Platform Engineer Principal

Platform Engineer Principal

Job :
Location
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Glendale, California, United States
Business
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Walt Disney Imagineering

Walt Disney’s Imagineering Tech Studio is seeking a detail-oriented and proactive Server Engineer to support our management and compliance needs. The ideal candidate will oversee the implementation and monitoring of server infrastructure, ensuring the organization’s information assets are protected and compliant with relevant regulations and standards. This role reports to the Senior Manager of Platform Engineering.

• Develop, implement, and maintain secure platform infrastructure, including physical and virtual Windows and Linux systems, aligned with operational, security, and reliability best practices.
• Monitor and analyze infrastructure, network, and system activity using observability and monitoring platforms to identify performance issues, operational risks, and potential security threats.
• Support compliance initiatives and operational security practices aligned with internal policies and frameworks such as Zero Trust, NIST CSF, NIST RMF, and related enterprise security standards.
• Design and implement secure infrastructure architectures, including network segmentation, secure access controls, and hybrid production and enterprise environments.
• Manage and optimize high-availability infrastructure supporting rendering, content creation, and production workflows across server, storage, and network platforms.
• Conduct risk assessments, vulnerability analysis, and remediation coordination to strengthen infrastructure security and operational resilience.
• Support incident response activities, including troubleshooting, root cause analysis, documentation, and implementation of corrective actions to improve system reliability and security posture.
• Collaborate with cross-functional engineering, operations, and security teams to deliver secure, scalable, and reliable infrastructure solutions.
• Support infrastructure automation, CI/CD workflows, and operational tooling to improve deployment consistency, monitoring, and system lifecycle management.
• Prepare operational and security status reports, including infrastructure health, compliance metrics, incident trends, and remediation activities.
• Stay current on emerging infrastructure technologies, observability platforms, operational security practices, and evolving industry trends.

• 10+ years of experience in Platform Engineering, Infrastructure Engineering, Server Engineering, or Dev Ops roles.
• Strong skills in Python and infrastructure automation workflows.
• Proficient in automating deployments, infrastructure validation, and implementing security guardrails.
• Strong analytical, organizational, and communication skills.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced environment.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects and priorities.
• Experience supporting production systems in content creation, robotics, or creative environments.
• Knowledge of server, storage, rendering, and network architectures.
• Experience implementing Zero Trust principles, network segmentation, and secure access controls across hybrid production and enterprise environments.
• Experience with building, testing, and delivering high-availability Windows and Linux systems.
• Experience with data lifecycle management and storage tiering technologies (e.g., AWS Tiering, Net App Fabric Pool).
• Experience with infrastructure-as-code technologies such as Terraform or Cloud Formation.
• Proven track record of leading engineers through complex, hands-on work.
• Familiarity with enterprise security frameworks and operational security practices such as Zero Trust, NIST CSF, and NIST RMF.
• In-depth knowledge of server security principles, practices, and emerging trends.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines using tools such as Git Hub Actions, Git Lab CI, or Jenkins.
• Proven track record building, testing, and delivering production-grade server systems.
• Comfortable owning large initiatives end-to-end with minimal oversight.
• Experience with monitoring and observability tools such as Datadog, Grafana, Splunk, Prometheus, and Arista Cloud Vision.
• Hand…