Company Description
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.
Job Description
Our Media Group portfolio is a powerhouse collection of consumer-first brands, supported by media industry leaders, Comcast, NBCUniversal and Sky. When you join our team, you’ll work across our dynamic portfolio including Peacock, NOW, Fandango, SkyShowtime, Showmax, and TV Everywhere, powering streaming across more than 70 countries globally. And the evolution doesn’t stop there. With unequalled scale, our teams make the most out of every opportunity to collaborate and learn from one another. We’re always looking for ways to innovate faster, accelerate our growth and consistently offer the very best in consumer experience. But most of all, we’re backed by a culture of respect. We embrace authenticity and inspire people to thrive.
Meet Peacock, NBCUniversal’s new, wildly entertaining streaming service that combines timeless shows and movies with timely news, sports, and pop-culture.
The Peacock Sports & Entertainment team builds dynamic applications using cutting-edge technology to deliver performant, resilient, secure, and scalable solutions across multiple platforms.
We’re growing our team of smart, hungry, and upbeat doers who crave the chance to build something new at the epicenter of content, tech, and culture.
SRE/DevSecOps Manager
The Peacock Sports & Entertainment team is looking to add a talented SRE/DevSecOps Manager, to be part of our Cloud Architecture/Backend Engineering team within the overall Engineering Organization.
We are looking for a dynamic team player who has the initiative, drive, and passion for building great product and services leveraging latest tools and technology.
You will be working on high visibility applications serving millions of users for industry-leading sporting and entertainment events, such as the Super Bowl, Olympics, Premier League, and America’s Got Talent amongst others.
You will become a part of a team that builds and supports applications for global client portfolio that spans Web, mobile, connected television and streaming platforms, delivering video on demand and live contents to millions of users.
You will be responsible for leading and coordinating efforts with system architecture team, cloud architecture team, information security teams along with backend and performance engineering teams.
You will work with your peers in other disciplines and support the development teams for our streaming applications by leveraging data driven approach to drive recommendations for future improvements in the overall deployment and application architecture.
If you relish having your efforts on display for millions of users - this is your opportunity.
Key Responsibilities
- Build, develop and retain a high performing team of cloud and SRE/DevSecOps engineers fostering a culture of continuous learning and innovation
- Provide technical leadership and mentorship to team members, fostering their professional growth and career development
- Participate and contribute towards technical design, development and discussion of scalable and secure cloud solutions on cloud (primarily AWS), optimizing infrastructure for performance, reliability, ease of operation and cost-effectiveness.
- Establish regular check-ins with team members to manage resource allocation and capacity planning and work with PMO organization to ensure alignment with organizational goals and monitor progress
- Lead and participate in on-call rotations to diagnose, troubleshoot, and mitigate production incidents
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define and implement cloud architecture best practices, security protocols, and compliance standards.
- Drive automation initiatives to streamline development workflows, increase deployment velocity, and enhance operational efficiency.
- Extensive experience in managing, administrating and automating code pipelines on Github in a secure manner
- Implement robust monitoring and alerting mechanisms to ensure the health and performance of cloud-based systems.
- Evaluate emerging technologies and tools to enhance our SRE/DevSecOps practices and stay ahead of industry trends.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's or master's degree in computer science, engineering, or related field.
- Proven experience of at least 7-10 years in SRE/DevSecOps role, with a focus on cloud-based environments (AWS preferred).
- Experience with at least one programming language like python, Java or Golang
- Extensive experience in working on Linux based systems and good proficiency in shell scripting to automate tasks.
- Strong proficiency in CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, Concourse, GitHub Actions, Circle CI and other similar tools and software’s.
- In-depth knowledge of cloud computing concepts and services, including VPC, AWS Lambda, EC2, S3, RDS, IAM, and CloudFormation. ECS and EKS
- Hands-on experience with infrastructure-as-code (IaC) tools like Terraform, AWS CloudFormation and or Pulumi.
- Extensive and proven experience with containerization and orchestration technologies (Docker, Docker Swarm, Kubernetes) in a highly available and scalable internet scale systems.
- Experience with SQL databases such as MySQL and PostgreSQL, NoSQL databases like AWS Dynamo DB and MongoDB.
- Strong data driven troubleshooting skills with the ability to spot issues before they become problems.
- Experience with monitoring tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, CloudWatch, or similar
- AWS certifications (Solutions Architect, DevOps Engineer, Security Specialty) and experience within streaming industry
Benefits & Perks
- Competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package
- Flexible, Collaborative and innovative work environment
- Professional development opportunities
- Opportunity to work with industry leading tools and technologies and solve complex problems at scale
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: $140,000 - $200,000 (bonus and long-term incentive eligible).
Additional Information
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.
If you are a qualified individual with a disability or a disabled veteran and require support throughout the application and/or recruitment process as a result of your disability, you have the right to request a reasonable accommodation. You can submit your request to AccessibilitySupport@nbcuni.com.