Senior Software Engineer - Network Automation

Job Description

PlayStation is seeking a Senior Software Engineer - Network Automation to join their Network Reliability Engineering (NRE) team in Australia. This role is crucial for modernizing how PlayStation manages and scales its global network infrastructure. The ideal candidate will have a customer-first attitude and a passion for innovation, operational excellence, and delivering impactful, customer-focused solutions.

As a Senior Software Engineer, the candidate will contribute to shaping the future of network reliability at PlayStation.

What this role involves:

• Designing, developing, and maintaining network orchestration systems.
• Building and improving internal tools for deploying, upgrading, and managing a global network infrastructure.
• Maintaining, extending, and supporting existing automation and tooling.
• Owning and driving projects related to network automation and tooling.
• Identifying opportunities to improve workflows and reduce operational overhead through automation.

Requirements:

• Strong understanding of network fundamentals.
• Expertise in Python programming.
• Proficiency in data modeling and data persistency.
• Experience with telemetry, SNMP, sFlow, IPFIX data.
• Experience with event-driven system architecture and messaging systems.
• Experience with Kubernetes tooling and CI/CD pipelines.
• Understanding of test-driven development and software testing strategies.
• Knowledge of distributed code development workflows.
• Experience with remote orchestration of network devices.

What this role offers:

• Opportunity to work on network orchestration systems.
• Opportunity to build and improve internal tools.
• Opportunity to drive projects related to network automation.