Lead Systems Engineer
Disney· enterprise· Media & Entertainment· Sep 21, 2026 · 1mo ago
Glendale CA USA
Hybrid
Full-time
Lead
$135K–$182K
7+ years exp
Job description
Job Posting Title:
Lead Systems Engineer
Req ID:
10159580
Job Description:
Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology
Technology is at the heart of Disney’s past, present, and future. Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology is a global organization of engineers, product developers, designers, technologists, data scientists, and more – all working to build and advance the technological backbone for Disney’s media business globally.
The team marries technology with creativity to build world-class products, enhance storytelling, and drive velocity, innovation, and scalability for our businesses. We are Storytellers and Innovators. Creators and Builders. Entertainers and Engineers. We work with every part of The Walt Disney Company’s media portfolio to advance the technological foundation and consumer media touch points serving millions of people around the world.
Here are a few reasons why we think you’d love working here:
Building the future of Disney’s media: Our Technologists are designing and building the products and platforms that will power our media, advertising, and distribution businesses for years to come.
Reach, Scale & Impact: More than ever, Disney’s technology and products serve as a signature doorway for fans connections with the company’s brands and stories. Disney . Hulu. ESPN. ABC. ABC News…and many more. These products and brands – and the unmatched stories, storytellers, and events they carry – matter to millions of people globally.
Innovation: We develop and implement groundbreaking products and techniques that shape industry norms, and solve complex and distinctive technical problems.
Product Engineering is a unified team responsible for the engineering of Disney Entertainment & ESPN digital and streaming products and platforms. This includes product engineering, media engineering, quality assurance, engineering behind personalization, commerce, lifecycle, and identity.
The Lead Systems Engineer is a senior technical contributor responsible for delivering and scaling critical infrastructure platforms across hybrid environments, including on-premises data centers and public cloud.
This role bridges architecture and execution by translating enterprise-level designs into reusable, automated patterns while leading complex infrastructure initiatives across multiple teams.
Responsibilities
Platform Engineering & Delivery
Lead design and implementation of hybrid infrastructure systems focused primarily on origin object storage systems of content.
Translate architectural designs into scalable deployment patterns
Identify critical metric KPI’s to drive improvements across all platforms
Deliver solutions across on-prem and cloud environments
Drive continuous improvements to support our goal of 5 9’s availability.
Automation & Modernization
Drive Infrastructure-as-Code and CI/CD best practices
Lead infrastructure migrations and modernization initiatives
Reliability & Operations
Lead incident response and ensure production stability
Support high availability, 24x7 infrastructure services
Technical Leadership
Mentor engineers and improve engineering practices
Act as a technical leader across multi-team projects
Collaboration
Partner cross-functionally to drive delivery
Communicate technical decisions clearly
Basic Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in a technical field
7 years of systems/infrastructure engineering experience
Expertise in hybrid infrastructure (on-prem cloud)
Expertise in complex large scale high performance multiprotocol NFS & S3 object storage systems
Experience with VMware, Kubernetes, and distributed systems
Strong automation skills (IaC, CI/CD)
Proven leadership across complex technical initiatives
Preferred Qualifications
Experience with large-scale migrations
Storage and data lifecycle expertise
Observability and monitoring expertise
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The hiring range for this position in New York, NY is $135,400.00 - $181,600.00 per year, and in Los Angeles, CA, $129,300 - $173,300 The base pay actually offered will take into account internal equity and also may vary depending on the candidate’s geographic region, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience among other factors. A bonus and/or long-term incentive units may be provided as part of the compensation package, in addition to the full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the level and position offered.
Job Posting Segment:
PE - Media Engineering
Job Posting Primary Business:
PE - Media Platform - Infrastructure Engineering
Primary Job Posting Category:
Systems Engineer
Employment Type:
Full time
Primary City, State, Region, Postal Code:
Glendale, CA, USA
Alternate City, State, Region, Postal Code:
USA - NY - 7 Hudson Square, USA - WA - 925 4th Ave
Date Posted:
2026-09-21
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