{"schemaVersion":"jobsearcher.job.v1","id":"e2fbcb8b727fbc41ce7f42c2","url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/e2fbcb8b727fbc41ce7f42c2","canonicalUrl":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/e2fbcb8b727fbc41ce7f42c2","title":"Lead Systems Engineer","description":"Position Type:\nLocation(s):\nUnited States, Los Angeles, CA\nDate Posted:\nJob ID:\nR-123911\n\nWhy Sony Interactive Entertainment?\nSony Interactive Entertainment isn’t just the Best Place to Play — it’s also the Best Place to Work. Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) is the company behind the PlayStation brand. As a subsidiary of Sony Group Corporation, we’re part of a proud legacy of innovation and excellence. SIE is a dynamic technology company, delivering cutting-edge hardware and network services to more than 100 million people and an entertainment leader, home to some of the most beloved and recognizable intellectual properties (IP) in the world. Our role at SIE is to create and nurture the experiences under the PlayStation brand, a name synonymous with entertainment excellence and creativity.\nSIE Studio IT is seeking a Lead Systems Engineer to lead the design, operation, and evolution of our production infrastructure and data center platforms. This role provides technical direction for the Systems Administration team and serves as the senior engineering authority for Linux systems, enterprise server hardware, virtualization, storage, and high-availability infrastructure.\nResponsibilities\nLead the design, deployment, and operational support of Linux and Windows platforms in a production environment.\nArchitect and support enterprise server hardware, including platform selection, RAID configuration, firmware lifecycle management, hardware diagnostics, and performance troubleshooting.\nLead the design, deployment, and operation of enterprise and distributed storage platforms, including technologies such as Ceph, NFS-based NAS, and SAN architectures.\nDesign and maintain high‑availability and load‑balanced systems, including clustered servers.\nDefine and own the monitoring, alerting, and observability strategy for infrastructure platforms including storage, virtualization, servers, and operating systems.\nPartner with vendors and internal teams on hardware selection and lifecycle planning.\nEstablish technical standards, patterns, and documentation that can be executed by the Systems Administration team.\nReview designs, changes, and implementations performed by Systems Administrators to ensure quality, consistency, and reliability.\nAct as the technical lead during infrastructure incidents, driving restoration efforts and post-incident review actions.\nEnsure infrastructure designs align with security standards and requirements.\nRequirements\nStrong Linux and Windows administration and engineering experience in enterprise or production environments.\nStrong hands-on experience with enterprise server hardware, including troubleshooting, lifecycle planning, and firmware management.\nStrong experience with enterprise storage and distributed storage systems; Ceph experience strongly preferred.\nStrong experience architecting and administering Windows and Linux server platforms in enterprise or production environments.\nStrong understanding of how storage, compute, and virtualization interact in performance‑sensitive production environments.\nStrong scripting and automation skills, preferably Python and/or PowerShell.\nProficiency with Active Directory, DNS, and DHCP; Infoblox experience is a plus.\nExperience designing or overseeing monitoring, alerting, and observability solutions, including dashboarding platforms such as Grafana or equivalent tools.\nAbility to lead and mentor Systems Administrators.\n5+ years of relevant enterprise IT experience in a senior or lead infrastructure role.\nAvailable to work varying hours, on-call shifts, including evenings, weekends, and holidays as required.\nPlease refer to our Candidate Privacy Notice for more information about how we process your personal information, and your data protection rights.\n\nAt SIE, we consider several factors when setting each role’s base pay range, including the competitive benchmarking data for the market and geographic location.\n\nPlease note that the base pay range may vary in line with our hybrid working policy and individual base pay will be determined based on job-related factors which may include knowledge, skills, experience, and location.\n\nIn addition, this role is eligible for SIE’s top-tier benefits package that includes medical, dental, vision, matching 401(k), paid time off, wellness program and coveted employee discounts for Sony products. This role also may be eligible for a bonus package.\n\nThe estimated base pay range for this role is listed below.\n$155,900—$233,900 USD\nPlease note, Sony Interactive Entertainment conducts background checks at the offer stage for all new employees (which may include criminal background checks for some roles) and will need to process personal information to support these checks.\nPlease refer to our Candidate Privacy Notice for more information about what personal information we collect, how we use it, who we share it with, and your data protection rights.\nEqual Opportunity Statement:\nSony is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All persons will receive consideration for employment without regard to gender (including gender identity, gender expression and gender reassignment), race (including colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin), religion or belief, marital or civil partnership status, disability, age, sexual orientation, pregnancy, maternity or parental status, trade union membership or membership in any other legally protected category.\nWe strive to create an inclusive environment, empower employees and embrace diversity. We encourage everyone to respond.\nSony Interactive Entertainment is a Fair Chance employer and qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records will be considered for employment.","company":"Playstatio","rawCompany":"playstatio","city":"Los Angeles","state":"CA","isRemote":false,"isActive":false,"createdAt":"2026-07-19T14:20:13.535Z","occupations":[{"code":"15-1299.08","title":"Computer Systems Engineers/Architects","slug":"computer-systems-engineers-architects"},{"code":"15-1244.00","title":"Network and Computer Systems Administrators","slug":"network-and-computer-systems-administrators"},{"code":"11-3021.00","title":"Computer and Information Systems Managers","slug":"computer-and-information-systems-managers"}],"industries":[{"code":"541512","title":"Computer Systems Design Services","slug":"computer-systems-design-services"},{"code":"513210","title":"Software Publishers","slug":"software-publishers"},{"code":"518210","title":"Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services","slug":"computing-infrastructure-providers-data-processing-web-hosting-and-related-services"}],"jobPosting":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"JobPosting","title":"Lead Systems Engineer","description":"Position Type:\nLocation(s):\nUnited States, Los Angeles, CA\nDate Posted:\nJob ID:\nR-123911\n\nWhy Sony Interactive Entertainment?