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Warner Bros. Discovery Software DevOps Engineer II in Atlanta, Georgia
Every great story has a new beginning, and yours starts here.
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.
About this role:
We are a DevOps and Site Reliability division at Warner Bros Discovery working to support and build the next generation of video-enabled services. Our Systems Engineers help manage and monitor our platform infrastructure. We are responsible for infrastructure-as-code management, software deployments, third-party service providers, and AWS system maintenance and configuration. We are entrusted with delivering reliable cloud infrastructure, efficient CI/CD pipelines and a robust security posture.
As a Systems Engineer focused on video streaming and direct to consumer entertainment, you will work remotely with different teams, including backend, product, and more. You will focus on supporting innovative video features such as live metadata sync, premium user account management, synchronized video across multiple clients, and backend stacks that support video delivery for Live and VoD streams.
What will you do?
Maintain production and non-production systems in AWS.
Tackle projects involving CI/CD tools (Github Actions, Jenkins) monitoring tools (DataDog) and Docker orchestration tools (Kubernetes, EKS, ECS/Fargate).
Support the development teams in managing AWS accounts, Docker configuration and communication tools.
Work on application pipelines using continuous integration.
Support and scale our metrics/logging/alerting stack and tools.
What do we require from you?
Experience using and maintaining Linux systems.
Experience with most of: AWS, Terraform, Docker, Jenkins, Python, video transcoding systems.
Familiarity with modern DevOps techniques such as infrastructure as code, CI and deployment strategies.
Familiarity with one (or more) programming languages, including bash, Python, Java, Go and NodeJS.
The ability to often work asynchronously, autonomously, and to follow through when working independently.
Bachelor’s degree
Bonus points if ...
Experience in security and/or DevSecOps
Experience with writing Terraform modules.
Experience with GCP (Google Cloud Platform)
The following are some of the tools we use regularly. We do not expect you to have proficiency in everything in this list, but expert knowledge with a few and familiarity with the others (or a close analog) is ideal.
AWS (in general)
Python
Github Actions
Terraform, Terragrunt and IaC in general.
Linux and bash
Docker container orchestration (Kubernetes or ECS)
DataDog, ElasticSearch, Logstash, and Kibana (ELK)
How We Get Things Done…
This last bit is probably the most important! Here at WBD, our guiding principles are the core values by which we operate and are central to how we get things done. You can find them at www.wbd.com/guiding-principles/ along with some insights from the team on what they mean and how they show up in their day to day. We hope they resonate with you and look forward to discussing them during your interview.
The Legal Bits…
Warner Bros. Discovery embraces the opportunity to build a workforce that reflects the diversity of our society and the world around us. Being an equal opportunity employer means that we take seriously our responsibility to consider qualified candidates on the basis of merit, without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, mental or physical disability, and genetic information, marital status, citizenship status, military status, protected veteran status or any other category protected by law.
If you’re a qualified candidate and you require adjustments or accommodations to search for a job opening or apply for a position, please contact us at recruitadmin@wbd.com.