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Sony Interactive Entertainment ยท 6 hours ago

Senior Data Platform Engineer

Sony Interactive Entertainment is a global leader in entertainment, recognized for its PlayStation family of products and services. They are seeking a Senior Data Platform Engineer to own and evolve their data infrastructure on AWS and Databricks, focusing on ETL development, cloud-driven configurations, and collaboration with data teams.

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Responsibilities

AWS and Databricks administration
+ Configure and manage core AWS services
+ Work with Data Scientists to manage Databricks environment in conjunction with Data Engineering AWS environment
+ Implement security best practices, network segmentation, and secrets management
+ Own relationships with external vendors
ETL/Data Engineering
+ Support development and maintenance of data pipelines (Python/Spark/SQL/API Gateway/EC2/DynamoDB/Glue), data quality checks, and documentation
+ Contribute to code reviews and standards
Own Infrastructure as Code
+ Design, build, and maintain IaC with Terraform for AWS and Databricks (modules, workspaces, remote state, CI/CD)
+ Standardize and templatize environment provisioning across dev/prod
FinOps and cost governance
+ Establish tagging, budgets, and chargeback/showback; rightsized compute, storage, and job configurations
+ Manage Savings Plans/Reserved Instances, Spot strategies, storage lifecycle policies
Studio Collaboration
+ Work closely with data engineers, data scientists, and stakeholders to unblock deliverables
+ Work with internal teams to help them realize optimizations and cost savings
+ Document designs, standards, and operational practices to enable a small team to move quickly and safely

Qualification

AWSDatabricksPythonSQLTerraformCI/CDFinOpsSecurity-first mindsetCommunication

Required

3+ years in data/platform/DevOps engineering with significant AWS experience
Proficient in Python and SQL
Proficient in AWS Budget and Cost Management, AWS Trusted Advisor, CloudWatch & CloudTrail
CI/CD for infra and data (GitHub Actions/Jenkins), code reviews, testing, and change management
Security-first mindset: IAM/RBAC, least privilege, network controls, encryption, secrets
FinOps knowledge: RI/Savings Plans, rightsizing, storage lifecycle, cost allocation/tagging, monitoring/alerts
Excellent communication and ability to operate in a small, high-impact team

Preferred

Experience with AWS ETL products: Glue, Kinesis, Lambda, etc
Terraform experience
Understand the rules of the sport of baseball
Passion for video games

Company

Sony Interactive Entertainment

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Sony Interactive Entertainment is responsible for the PlayStation brand and family of products and services.

H1B Sponsorship

Sony Interactive Entertainment has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
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Funding

Current Stage
Late Stage

Leadership Team

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Ben King
SVP, Direct-to-Consumer, Sony Interactive Entertainment / Playstation
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Kiichiro Urata
SVP, Head of Japan Asia Partner Development & Relations / member of the Board of Directors
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