Senior DevOps Engineer; AWS

Overview

We are rebuilding Tennis Channel's digital experience from the ground up - mobile apps, TV apps, content management, analytics, monitoring, and eventually live and VOD video delivery. AWS will be our core cloud platform.

We're looking for an experienced Senior AWS Platform / Dev Ops Engineer to design, deploy, and operate the backbone of our new streaming platform. You will own our AWS environment end-to-end: infrastructure, automation, observability, and security.

As our first Dev Ops hire, you'll work directly with the Head of Engineering (ex-Amazon, ex-Prime Video) and a small, senior development team. This is a hands‑on role where you'll set up environments, implement automation, enforce security best practices, and establish standards that future engineers will follow. Along the way, you'll help build a greenfield streaming platform with no legacy constraints, while making infrastructure decisions that will power experiences for millions of fans worldwide.

This is a unique opportunity to collaborate with proven leaders, shape the foundation of a new digital ecosystem, and play a pivotal role in the relaunch of Tennis Channel's direct‑to‑consumer business.

This role is based in Seattle.

• Design, deploy, and manage AWS infrastructure: API Gateway, Lambda, ECS Fargate, Amazon RDS (Postgre
  
  SQL & MySQL/Aurora), Dynamo
  
  DB, Elasti Cache, S3, Cloud Front, WAF, and Kinesis.
• Implement Infrastructure as Code using AWS CDK (preferred) or Terraform.
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines (Git Hub Actions or AWS Code Pipeline).

• Configure IAM roles, policies, and least‑privilege access.
• Implement and monitor Cloud Trail, Guard Duty, Security Hub, WAF.
• Enforce tagging, cost controls, and guardrails across environments.

• Set up Cloud Watch metrics, dashboards, and alarms.
• Implement distributed tracing (AWS X‑Ray) and log analytics (Open Search or equivalent).
• Create synthetic canaries to validate key user flows (login, playback, API health).
• Establish backup, recovery, and disaster recovery strategies.

• Implement data ingestion pipelines (e.g., Kinesis Firehose > S3 > Athena).
• Deliver product dashboards with Quick Sight or equivalent.

• Extend infrastructure into AWS Media Services (Media Live, Media Package, Media Convert, Media Tailor) for live and VOD streaming.
• Support secure, global video delivery through Cloud Front and related services.

• 5+ years of professional experience in AWS cloud infrastructure and Dev Ops
• Hands‑on experience with Amazon RDS (Postgre
  
  SQL & MySQL) in production: deployment, performance tuning, backups, upgrades, and security
• Strong background with core AWS services: API Gateway, Lambda, ECS Fargate, Dynamo
  
  DB, S3, Cloud Front, WAF, Elasticsearch
• Proficient with Infrastructure as Code (AWS CDK strongly preferred; Terraform/Cloud Formation acceptable with willingness to switch)
• Skilled in CI/CD pipelines (Git Hub Actions, Code Pipeline, or Jenkins)
• Strong grasp of IAM, VPC networking, and AWS security best practices
• Experience with observability:
  Cloud Watch, X‑Ray, logging pipelines, and alerting
• Proficiency in scripting languages (Python, Bash)
• Strong communication and documentation skills; able to work independently in a small, fast‑moving team

• Experience deploying and scaling a headless CMS (Strapi, Contentful, Sanity, etc.)
• Familiarity with streaming video architectures
• Knowledge of analytics pipelines (Kinesis, Athena, Quick Sight)
• AWS certifications (Solutions Architect, Sys Ops, Dev Ops Engineer)

Tennis Channel is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and a drug‑free workplace. Employment practices will not be influenced or affected by virtue of an applicant’s or employee’s race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), national origin, age, disability, genetic information, military or veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.

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