Welcome to Warner Bros. Discovery… the stuff dreams are made of.

Who We Are…

When we say, “the stuff dreams are made of,” we’re not just referring to the world of wizards, dragons and superheroes, or even to the wonders of Planet Earth. Behind WBD’s vast portfolio of iconic content and beloved brands, are the storytellers bringing our characters to life, the creators bringing them to your living rooms and the dreamers creating what’s next…

From brilliant creatives, to technology trailblazers, across the globe, WBD offers career defining opportunities, thoughtfully curated benefits, and the tools to explore and grow into your best selves. Here you are supported, here you are celebrated, here you can thrive.

Your New Role: 
The Observability Engineer works within the Global Infrastructure Core Technologies organization to design, build, and administer tools used in discovering and monitoring WBD’s applications, services, platforms, and infrastructure. The engineer administers monitoring and log aggregation tools and endpoint configuration to ensure alignment with Service Level Agreements (SLAs) and Service Level Objectives (SLOs). Collaboration is key, working with engineers and leaders across the organization to understand complex architectures to implement an effective monitoring strategy. 

Your Role Accountabilities: 

ARCHITECTURE / ENGINEERING / STRATEGY 

 

Design, roadmap, and administer tools used in discovering and monitoring WBD’s applications, services, platforms, and infrastructure. 

Build monitoring systems that assist in infrastructure and application event detection and alert remediation. 

Collaborate with a cross-function team of developers, administrators, engineers, and architects to ensure that tools and processes are keeping pace with observability requirements. 

Participate in strategy and future implementation discussions for the redesign and implementation of monitoring environments to modernize with latest technology trends. 

 

OPERATIONS 

 

Ensure all relevant infrastructure and services are properly covered within our monitoring and alerting systems in a manner consistent with our standards; collect the right metrics at the right frequency, and ensure the data is readily available for effective alerting, reporting, and analysis. 

Execute planned and ad hoc configuration activities. 

Create and maintain documentation for monitoring requirements, processes, and implementation. 

Assist in the deployment, organization, and management of standard operating procedures. 

 

ANALYTICS  

 

Define business and operational success metrics, process models for benchmarking, standardization, and process improvements. 

Report on agreed upon metrics and measure of success 

Qualifications & Experiences: 

Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related technical field, or equivalent practical experience 

5+ years of experience in system engineering and/or administration in an enterprise environment 

Experience installing, configuring, and maintaining Splunk, including Splunk Enterprise and Splunk Cloud 

Experience managing a Splunk environment including forwarders, heavy forwarders, deployment servers, data ingestion, apps, indexes, clusters, and search queries. 

Experience with large-scale distributes systems and architecture knowledge (Linux/Unix and Windows operating systems, networking, storage) in a cloud computing or traditional IT infrastructure environment 

 

Not Required but preferred experience: 

Experience with scripting and automation using one or more of the following: Python, PowerShell, Bash. 

Experience with configuration management and Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform, Cloudformation, Ansible, Puppet, or Chef 

How We Get Things Done…

This last bit is probably the most important! Here at WBD, our guiding principles are the core values by which we operate and are central to how we get things done. You can find them at www.wbd.com/guiding-principles/ along with some insights from the team on what they mean and how they show up in their day to day. We hope they resonate with you and look forward to discussing them during your interview.

Championing Inclusion at WBD

Warner Bros. Discovery embraces the opportunity to build a workforce that reflects a wide array of perspectives, backgrounds and experiences. Being an equal opportunity employer means that we take seriously our responsibility to consider qualified candidates on the basis of merit, regardless of sex, gender identity, ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marital status, pregnancy, parenthood, disability or any other category protected by law.

If you’re a qualified candidate with a disability and you require adjustments or accommodations during the job application and/or recruitment process, please visit our accessibility page for instructions to submit your request.