Senior Service Reliability Engineer at PlayStation Global

PlayStation, a global leader in entertainment, is seeking a Senior Service Reliability Engineer to join their Future Technology Group (FTG) in Berlin. The company is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sony Corporation. This role is crucial in delivering a great cloud gaming experience to customers by influencing design and operational decisions to ensure the gaming service's stability.

The Senior Service Reliability Engineer will have overall ownership of production, production code quality, and deployments. The role involves participating in decision-making, providing critical feedback, and ensuring operational readiness throughout the software development lifecycle.

What this role involves:

• Taking a leadership role in ongoing improvements in Reliability and Scalability
• Working closely with SRE Management to define KPIs, processes and drive continuous improvement
• Influence the architecture and implementation of solutions within the division
• Mentor more junior SRE staff and enable them for success
• Act as a voice to represent SRE in the wider organization
• Represent the operational scalability of solutions in the wider division
• Lead small-scale projects from inception to implementation
• Design platform-wide solutions and provide technical leadership during their implementation
• Demonstrate a high-level of organizational skills and initiative in the role

Requirements:

• Minimum of 7+ years working experience in Software Development and/or Linux Systems Administration role.
• Strong interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills.
• Available to be scheduled in on-call rotation.
• Proficient as a Linux Production Systems Engineer, with experience managing large scale Web Services infrastructure.
• Development experience in one or more of the following programming languages: Python (preferred) Bash, Go, Java, C++, or Rust
• Experience with at least 3 of the following topics: Distributed data storage at scale (Hadoop, Ceph), NoSQL at scale (MongoDB, Redis, Cassandra), Data Aggregation technologies (ElasticSearch, Kafka), Scaling and running traditional RDBMS (PostgreSQL, MySQL) with High Availability, Monitoring & Alerting (Prometheus, Grafana), and Incident Management toolsets, Kubernetes and/or AWS (deployment and management), Software Distribution (Package management and distribution at scale), Configuration Management (ansible, saltstack, puppet, chef), S/W Performance analysis and load testing.

What role offers:

• Annual salary paid across 12 months.
• Discretionary bonus, target level based on position level.
• Defined benefit provided by HDI - €35 per month after successfully passing the probation period
• Accident insurance
• Flexible working in agreement with the manager
• 30 days Holidays + 3-day ‘Wellness Break’
• Health Insurance: 30 EUR/month
• Capital forming benefit: €40 per month
• Public transportation allowance
• Games allocation, Christmas closure days
• Long time service award
• Free lunch Tuesdays and Thursdays, soft drinks, coffee, fruit
• Annual PS Membership
• Budget for personal development