Disney is looking for a Senior Systems Reliability Engineer to provide cloud-based film making systems for all Disney studios. You will innovate and deliver solutions that support content from concept through production to global distribution, with a focus on automation and infrastructure-as-code.
What You'll Do
- Build and operate high-quality production systems.
- Design systems to enable rapid development, high availability, and clear observability.
- Maintain and improve the reliability of services and infrastructure.
- Troubleshoot and resolve performance and reliability issues across the stack, including cloud resources.
- Collaborate with engineers to ensure services are designed to be cloud-native, scalable, and easily operated.
- Create self-healing infrastructure-as-Code and automate everything.
- Ensure security best practice is at the forefront of all your technical solutions.
What We're Looking For
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Comfortable working with public cloud service providers (e.g., AWS, Google, Azure).
- Strong knowledge in system management languages (e.g., Terraform, Ansible).
- Operating systems and systems management (e.g., Amazon Linux, Windows).
- Multiple scripting languages in your toolbox (e.g., Python, GO, Ruby, or Swift).
- Authentication tool-sets such as Active Directory, LDAP, Ping Identity.
- Experience working with observability tools for optimal performance and 24/7 reliability (e.g., DataDog, New Relic, Grafana).
- Data center, network, and application architectures.
- Systems Security (e.g., key management, encryption, vulnerability management).
- Containerization and Container PaaS offerings (e.g., Docker, Rancher, Kubernetes).
- Thorough knowledge of continuous integration tools (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD).
- BS in Computer Science or related field with 5+ years of experience or equivalent.
Nice to Have
- Experience working in media production environments.
- Passionate to explore new technologies and constantly learn.
- Exceptional analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Virtual hosting technologies (e.g., VMWare, KVM).
- Smart, self-driven with a keen focus on exceptional delivery of innovative solutions.
Technical Stack
- Cloud: AWS, Google Cloud, Azure
- Infrastructure-as-Code: Terraform, Ansible
- Operating Systems: Amazon Linux, Windows
- Languages: Python, GO, Ruby, Swift
- Authentication: Active Directory, LDAP, Ping Identity
- Observability: DataDog, New Relic, Grafana
- Containers & Orchestration: Docker, Rancher, Kubernetes
- CI/CD: Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD
- Virtualization: VMWare, KVM
Team & Environment
You will work within lean, agile, and self-sufficient teams that value a cloud-first approach, develop infrastructure-as-code, and prioritize automation.
Benefits & Compensation
- Compensation: $138,900.00 to $180,000.00 per year.
- Full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits.
Work Mode
This is a remote position open to candidates within the USA.
Disney is an equal opportunity employer.

