Systems Administrator II (Overnight Shift)

Department/Group Overview:
On any given day at Disney Entertainment & ESPN Technology, we're re-imagining ways to create magical viewing experiences for the world's most beloved stories while also transforming our media business for the future. Whether that's evolving our streaming and digital products in new and immersive ways, powering worldwide advertising and distribution to enhance flexibility and efficiency, or delivering Disney's unmatched entertainment and sports content, every day is a moment to make a difference to partners and to hundreds of millions of people around the world.
A few reasons why we think you'd love working here:

• Building the future of Disney's media: DE&E Technologists are designing and building the infrastructure that will power our media, advertising, and distribution businesses for years to come.

• Reach & Scale: The products and platforms this group builds and operates delight millions of consumers every minute of every day - from Disney+ and Hulu, to ABC News and Entertainment, to ESPN and ESPN+, and much more.

• Innovation: We develop and implement groundbreaking products and techniques that shape industry norms and enhance how audiences experience sports, entertainment & news.

The Systems Operation team provides around the clock monitoring, administration & escalation of all DE&E Technology infrastructure. Excellent up-time & availability of our platforms as it relates to internal teams, external teams & consumers is the core focus of the team.
DE&E Technology is responsible for The Walt Disney Company's direct-to-consumer businesses globally, including the ESPN+ sports streaming service, programmed in conjunction with ESPN; Disney+, the Disney-branded direct-to-consumer streaming service; global advertising sales and ad technology for all of Disney's media properties, including ABC, ESPN, Freeform, FX Networks, National Geographic, and the Disney Channels; HotStar, the leading over-the-top streaming service in India; and the Company's majority ownership stake in Hulu.
Job Summary:
The Systems Administrator II is a front line technical resource for the Systems Operations team. This role's primary responsibility is to monitor, triage, and resolve or escalate issues as necessary in a world class 24/7/365 production environment. The Systems Administrator II will monitor for issues and collaborate with teams to prevent or minimize impact of potential issues. They will achieve this by blending a strong set of troubleshooting skills with a strong understanding of our infrastructure and production pipelines.
Responsibilities and Duties of the Role:

• Support in carrying out Operational tasks as assigned.
• Interacts and communicates with supervisor and peers. Receives and transmits routine information requiring some explanation or interpretation, to members of the team.
• Ability to resolve infrastructure operational issues with a moderate to high degree of complexity while following established procedures or analyzing data to diagnose and identify root causes, when necessary, to resolve issues or complete assignments.
• Communicate with internal contacts at a variety of organizational levels to diagnose, explain and resolve problems for both technical and non-technical audiences.
• support high profile events.
• Demonstrates a strong work ethic, initiative and the ability to aggressively and effectively troubleshoot problems and perform root cause analysis.
• Comfort working in a fast-paced, growth environment with minimal direction, delivering under tight deadlines while multitasking, prioritizing projects, and communicating priority updates to team members.
• Able to operate with limited resources, exhibit dispassionate critical-thinking, and creatively solve problems. Motivated and inventive, always finds a way forward-eternal optimist with a committed drive for contributing and making a difference.
• Able to troubleshoot various infrastructure issues and covert findings into meaningful information for the team to consume.

Required Education, Experience/Skills/Training:
Minimum :

• Three or more years of progressively complex related experience.
• This position requires overnight shifts, with availability for weekends and holidays as needed.
• Proactive thinker with strong problem solving skills.
• Experience with Linux (Installation, Configuration, Tuning).
• Strong written and verbal skills
• Strong troubleshooting skills.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Strong knowledge with scripting languages (BASH, Python,).
• Strong experience with Ansible and Ansible Tower.
• Good understanding of security and networking concepts.
• Experience with IPMI tool
• Experience utilizing infrastructure monitoring solutions. (Icinga, Zabbix)

Preferred :

• Five or more years of infrastructure monitoring experience
• BA/BS degree
• Experience with Varnish caching
• Experience with Icingaweb2 Interface.
• Experience with Zabbix web interface
• Experience working in Datadog

The hiring range for this position in Las Vegas is $82,900.00 to $111,100.00 per year, in Bristol, CT is $87,100.00 to $116,700.00 per year, in The Woodlands, TX is $82,900.00 to $111,100.00 per year, in New York City, NY is $91,200.00 to $122,200.00 per year and in Charlotte, NC is $82,900.00 to $111,100.00 per year. The base pay actually offered will take into account internal equity and also may vary depending on the candidate's geographic region, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience among other factors. A bonus and/or long-term incentive units may be provided as part of the compensation package, in addition to the full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the level and position offered.