Vacancy : DevOps Engineer, Bristol

About the role:

SN Systems creates best in class development tools to help PlayStation® game studios make great games. We continually improve and enhance our in-house tooling to help us improve turnaround times and maintain the quality that PlayStation developers have come to expect.

To that end, we are looking for a DevOps engineer who can improve our continuous integration systems. You will optimise and automate wherever possible, leading to the key objective of accelerating development.

You will work with teams of world class engineers to help them reduce their build and test times by continuously analysing historical data.

The current infrastructure is built upon Jenkins, Ansible, Git, vCenter & Chocolatey. The successful candidate will be tasked with developing, maintaining and troubleshooting our infrastructure to support several teams‘ continuous integration and test systems. You will also look for ways to improve all aspects of development, test and release workflows.

You will assume responsibility for taking our systems to the next level, capitalizing on modern virtualization, provisioning and associated technologies, to enable improvements in continuous integration (CI/CD) and test systems across the organisation.

Responsibilities:

  • Diagnose problems and inefficiencies in our continuous integration systems and workflows used by our development and test engineers
  • Design, build, test, deploy and maintain improved solutions
  • Document new systems and add to the team knowledge base
  • Ensure that appropriate tools are in place for monitoring systems
  • Review best practices and emerging concepts in Infrastructure Automation to improve our systems

Qualifications:

  • BSc in Computer Science / Engineering degree or equivalent industry experience
  • Currently doing, or have previously held, a DevOps position

Experience with the following is highly desirable:

  • Maintained and operated continuous integration systems, ideally Jenkins
  • Systems instrumentation, monitoring and debugging on Linux and Microsoft Windows
  • Configuration management ideally Ansible
  • Web Services (nginx, HAProxy)
  • Virtualization (Docker, vCenter)
  • An understanding of networking knowledge (DNS, TCP/IP)
  • You are experienced in one or more of the following languages: Python, PowerShell
  • Version control

Experience with the following will be beneficial:

  • Containerization
  • Issue tracking and task management systems e.g. Bugzilla, Jira etc.
  • Metrics (Grafana, InfluxDB/Prometheus)
  • MSI Packaging
  • Cloud (AWS)

We anticipate that suitable candidates will demonstrate the following personal attributes:

  • A passion for automation
  • Enthusiastic about Agile working/SCRUM/Kanban
  • Keen to learn and develop
  • Not satisfied with just OK
  • Never gives up
  • Comfortable leading technical discussions with engineering teams
  • Enjoys being part of a team whilst often remote from the team

Package:

Start Date:

As soon as possible.

Location:

Bristol

In the short term you will mainly work remotely from the office. Over time you are likely to work in the office, with possibly some remote working, and therefore need to be able to commute frequently to Bristol.

Salary:

  • Negotiable, dependant on experience.
  • Excellent benefits package and working conditions.

Start Date:

  • Immediate

Application Process:

Candidates should submit a CV and a covering letter indicating why they are interested in the role, and their relevant experience (from their current or previous roles, personal projects, academics and so on). Applications should be sent to sn-careers@sony.com.

Candidates must be eligible to work legally within the British Isles.

About SN Systems

We create development tools for PlayStation® platforms including PlayStation®5 and PlayStation®VR. From debuggers and performance analyzers to compilers and target communication servers, our products are designed to make PlayStation® developers' work easier and more efficient.

As a team under Sony Interactive Entertainment's (SIE) Hardware Engineering and Operation division working on research and development, we have a deep understanding of game developers' needs, and use our expertise to create a range of advanced development tools.

We currently employ c. 100 people in Bristol (HQ), Dublin and San Jose in a dynamic environment where change is the norm.

Equal Opportunity Statement

SN Systems is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All persons will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, age, legally protected physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, genetic information or membership in any other legally protected category.

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