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Nintendo · 4 months ago

Principal Engineer, IT (NTD)

Redmond, WA

Full-time

Onsite

Lead/Staff

$189K/yr - $284K/yr

10+ years exp

Nintendo is a worldwide pioneer in interactive entertainment, known for its hardware and software for systems like the Nintendo Switch and Nintendo 3DS. The Principal Engineer for Engineering Infrastructure and IT at Nintendo Technology Development is responsible for architecting complex solutions and providing technical direction to grow the business, while collaborating across various teams and managing strategic infrastructure.

Consumer ElectronicsGamingMobileVideo Games

Comp. & Benefits

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Maintains the overall system architecture and manages highly technical, strategically critical infrastructure supporting R&D engineering teams

Ensures effective and efficient delivery of IT services to the organization, including establishing appropriate IT standards, controls, policies and procedures

Influences decisions that impact multiple teams and programs for the organization

Drives innovation and provides technical direction for platform engineering solutions and IT services aligned with strategic goals in collaboration with management and initiative stakeholders

Defines functional requirements, use-case scenarios, design and architecture at a system level

Proactively identifies and advocates for high-impact technical projects

Evaluates technology innovations and makes recommendations on their adoption

Participates in the development of cross-functional engineering roadmaps and strategies

Responsible for mentoring the team with appropriate technical breadth and depth required to support the organization

Communicates and collaborates effectively with teams across organizational boundaries and with external partners to ensure delivery of high-quality services and solutions

Very effective at negotiating with and influencing internal and external audiences; seeks to build relationships and partner with others; pursues the diverse experience of others to achieve business objectives

Up to 10% travel; domestic and international

Qualification

IT infrastructure engineeringCloud computing infrastructureScriptingAutomationContainer orchestrationIT processesControlsWindowsLinuxMacOSCloud orchestration infrastructureJapanese fluencyMentoring

Required

10+ years of broad experience across multiple domain areas such as systems engineering and IT infrastructure, networking and storage, cloud computing infrastructure, security, application development, system administration and service desk operations

Advanced knowledge of IT technologies and IT infrastructure engineering

Advanced knowledge of established IT processes and internal controls (e.g. SDLC, JSOX, change management, architecture review, incident response, etc.)

Advanced knowledge managing fleets which include Windows, Linux, and macOS operating systems

Highly proficient in scripting and automation using tools like bash, python, terraform, ansible etc

Experience with container orchestration technologies such as Kubernetes, Docker, etc

Experience with cloud orchestration infrastructure such as OpenStack, OpenNebula, vSphere, Nutanix, Terraform, AWS, Azure etc

Experience with Microsoft products such as Entra ID (formerly Azure Active Directory), Intune, Office365 etc

Experience mentoring others and cultivating technical breadth and depth on a team

Fluency in Japanese a plus

Bachelor or Master of Science degree in Engineering, Information Technology, or related field; or equivalent combination of education and experience

Benefits

Medical

Dental

Vision

401(k)

Paid time off

Company

Nintendo

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Nintendo is a Japanese multinational consumer electronics company that develops game consoles. It is a sub-organization of Nintendo Japan.

Founded in 1980

Los Angeles, California, USA

1001-5000 employees

http://nintendo.com

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