Staff DevOps Platform Engineer

Employment Type: Full-time Employee - U.S.

Position Overview

MediaLab is a media & technology company focused on acquiring and growing properties and global brands. We are a unique combination of private equity, holding company, and operating entity, continuously expanding and proud of the prominent market position of our brands. Join an exceptionally talented team of engineers, designers, product, and business builders. Our HQ is located in sunny Santa Monica, California, with growing teams in New York, and across cities in the US and Latin America.

As a Staff DevOps Platform Engineer, you will serve in two primary capacities:

1. Individual Contributor (IC): Design, implement, and maintain a scalable, reliable, and secure DevOps infrastructure that aligns with the organization's needs, with a primary focus on central teams such as Data, Assembly, and Trust & Safety. Your expertise will drive the automation of deployment and monitoring of applications, services, and systems, ensuring consistency, reliability, and efficiency. You will oversee cloud services in Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Google Cloud Platform (GCP), optimizing resource usage, cost, and maintaining a strong security posture.
2. Chapter Lead: Collaborate with all DevOps practitioners across the organization to establish and disseminate technical standards, foster knowledge sharing, and drive skills development. You will create a community and align on technology choices that impact all teams, not just the central ones.

Both roles demand close collaboration with development, product, and support teams to ensure the seamless integration of the DevOps infrastructure with development and deployment processes. You will implement and maintain robust continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines, setting the standards for automation in building, testing, and deployment processes.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain infrastructure as code (IaC) using tools like Terraform and Ansible.
• Automate the creation of servers, containers, and services using tools like Docker, Kubernetes, Jenkins, ArgoCD, and GitHub Actions.
• Develop and maintain monitoring and logging solutions using tools like Prometheus, Grafana, and the ELK stack.
• Ensure the security and compliance of the DevOps infrastructure by implementing best practices and standards, utilizing tools such as Security Command Center, Wiz, and Snyk, and adhering to standards like SAML, MFA, TLS, and CIS controls.
• Troubleshoot and resolve issues related to the DevOps infrastructure, applications, and services.
• Offer technical guidance and mentorship to junior DevOps engineers and other team members.
• Stay current with the latest DevOps trends, tools, and practices, and make well-informed recommendations for improvements to the DevOps infrastructure.
• Actively promote DevOps as a culture and standard through Chapters.

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience in a relevant field, with a proven track record in designing and implementing fault-tolerant solutions in a cloud-based environment.
• BS degree in Computer Science or equivalent professional experience.
• Proficiency in writing code and solving problems.
• Experience with tools such as Ansible, Terraform, Docker, Kubernetes, and Istio.
• Experience managing Amazon or GCP infrastructure.
• Experience with ETL pipelines, CI/CD, and relevant tools like Jenkins, GitLab, and GitHub Actions.
• Comfortable making changes to existing codebase.
• Experience being a change agent within medium to large organizations.

Company Information

At MediaLab, we rely on a diverse range of backgrounds, experiences, and ideas. We value diversity and are proud to be an inclusive, equal opportunity workplace.