Principal DevOps Engineer
Core
Architect and evolve a Kubernetes-native platform for NBC's broadcast production environments, automating cloud infrastructure provisioning and lifecycle management at enterprise scale.
Role type
Principal DevOps Engineer (Platform Architecture)
Builds
Kubernetes operators, custom Crossplane providers, platform APIs, and GitOps-based CI/CD pipelines for hybrid cloud environments.
Domain
Cloud-native infrastructure, Broadcast/Media production, AWS multi-account architecture
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | infrastructure
Required skills
Go (systems programming), Kubernetes internals (CRDs, operators, webhooks), Crossplane (custom providers), AWS networking, GitOps (Flux/ArgoCD), Puppet, RBAC design, Observability stacks
Preferred skills
Broadcast/media workflows, VDI solutions, Disaster recovery (Velero), Advanced testing frameworks, Bash/PowerShell scripting
Technologies
Kubernetes, Go, Crossplane, AWS (EKS, VPC, IAM), Flux, Kustomize, Helm, Puppet, Grafana, Prometheus, Loki, OpenTelemetry, PostgreSQL
Responsibilities
Architect Kubernetes-native platform models, build production-grade operators and APIs, design cloud networking and DNS strategies, lead cross-discipline collaboration with broadcast engineers, establish engineering standards and mentor teams, own platform authorization models, drive GitOps continuous delivery, oversee VDI integration
Seniority
Principal, technical leadership & hands-on engineering