6 months ago
Prague, CzechiaSenior
Responsibilities
- Design and optimize multi-CDN content delivery architectures for streaming products and services.
- Use log analysis and observability systems to troubleshoot issues, diagnose performance problems, and drive rapid resolution.
- Improve reliability through peer review, resilience enhancements, incident reduction, and operational best practices.
- Develop functional and non-functional test methods and procedures, including distributed performance testing.
- Create and maintain production operations runbooks and checklists.
- Participate in an on-call rotation to resolve operational issues and performance degradation.
- Automate operational tooling and reduce toil using Python, Bash, Infrastructure as Code, and test automation.
- Collaborate with distributed engineering, vendor, and SRE teams across multiple time zones.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, information technology, or a relevant field, or equivalent professional experience.
- Production experience with TCP/IP, IPv4, IPv6, DNS, HTTP, TLS, and load balancing.
- Hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform or AWS CloudFormation, including module design and peer review.
- Experience with software repositories, CI/CD pipelines, and test automation.
- Scripting and programming experience in Python or Bash for operational automation and tooling.
- Ability to work with SRE teams and technologies to support safe and consistent operations.
- CDN or web server/proxy configuration experience is desirable but not required; CDN training is provided.
- Experience with cloud networking, firewalls, security and data products is a plus.
- Familiarity with large-scale distributed performance testing, including functional and non-functional testing, is a plus.
- Excellent written and spoken English and the ability to collaborate effectively in a distributed, multicultural team.
Benefits
- Hybrid work combining office and home working.
- Flexible working hours.
- Annual performance bonus.
- 25 days of holiday, 5 days of on-demand sick leave, 2 days of paid community volunteering leave, and 1 day of paid moving-house leave.
- Annual wellbeing allowance of 18,000 CZK.
- Fully covered Multisport card or 950 CZK monthly Benefit Card contribution.
- Meal allowance of 225 CZK per day.
- Premium life insurance.
- Free Universal Theme Parks tickets.
About Sky
Sky is a European media and telecommunications company that provides pay TV, streaming, broadband, and mobile services to consumers and businesses. Its revenue comes primarily from subscriptions and advertising, alongside original content production and licensing. Founded in 1989 and headquartered in Osterley, Middlesex, it operates across the UK and Europe and is owned by Comcast. Its technology teams also support streaming platforms such as Peacock and SkyShowtime.