Sr Platform Engineer (Project Hire)

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with team members, product, and engineering partners to deliver platform capabilities, support project needs, and resolve complex issues for assigned components or improvements.
• Design, implement, and maintain infrastructure automation using tools such as Ansible and Terraform to standardize and streamline platform operations.
• Efficiently support platform software and systems throughout their lifecycle, including upgrades, maintenance, troubleshooting, and clear operational documentation.
• Build, enhance, and maintain CI/CD pipelines to enable reliable, repeatable deployments across environments.
• Monitor and improve system performance, availability, and scalability through proactive analysis, observability practices, and automation, leveraging tools such as Splunk where appropriate.
• Evolve the Kubernetes, Harvester, and Splunk platforms.
• Maintain compliance with security, operational, and reliability standards across all supported environments, contributing to best practices and operational runbooks.
• Work independently on complex platform initiatives, occasionally leading small efforts and providing guidance to less-experienced engineers as a mentor and subject-matter resource.
• Required Qualifications
• Minimum 5 years of professional experience in infrastructure engineering, platform engineering, DevOps, or closely related roles.
• Strong understanding of DevOps and reliability concepts, including monitoring, alerting, redundancy, failover, capacity, and performance analysis.
• Experience with CI/CD systems such as Jenkins or GitLab for building, testing, and deploying platform changes.
• Hands-on experience supporting server and platform infrastructure, including Linux and/or Windows administration, networking fundamentals, storage/backup, and platform operations.
• Proficiency with infrastructure-as-code and automation tools such as Ansible and Terraform to manage configuration and provisioning at scale.
• Experience operating or integrating with observability and log analytics platforms, preferably including Splunk.
• Good collaboration and communication skills, with the ability to work effectively across multiple teams in a partner-driven, team-oriented environment.
• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to independently identify root causes and drive durable solutions as a self-directed, effective worker.

Requirements

• Experience with cloud platforms and services such as AWS for hosting and integrating platform capabilities.
• Familiarity with containerized workloads or Kubernetes-based platforms and their operational considerations.
• Experience with monitoring, observability, and data visualization tools, including advanced use of Splunk or similar technologies.
• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Information Technology, or a related technical field.
• Job Posting Segment:
• Worldwide Safety, Health, Engineer & Sourcing
• Job Posting Primary Business:
• Global Engineering & Technology (WSHES)
• Primary Job Posting Category:
• Platform Engineering
• Employment Type:
• Full time
• Primary City, State, Region, Postal Code:
• Lake Buena Vista, FL, USA
• Alternate City, State, Region, Postal Code:
• Date Posted:
• 2026-06-16

Benefits

Additional Information

Job Posting Title: Sr Platform Engineer (Project Hire) Req ID: 10151765 Job Description: The Senior Platform Engineer is a skilled, independent contributor who designs, implements, and supports core platform and infrastructure capabilities that power magical Disney Experiences across parks, resorts, cruises, and consumer products. You will focus on data pipelines, on-prem server architecture, observability, and DevOps automation, ensuring robust, scalable, and reliable environments that enable teams to deliver seamless guest and cast experiences. This is a project hire position, estimated for 12 months.

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