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, pregnancy, veteran status, membership in the uniformed services, genetic information, or any other basis protected by applicable law.
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