Sr Staff Software Engineer, Cloud Control Plane (Azure/ GCP)

NBCUniversal is one of the world's leading media and entertainment companies. We create world-class content, which we distribute across our portfolio of film, television, and streaming, and bring to life through our theme parks and consumer experiences. We own and operate leading entertainment and news brands, including NBC, NBC News, MSNBC, CNBC, NBC Sports, Telemundo, NBC Local Stations, Bravo, USA Network, and Peacock, our premium ad-supported streaming service. We produce and distribute premier filmed entertainment and programming through Universal Filmed Entertainment Group and Universal Studio Group, and have world-renowned theme parks and attractions through Universal Destinations & Experiences. NBCUniversal is a subsidiary of Comcast Corporation.

Our impact is rooted in improving the communities where our employees, customers, and audiences live and work. We have a rich tradition of giving back and ensuring our employees have the opportunity to serve their communities. We champion an inclusive culture and strive to attract and develop a talented workforce to create and deliver a wide range of content reflecting our world.

Comcast NBCUniversal has announced its intent to create a new publicly traded company ('Versant') comprised of most of NBCUniversal's cable television networks, including USA Network, CNBC, MSNBC, Oxygen, E!, SYFY and Golf Channel along with complementary digital assets Fandango, Rotten Tomatoes, GolfNow, GolfPass, and SportsEngine. The well-capitalized company will have significant scale as a pure-play set of assets anchored by leading news, sports and entertainment content. The spin-off is expected to be completed during 2025.

The Cloud Enablement and Acceleration team plays a critical role around the design, implementation, and maintenance of the Cloud Control Planes for Azure, GCP and AWS. The Control Planes consists of account / subscription / project factories with tooling, automation, and guardrails to help teams utilize the cloud in an easy and safe manner extending to governance, identity management, network enablement and observability of the clouds.   

The Sr Staff Software Engineer will provide technical leadership to the engineering teams responsible for developing and defining the core pipelines for automating and managing the Cloud Control Planes. In this role, you will articulate a vision and drive execution of cloud platform automation, extending to code reviews, technical design and operability and observability of the platforms. You will participate in designing, building and maintaining the backend of Public Cloud as a Product at NBCU. This role includes working in consultation with Cyber, Network Services, the broader NBCU developer population, and engineering leadership to deliver the best services, tools, and processes that will ensure we are enabling our customers to achieve cloud acceleration and maturity. A key aspect of this role is working with engineering teams and leadership to ensure development teams are appropriately equipped with the knowledge, skills and tools required to perform their job effectively. The ideal candidate will have respect for the past, but focus on driving innovation for what we do today to improve how we do it tomorrow. A passion for teaching others along the way will be key. 

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent education, experience, and training in Computer Science or a related field.  
• 12+ years of experience in public cloud infrastructure and tools, software development, and automation.   
• Proven experience with Infrastructure-as-Code Terraform, CloudFormation, ARM, or an equivalent.   
• Understanding of Application Lifecycle Management tools, Continuous Integration, Continuous Deployment, Version Control, Testing Frameworks and DevSecOps with an eye on FinOps.  
• Proficient with the management and designs of AWS Organizations / Control Tower and Azure CAF. Experience with productizing Service Catalog service offerings.  
• Strong proven proficiency with core cloud networking components, such as VPCs / VNets, IAM, DX / ExpressRoute, and the best practices around other AWS or Azure tools and services.  
• Provided mentorship to grow the technical skills and careers of others with consideration of their career stage and personal trajectory  
• Demonstrable experience as developer and the ability to guide others in the development process 
• Passion for DevOps culture, automation, and modern tooling.  
• Ability to communicate effectively depending on the audience technical teams, business teams, and leadership teams.  
• Drive and deliver tools and self-service capabilities that allow teams to securely maintain their workloads in the cloud. 
• Ability to write technical documentation (platform architecture, strategy, engineering etc.)   
• Demonstrated leadership skills in a fast-paced, team-driven environment. Grasp the big picture, while still delivering on the details.  
• Excellent verbal and written communication and presentation skills.  

Desired Characteristics:

• Experience driving the adoption of release automation through self-service pipelines  
• Demonstrated ability to conceive, manage, and complete project deliverables   
• Strong networking skills and experience are highly desirable.  
• Experience with modern build strategies, continuous integration, unit testing, static analysis, and automated integration tests required.  
• Experience delivering software using an agile development process. 
• Excellent verbal and written communication and collaboration skills to effectively connect with both business and technical teams  
• Ability to work and participate in a team with an open and collaborative style of communications  
• Demonstrated ability to work independently as well as part of a cross-functional team  

Additional Requirements:

• Fully Remote: This position has been designated as fully remote, meaning that the position is expected to contribute from a non-NBCUniversal worksite, most commonly an employee’s residence.

This position is eligible for company sponsored benefits, including medical, dental and vision insurance, 401(k), paid leave, tuition reimbursement, and a variety of other discounts and perks. Learn more about the benefits offered by NBCUniversal by visiting the Benefits page of the Careers website. Salary range: $145,000 - $170,000 (bonus eligible)

We are accepting applications for this position on an ongoing basis.

As part of our selection process, external candidates may be required to attend an in-person interview with an NBCUniversal employee at one of our locations prior to a hiring decision. NBCUniversal's policy is to provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, gender identity or expression, age, national origin or ancestry, citizenship, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, pregnancy, veteran status, membership in the uniformed services, genetic information, or any other basis protected by applicable law. 

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