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Network Engineer

Why PlayStation?

PlayStation isn’t just the Best Place to Play — it’s also the Best Place to Work. Today, we’re recognized as a global leader in entertainment producing The PlayStation family of products and services including PlayStation®5, PlayStation®4, PlayStation®VR, PlayStation®Plus, PlayStation™Now, acclaimed PlayStation software titles from PlayStation Studios, and more.

PlayStation also strives to create an inclusive environment that empowers employees and embraces diversity. We welcome and encourage everyone who has a passion and curiosity for innovation, technology, and play to explore our open positions and join our growing global team.

The PlayStation brand falls under Sony Interactive Entertainment, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sony Corporation.

Role overview:

As a primary member of the Network Engineering and Operations team you will be responsible for the development, support and mid to long term considerations of an advanced global IP network that adheres to the highest standards to provide robust, low latency game streaming services to PlayStation Now customers around the globe. You will help build the network while contributing to an automation first operations mindset (DevOps) to increase our efficiencies and ability to scale.

What you’ll be doing:

Core Responsibilities (40-60%):

• Operations of a large global network (Incidents, Changes, Maintenance)
• Use tooling to analyze network data (sflow, ipfix, telemetry, etc) to identify problems and improve network performance.
• Keep our network running

Specialized Responsibilities (DevOps, 40-60%):

• Automate everything to make life easier for NetEng
• Build a robust set of tools to deploy, upgrade, and manage a global network
• Contribute to automation design
• Maintain our tooling by extending them or fixing bugs

What we are looking for:

• Proficient in at least 1 scripting language (python preferred)
• Experience with config management and/or CI/CD pipelines (Salt, Ansible, Jenkins, etc)
• Strong understanding of network fundamentals
• Familiarity with at least 2 of the following:
• IS-IS, OSPF
• MPLS-TE (RSVP or LDP)
• iBGP / eBGP
• EVPN, VXLAN
• IPv6
• Sflow, IPFIX, Telemetry

Desirable Experience:

• Experience with ISIS, MPLS, IPv6, and L2/L3 VPN services
• Experience with MP-BGP routing policy in a global network environment.
• Experience with cluster networking/CLOS fabrics
• Experience with router firewall policies
• Experience with Juniper MX , QFX, SRX, and EX series platforms
• Experience working in load balancer topologies
• Experience with optical media and optical transport systems
• Experience working in a globally distributed team and/or with IT Service Management (e.g. ITIL)
• Experience with Linux Administration and/or Kubernetes

Equal Opportunity Statement:

Sony is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All persons will receive consideration for employment without regard to gender (including gender identity, gender expression and gender reassignment), race (including colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin), religion or belief, marital or civil partnership status, disability, age, sexual orientation, pregnancy or maternity, trade union membership or membership in any other legally protected category.

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

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