DevOps Platform Engineer II

Company: The Pok--mon Company International
Location: Seattle
Posted on: May 14, 2022

Job Description:

Get to know The Pok--mon Company International
The Pok--mon Company International, a subsidiary of The Pok--mon Company in Japan, manages the property outside of Asia and is responsible for brand management, licensing, marketing, the Pok--mon Trading Card Game, the animated TV series, home entertainment, and the official Pok--mon website. Pok--mon was launched in Japan in 1996 and today is one of the most popular children's entertainment properties in the world.
Learn more online at Pokemon.com and on Facebook (facebook.com/pokemon), YouTube (youtube.com/pokemon), Twitter (twitter.com/pokemon), and Instagram (instagram.com/pokemon).
Get to know the role
Job Title: Development Operations Platform Engineer II
Job Summary: The DevOps Platform Engineer will focus on creating, improving, and maintaining our shared-use cloud-based platform and service offerings. The DevOps platform is used by peer DevOps teams that work with our development and QA partners, as well as those teams directly. The DevOps Platform Engineer will be responsible for design/delivery of service infrastructure, investigating platform issues and providing quality of life (QoL) improvements to the platform to support the Technology organization.
FLSA Classification (US Only): Exempt
People Manager: No
What you'll do

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• Create infrastructure to support AWS-based Cloud services
  
• Partner with development teams to help design and engineer scalable, reliable, and resilient online services
  
• Develop internal platforms & services to enable expediency and self-service for our development teams
  
• Manage release branches as well as maintains the build process to support continuous integration
  
• Investigate, debug and drive improvements to engineering/build automation process
  
• Support and improve efficiency and effectiveness of tools (CI/CD, automated testing, automation and release)
  
• Manage all infrastructure and configuration as well as ensuring systems & services are leveraging best practices & standards
  
• Continually provide value to our partner development teams by staying current with cloud-based technologies and trends
  
  What you'll bring
  
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  • 1-3+ years building and maintaining AWS (Amazon Web Services) infrastructure (EC2, ELB, ECS, VPC, IAM, RDS, Lambda, Kinesis, CloudWatch, etc.)
    
  • Experience deploying and managing infrastructure with CloudFormation and/or Terraform
    
  • Experience with scripting languages (e.g. Python, Bash)
    
  • Familiarity with pipeline tools such as Perforce, Bitbucket, Chef, Jenkins, and Artifactory
    
  • Familiarity with software configuration management systems and source code version control systems
    
  • Diligent mentality, robust sense of responsibility/accountability, and strong verbal/written communication, documentation, and collaboration skills
    
  • Demonstrated experience collaborating with a team in a fast-paced environment to develop and enhance amazing platforms and services
    
    How you'll be successful
    
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    • Passion for Pok--mon: Develops an understanding of the Pok--mon brand, the impact it has on our people, culture, business, fans, and communities, and applying that knowledge and passion to everything you do.
      
    • Challenging the Expected: Approaches challenges with curiosity and creativity, embracing the possibility of failure as an opportunity to learn something new, develop innovative ideas, solve complex problems and identify unique opportunities.
      
    • Integrity and Respect: Demonstrates integrity and respect by leading with empathy, listening to others, seeking out different perspectives, and taking personal responsibility for decisions, actions, and results.
      
    • Dedicated to Quality: Takes ownership to maintain and promote high standards, looks for new ways to learn and improve, and embraces a growth mindset to seek and apply feedback from others in an effort to continuously improve.
      
    • Building Relationships: Develops and strengthens relationships, adopting a "team first" mentality and working collaboratively to solve problems and meet shared goals.
      
    • Delighting Customers: Listens and understands the interests and needs of our customers and stakeholders, making them feel heard and important, and embracing these learnings to continue delivering a unique Pok--mon experience.
      
      What to expect
      
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      • An employee first culture
        
      • Company events that celebrate the spirit of Pok--mon
        
      • Competitive cash-based compensation programs
        
      • 100% employer-paid healthcare premiums for you
        
      • Generous paid family leave
        
      • Employer-paid life insurance
        
      • Employer-paid long and short-term income protection insurance
        
      • Fitness reimbursement
        
      • Commuter benefit
        
      • LinkedIn learning
        
        The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this role. They are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required. Employees may be required to perform duties outside of their normal responsibilities from time to time, as needed. For roles in the United Kingdom, candidates will need the right to work. In some cases, and for some roles, the Company may be able to arrange a visa. For roles in Ireland, this role requires candidates to have the right to live and work in the Republic of Ireland. However, we welcome applications from all nationalities and may consider supporting an employment permit application, in appropriate and suitable cases.
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