IT Support Engineer II

2 Months ago • 5 Years + • DevOps • Administrative

Job Summary

Job Description

The IT Support Engineer II at PlayStation will operationally support the transformation of its machine learning environment and software supply chain. Responsibilities include supporting machine learning and AI compute clusters, local/S3 storage, providing exceptional customer service to researchers across Sony companies, collaborating with IT teams on infrastructure upgrades, responding to incidents and tickets, onboarding/offboarding users, participating in DevOps activities (HW/SW upgrades, patches), and maintaining system documentation. The role requires 24/7 support across US, EU, and JP regions and may involve some travel.
Must have:
  • Unix/Linux systems internals and networking expertise
  • Experience building, deploying, and operating services
  • Strong problem-solving skills across software, system, and network
  • Moderate understanding of datacenter, cloud, and live production methodologies
  • Familiarity with DevOps workloads (Ubuntu, Kubernetes, Docker, etc.)
  • 5+ years of experience supporting enterprise environments including cloud
Good to have:
  • Experience using monitoring tools (Zabbix, Nagios, etc.)
  • Familiarity with Run.Ai, Omniverse, Weights and Biases, etc.
  • Proficient with code languages and automation tools (Salt, Python, etc.)
  • Experience with Atlassian Stack (Jira, Confluence)
  • Understanding of modern OS platforms (Linux, Windows, Mac)

Job Details

Why PlayStation?

PlayStation isn’t just the Best Place to Play — it’s also the Best Place to Work. Today, we’re recognized as a global leader in entertainment producing The PlayStation family of products and services including PlayStation®5, PlayStation®4, PlayStation®VR, PlayStation®Plus, acclaimed PlayStation software titles from PlayStation Studios, and more.

PlayStation also strives to create an inclusive environment that empowers employees and embraces diversity. We welcome and encourage everyone who has a passion and curiosity for innovation, technology, and play to explore our open positions and join our growing global team.

The PlayStation brand falls under Sony Interactive Entertainment, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sony Corporation.

PlayStation is looking for an IT Support Engineer II to help operationally support the transformation of our machine learning environment and it's software supply chain to the next level! This role requires an understanding of specialised hardware, storage, networking, cloud, software pipelines, and security practices. This team will focus on the daily operations support of our machine learning environment including onboarding, incidents, and provide 24/7 support across the US, EU, and JP regions.

Core Responsibilities

  • Support Machine Learning & Artificial Intelligence compute cluster environments and local/S3 storage systems.
  • Demonstrate extraordinary customer service and establish close partnerships with customers/researchers from various Sony companies
  • Collaborate closely with multiple IT teams across Sony to upgrade and improve infrastructure while enhancing the customer experience.
  • Collaborate with our Information Security team on multi-functional initiatives and investigations
  • Respond to researcher questions and trouble tickets
  • Open tickets and work with vendors to resolve hardware and software issues in the environment.
  • Onboard and offboard users and projects
  • Participate with DevOps teams to install HW/SW upgrades, patches, new features and policies. Coordinate maintenance work with customer schedules and milestones
  • Author and maintain documentation of systems and processes.
  • Some traveling may be required.

Required Skills

  • Customer and peer relationship focused with solid interpersonal and communication skills.
  • In-depth understanding of Unix/Linux systems internals and networking.
  • Experience at building, deploying, and operating services.
  • Strong problem-solving skills across software, system, and network with a methodical and detailed approach to fixing issues.
  • Execution oriented and results driven with the ability to learn new skills/technologies quickly and independently.
  • Moderate understanding of datacenter, cloud, and live production standard methodologies and experience working in live high availability internal customer facing production environments.
  • Familiarity of DevOps workloads including management of Ubuntu, Kubernetes, Docker, GitHub, Artifactory, web applications, filesystems, AWS, S3, CI/CD pipelines.
  • Five+ years of experience supporting enterprise environments including cloud.

Desirable Experience

  • Experience using monitoring tools (Zabbix, Nagios, Manage-Engine, SolarWinds, Prometheus, Grafana).
  • Familiarity with Run.Ai, Omniverse, Weights and Biases, Jupyter, TensorBoard, Bright, Weka, NVIDIA.
  • Proficient with code languages and automation tools (Salt, Landscape, Bright Cluster Manager, Python, etc.).
  • Experience working with Atlassian Stack (Jira, Confluence)
  • Experience with networking principles as they relate to systems and code.
  • Understanding of modern OS platforms (Linux, Windows, Mac.)

Equal Opportunity Statement:

Sony is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All persons will receive consideration for employment without regard to gender (including gender identity, gender expression and gender reassignment), race (including colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin), religion or belief, marital or civil partnership status, disability, age, sexual orientation, pregnancy, maternity or parental status, trade union membership or membership in any other legally protected category.

We strive to create an inclusive environment, empower employees and embrace diversity. We encourage everyone to respond. 

PlayStation is a Fair Chance employer and qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records will be considered for employment.

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Sony Interactive Entertainment pushes the boundaries of entertainment and innovation, starting from the launch of the original PlayStation in Japan in 1994. Today, we continue to deliver innovative and thrilling experiences to a global audience through our PlayStation line of products and services that include generation-defining hardware, pioneering network services, and award-winning games. Headquartered in San Mateo, California, with global functions in California, London, and Tokyo, and game development studios around the world as part of PlayStation Studios, we believe that the power of play is borderless. Sony Interactive Entertainment is a wholly owned subsidiary of Sony Group Corporation.  


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