Senior IT Systems Engineer-Studio IT

The role

This person will lead the design, operation, and evolution of production infrastructure and data center platforms. They will provide technical direction for the Systems Administration team and serve as the senior engineering authority for Linux systems, enterprise server hardware, virtualization, storage, and high-availability infrastructure.

What you will do

• Lead the design, deployment, and operational support of Linux and Windows platforms in a production environment.
• Architect and support enterprise server hardware, including platform selection, RAID configuration, firmware lifecycle management, hardware diagnostics, and performance troubleshooting.
• Lead the design, deployment, and operation of enterprise and distributed storage platforms, including technologies such as Ceph, NFS-based NAS, and SAN architectures.
• Design and maintain high-availability and load-balanced systems, including clustered servers.
• Define and own the monitoring, alerting, and observability strategy for infrastructure platforms.
• Partner with vendors and internal teams on hardware selection and lifecycle planning.
• Establish technical standards, patterns, and documentation.
• Review designs, changes, and implementations performed by Systems Administrators.
• Act as the technical lead during infrastructure incidents.
• Ensure infrastructure designs align with security standards and requirements.

Required qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent.
• Strong Linux and Windows administration and engineering experience in enterprise or production environments.
• Strong hands-on experience with enterprise server hardware, including troubleshooting, lifecycle planning, and firmware management.
• Strong experience with enterprise storage and distributed storage systems.
• Strong experience architecting and administering Windows and Linux server platforms in enterprise or production environments.
• Strong understanding of how storage, compute, and virtualization interact in performance-sensitive production environments.
• Strong scripting and automation skills.
• Proficiency with Active Directory, DNS, and DHCP.
• Experience designing or overseeing monitoring, alerting, and observability solutions, including dashboarding platforms such as Grafana or equivalent tools.
• Ability to lead and mentor Systems Administrators.
• 5+ years of relevant enterprise IT experience in a senior or lead infrastructure role.
• Available to work varying hours, on-call shifts, including evenings, weekends, and holidays as required.

Nice to have

• Ceph experience strongly preferred.
• Python and/or PowerShell preferred.
• Infoblox experience is a plus.

Benefits

• medical
• dental
• vision
• matching 401(k)
• paid time off
• wellness program
• employee discounts for Sony products
• may be eligible for a bonus package

Before you apply

• Sony Interactive Entertainment conducts background checks at the offer stage for all new employees (which may include criminal background checks for some roles).

About the company

Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) is the company behind the PlayStation brand. It is a dynamic technology company and an entertainment leader.