Sr. Cloud Operations (Linux) Engineer - SNEI - SF Job Listing at Sony Electronics in San Francisco, CA

Electronics, Entertainment

Title: Sr. Cloud Operations (Linux) Engineer - SNEI - SF
Location: CA-San Francisco
Job Number: 25626
Sony Network
Entertainment International LLC (SNEI), a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of
America, is the premier provider of digital entertainment. Through the Sony
Entertainment Network portal, consumers around the world are able to access
their favorite digital entertainment conveniently and instantly on their
favorite connected devices. SNEI offers the latest and highest quality music,
video, and game content through Sony Entertainment Network as well as
PlayStation Network while also delivering third-party services. In addition,
SNEI provides a compelling consumer experience through innovative content
discovery features and a simple user interface that is globally consistent, yet
locally relevant.

Position Title: Sr. Cloud Operations
Engineer

Location: San Francisco

Job Summary:SNEI is powering entertainment cloud
software for next gen gaming & entertainment devices. The Sony Network
Entertainment Sr. Cloud Operations Engineer will be part of dynamic team
responsible for delivering entertainment experiences for next gen gaming &
entertainment consoles. You will be part of a team that believes in delivering
highly scalable software on the cloud.
Qualifications:

* Expert level Linux systems administration
experience, preferably with Red Hat/CentOS 5 and above
* Solid understanding of Internet infrastructure
protocols such as TCP/IP, HTTP, DNS, SSH, LDAP, and SMTP, along with the
software serving them (such as Apache, nginx, Varnish, Bind, PowerDNS,
OpenSSH)
* Demonstrated scripting skills in one or more of
Python, Shell, Perl, and Ruby (Python strongly preferred)
* Experience with alert and trend monitoring software,
including Net-SNMP, Nagios, Cacti, and Graphite (custom plugin writing is
a plus)
* Solid experience with configuration management tools
like Puppet or Chef (or at least a strong appreciation of the need for
them and willingness to learn)
* Strong written and verbal communication skills
* BS in Computer Science (or 4 years relevant work
experience)

Desired Skills & Experience

* 5 years experience in a high-availability data
center environment for serving large web services
* Python object-oriented programming experience in an
operations capacity (think APIs, not isolated scripts)
* System experience both relational (e.g., MySQL, PostgreSQL)
and noSQL (e.g., Cassandra, MongoDB), along with related caching software
(e.g., memcached, Redis)
* Deploying systems in the AWS cloud is a major plus
* Experience using version control using Git
* Involvement in the Open Source community (code
writing, patch submission, bug reporting, etc)

Sony is an
Equal Opportunity Employer. All persons will receive consideration for
employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, pregnancy, national
origin, ancestry, citizenship, age, legally protected physical or mental
disability, covered veteran status, status in the U.S. uniformed services,
sexual orientation, marital status, genetic information or membership in any
other legally protected category.

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create an inclusive environment, empower employees and embrace diversity. We encourage everyone to respond.

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your interest in Sony Network Entertainment.
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