Lead Software Engineer, DevOps

NBCUniversal is one of the world's leading media and entertainment companies. We create world-class content, which we distribute across our portfolio of film, television, and streaming, and bring to life through our theme parks and consumer experiences. We own and operate leading entertainment and news brands, including NBC, NBC News, MSNBC, CNBC, NBC Sports, Telemundo, NBC Local Stations, Bravo, USA Network, and Peacock, our premium ad-supported streaming service. We produce and distribute premier filmed entertainment and programming through Universal Filmed Entertainment Group and Universal Studio Group, and have world-renowned theme parks and attractions through Universal Destinations & Experiences. NBCUniversal is a subsidiary of Comcast Corporation.

Our impact is rooted in improving the communities where our employees, customers, and audiences live and work. We have a rich tradition of giving back and ensuring our employees have the opportunity to serve their communities. We champion an inclusive culture and strive to attract and develop a talented workforce to create and deliver a wide range of content reflecting our world.

Comcast NBCUniversal has announced its intent to create a new publicly traded company ('Versant') comprised of most of NBCUniversal's cable television networks, including USA Network, CNBC, MSNBC, Oxygen, E!, SYFY and Golf Channel along with complementary digital assets Fandango, Rotten Tomatoes, GolfNow, GolfPass, and SportsEngine. The well-capitalized company will have significant scale as a pure-play set of assets anchored by leading news, sports and entertainment content. The spin-off is expected to be completed during 2025.

The Lead Software Engineer, DevOps is responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining the continuous integration / continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipeline that meets Development, IT Security and Program Governance requirements. This role is responsible for the architecture and design of the DevOps platform. This role is responsible for providing guidance and mentoring to junior team members. This role is also responsible for implementing the infrastructure and processes that enable monitoring and observability for Servers, Application and Network. 

Responsibilities Include:

• Collaborate effectively with leadership, technical leads and teams to design and develop an infrastructure that maximizes environment availability throughout the pipeline and ensures configuration consistency
• Lead the design and development of projects that result in the transformation of the business to a DevOps culture.
• Assist other technical staff in resolving problems
• Maintain tools that enable the CI/CD pipeline and analyze requirements from onboarding requests
• Maintain tools that enable continuous monitoring in the UPT ecosystem
• Understand and actively participate in Environmental, Health & Safety responsibilities by following established UO policy, procedures, training and team member involvement activities.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, MIS, Engineering, or equivalent experience.
• 7+ years of experience in software engineering or IT, with experience in Software Development and an expert understanding of DevOps principles
• Extensive experience with setting up/maintaining a CI/CD pipeline
• Extensive experience with Container technology implementation and system design – Kubernetes, Docker, Rancher
• Strong background with Scripting and automation languages such as Ansible, Python, PowerShell
• Possess strong technical and interpersonal leadership skills, with the ability to lead and mentor a strong technical team
• Passion for Continuous Improvement. Experience with Process analysis and improvement.
• Expert ability to debug and troubleshoot applications using logging tools
• Extensive experience with evaluating new technologies and providing objective evaluation of technical options for presentation to Senior Leadership team.
• Strong analytical, planning, and organizational skills with an ability to manage competing demands.
• Experience integrating with enterprise applications
• Knowledge of Tools Desired: Atlassian Suite (Jira, Confluence), GitHub, GitLab, Jenkins
• Knowledge of additional tools including ServiceNow, Elastic APM, Prometheus, Grafana, SolarWinds, SQL is a plus
• Experience with Linux Operating System
• Experience with Windows IIS Servers a plus
• Extensive knowledge of software and systems development and Agile methodologies/processes. Agile Certifications such as Scrum Master a plus.
• Proven experience interacting with all levels of business and technical project stakeholders
• Hybrid: This position has been designated as hybrid, generally contributing from the office a minimum of three days per week.

This position is eligible for company sponsored benefits, including medical, dental and vision insurance, 401(k), paid leave, tuition reimbursement, and a variety of other discounts and perks. Learn more about the benefits offered by NBCUniversal by visiting the Benefits page of the Careers website. Salary range: $125,000 - $145,000 (bonus eligible)

As part of our selection process, external candidates may be required to attend an in-person interview with an NBCUniversal employee at one of our locations prior to a hiring decision. NBCUniversal's policy is to provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, gender identity or expression, age, national origin or ancestry, citizenship, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, pregnancy, veteran status, membership in the uniformed services, genetic information, or any other basis protected by applicable law.

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