Warner Bros. Discovery
Media and Entertainment
StaffSoftwareEngineer-DevOps(SportsTeam)
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“Staff Software Engineer - DevOps (Sports Team) at Warner Bros. Discovery. Skills: AWS, Infrastructure as Code, DevOps, Platform Engineering. Set technical direction for AWS infrastructure. infrastructure automation”
What You'll Achieve.
creating an easy-to-use platform built for developers; upholding a high bar for quality; creating leverage across multiple teams; improving system resilience; operability; developer productivity at scale; enabling safe, fast, and repeatable delivery at scale; improving developer productivity and autonomy; minimizing manual intervention and operational risk
Industry & Context.
Troubleshoot and resolve complex, high-severity production issues
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
9-13 years of experience in DevOps, Platform Engineering, SRE, or Cloud Infrastructure, ownership of production systems at scale, Deep, hands-on expertise with AWS, multi-account environments, networking, security, reliability patterns, Advanced experience with Infrastructure as Code, setting patterns used by others, Linux, networking ability to debug complex distributed systems, Experience with containerized platforms, microservice architectures, Proficiency in at least one programming or scripting language, Experience operating and improving observability systems, using data to drive operational decisions, Proven ability to influence architectural direction, raise technical standards across teams
Nice to Have
AWS certifications, exposure to other cloud platforms
What You'll Do.
Set technical direction for AWS infrastructure
infrastructure automation
reliability practices
Build shared platforms
Improve system resilience
developer productivity
Own and evolve technical direction for AWS infrastructure platforms
Design and standardize Infrastructure as Code patterns
Define best practices and guardrails for AWS
Design infrastructure and deployment systems
Drive adoption of SRE principles
Lead efforts to improve operational excellence
reducing toil through automation
preventative controls
Troubleshoot and resolve complex production issues
Ensure systems remain reliable during peak traffic
Architect and evolve CI/CD pipelines
infrastructure workflows
Partner with application teams to streamline workflows
improving developer productivity
Champion automation across infrastructure lifecycle
Act as a trusted technical authority and reviewer
Drive engineering standards and best practices
Mentor senior and mid-level engineers
raising the bar for infrastructure
operational engineering
Communicate architectural decisions and trade-offs
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Partner with application teams; influence without authority; influence architectural direction; raise technical standards across teams
Communication Scope
Communicate architectural decisions and trade-offs clearly
Full Job Description
**_Welcome to Warner Bros. Discovery… the stuff dreams are made of._** **Who We Are…** When we say, “the stuff dreams are made of,” we’re not just referring to the world of wizards, dragons and superheroes, or even to the wonders of Planet Earth. Behind WBD’s vast portfolio of iconic content and beloved brands, are the _storytellers_ bringing our characters to life, the _creators_ bringing them to your living rooms and the _dreamers_ creating what’s next… From brilliant creatives, to technology trailblazers, across the globe, WBD offers career defining opportunities, thoughtfully curated benefits, and the tools to explore and grow into your best selves. Here you are supported, here you are celebrated, here you can thrive. **_Staff Software Engineer – DevOps (Sports Team) Bangalore_** ** _About Warner Bros. Discovery:_** Warner Bros. Discovery, a premier global media and entertainment company, offers audiences the world's most differentiated and complete portfolio of content, brands and franchises across television, film, streaming and gaming. The new company combines Warner Media’s premium entertainment, sports and news assets with Discovery's leading non-fiction and international entertainment and sports businesses. For more information, please visit [www.wbd.com](http://www.wbd.com/) ** _Meet Our Team:_** This role is within WBD’s Sports Platform Engineering responsible for providing the tools, services, and observability to our flagship streaming and sports products. This role scope includes creating an easy-to-use platform built for developers to easily bring applications to market while upholding a high bar for quality. We do this by packing source control, building systems, pipelines, and deployment solutions in a self-serve service. We are a fast-growing, global engineering group crucial to WBD’s future. We need a senior developer who is comfortable turning the needs of our engineering community into thoughtful design and architecture, serving as a senior res
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