\nSony Interactive Entertainment isn’t just the Best Place to Play — it’s also the Best Place to Work. Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) is the company behind the PlayStation brand. As a subsidiary of Sony Group Corporation, we’re part of a proud legacy of innovation and excellence. SIE is a dynamic technology company, delivering cutting-edge hardware and network services to more than 100 million people and an entertainment leader, home to some of the most beloved and recognizable intellectual properties (IP) in the world. Our role at SIE is to create and nurture the experiences under the PlayStation brand, a name synonymous with entertainment excellence and creativity.\nSIE Studio IT is seeking a Lead Systems Engineer to lead the design, operation, and evolution of our production infrastructure and data center platforms. This role provides technical direction for the Systems Administration team and serves as the senior engineering authority for Linux systems, enterprise server hardware, virtualization, storage, and high-availability infrastructure.\nResponsibilities\nLead the design, deployment, and operational support of Linux and Windows platforms in a production environment.\nArchitect and support enterprise server hardware, including platform selection, RAID configuration, firmware lifecycle management, hardware diagnostics, and performance troubleshooting.\nLead the design, deployment, and operation of enterprise and distributed storage platforms, including technologies such as Ceph, NFS-based NAS, and SAN architectures.\nDesign and maintain high‑availability and load‑balanced systems, including clustered servers.\nDefine and own the monitoring, alerting, and observability strategy for infrastructure platforms including storage, virtualization, servers, and operating systems.\nPartner with vendors and internal teams on hardware selection and lifecycle planning.\nEstablish technical standards, patterns, and documentation that can be executed by the Systems Administration team.\nReview designs, changes, and implementations performed by Systems Administrators to ensure quality, consistency, and reliability.\nAct as the technical lead during infrastructure incidents, driving restoration efforts and post-incident review actions.\nEnsure infrastructure designs align with security standards and requirements.\nRequirements\nStrong Linux and Windows administration and engineering experience in enterprise or production environments.\nStrong hands-on experience with enterprise server hardware, including troubleshooting, lifecycle planning, and firmware management.\nStrong experience with enterprise storage and distributed storage systems; Ceph experience strongly preferred.\nStrong experience architecting and administering Windows and Linux server platforms in enterprise or production environments.\nStrong understanding of how storage, compute, and virtualization interact in performance‑sensitive production environments.\nStrong scripting and automation skills, preferably Python and/or PowerShell.\nProficiency with Active Directory, DNS, and DHCP; Infoblox experience is a plus.\nExperience designing or overseeing monitoring, alerting, and observability solutions, including dashboarding platforms such as Grafana or equivalent tools.\nAbility to lead and mentor Systems Administrators.\n5+ years of relevant enterprise IT experience in a senior or lead infrastructure role.\nAvailable to work varying hours, on-call shifts, including evenings, weekends, and holidays as required.\nPlease refer to our Candidate Privacy Notice for more information about how we process your personal information, and your data protection rights.\n\nAt SIE, we consider several factors when setting each role’s base pay range, including the competitive benchmarking data for the market and geographic location.\n\nPlease note that the base pay range may vary in line with our hybrid working policy and individual base pay will be determined based on job-related factors which may include knowledge, skills, experience, and location.\n\nIn addition, this role is eligible for SIE’s top-tier benefits package that includes medical, dental, vision, matching 401(k), paid time off, wellness program and coveted employee discounts for Sony products. This role also may be eligible for a bonus package.\n\nThe estimated base pay range for this role is listed below.\n$155,900—$233,900 USD\nPlease note, Sony Interactive Entertainment conducts background checks at the offer stage for all new employees (which may include criminal background checks for some roles) and will need to process personal information to support these checks.\nPlease refer to our Candidate Privacy Notice for more information about what personal information we collect, how we use it, who we share it with, and your data protection rights.\nEqual Opportunity Statement:\nSony is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All persons will receive consideration for employment without regard to gender (including gender identity, gender expression and gender reassignment), race (including colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin), religion or belief, marital or civil partnership status, disability, age, sexual orientation, pregnancy, maternity or parental status, trade union membership or membership in any other legally protected category.\nWe strive to create an inclusive environment, empower employees and embrace diversity. We encourage everyone to respond.\nSony Interactive Entertainment is a Fair Chance employer and qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records will be considered for employment.","datePosted":"2026-07-19T14:20:13.535Z","dateModified":"2026-07-19T14:20:13.535Z","hiringOrganization":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Playstatio","sameAs":"https://jobsearcher.com"},"jobLocation":{"@type":"Place","address":{"@type":"PostalAddress","addressLocality":"Los Angeles","addressRegion":"CA","addressCountry":"US"}},"identifier":{"@type":"PropertyValue","name":"JobSearcher","value":"e2fbcb8b727fbc41ce7f42c2"},"url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/e2fbcb8b727fbc41ce7f42c2"}}