DevOps Engineer

WORK OPTION: Remote

The National Basketball Association (NBA) is a global sports and media organization with the mission to inspire and connect people everywhere through the power of basketball.  Built around five professional sports leagues:  the NBA, WNBA, NBA G League, NBA 2K League and Basketball Africa League, the NBA has established a major international presence with games and programming available in 214 countries and territories in 60 languages, and merchandise for sale in more than 200 countries and territories on all seven continents.  NBA rosters at the start of the 2023-24 season featured a record 125 international players from 40 countries and territories.  NBA Digital’s assets include NBA TV, NBA.com, the NBA App and NBA League Pass.  The NBA has created one of the largest social media communities in the world, with more than 2.3 billion likes and followers globally across all leagues, team and player platforms.  NBA Cares, the NBA’s global social responsibility platform, partners with renowned community-based organizations around the world to address important social issues in the areas of education, inclusion, youth and family development, and health and wellness. 
 

Group Summary:
At the NBA, we're passionate about growing and celebrating the game of basketball. Through the intensity of the game and the unrivalled athletic skill of our players, we deliver excitement to hundreds of millions of fans around the world. 

As a global sports and media business, the NBA is so much more. While Basketball Operations runs the league's on-court activities, other departments manage relationships with television and digital media partners, develop marketing partnerships with some of the world's most recognizable companies, oversee the licensing of NBA merchandise, and handle a wide variety of responsibilities that drive the NBA's success. 

The NBA runs numerous web sites and digital products that generate fan interest around the world. League Pass is one of the NBA's best-in-class products available in over 215+ countries that allows fans live and archive access to games from the preseason through the NBA Finals. Whether it be for the NBA, WNBA, G League or 2K League millions of people visit sites, engage with mobile apps, and view our content across multiple platforms.

Position Summary:

Continuing its role as a digital leader in media, the Digital Product Development team will develop and deliver a number of strategic digital product initiatives for the NBA. We are looking for an experienced DevOps (Development and Operations) professional to join our growing organization. In this position, you will manage infrastructure projects and processes. Keen attention to detail, problem-solving abilities, and a solid knowledge base are essential.

Major Responsibilities:

• Work as a point of contact for new projects and initiatives, while providing technical advice and architectural guidance.
• Constantly strive to improve our cloud infrastructure to keep the NBA on the leading edge of reliability and performance.
• Build and test automation tools for infrastructure provisioning
• Build and maintain the tools needed to follow a GitOps approach to application deployment
• Handle code deployments in all environments, monitor metrics, and develop ways to improve
• Provide technical guidance and educate team members and coworkers on DevOps processes
• Brainstorm for new insights and ways to improve development delivery and infrastructure architecture
• Consult with peers for feedback on how best to meet the needs of the development teams
• Build, maintain, and monitor applications in an agile environment
• Maintain day-to-day management and administration of projects
• Manage existing CI and CD tools, while also continuing to evaluate if those tools still fit the needs of the NBA.
• Document and craft various processes; update existing processes
• Follow all best practices and procedures as established by the company

Required Education/Professional Experience:

• BS in computer science, electrical engineering or a related technical discipline
• 3+ years experience in DevOps, or related IT, computer, or operations field
• 2+ years experience with Kubernetes, EKS, or AKS at enterprise scale
• Experience running Kubernetes in a high availability setup with 3 nines of availability a plus
• The ability to understand how individual projects fit into the company’s direction
• Experience with a supporting a high traffic platform a plus
• Experience with supporting streaming media platforms a plus
• Cloud optimization experience a plus.
• 2+ years experience with one or multiple cloud platforms (i.e. Azure, AWS, GCP, etc.) services and technologies
• 2+ years experience with configuration management / tools such as terraform
• Experience with Scrum/Kanban/SAFe/Agile workflow methodologies
• 2+ years experience with version control systems such as Bitbucket or Github

Required Skills/Knowledge Attributes:

• Up-to-date on the latest industry trends; able to articulate trends clearly and confidently
• Good interpersonal skills and communication with all levels of management
• Able to multitask, prioritize, and manage time efficiently
• Expert level knowledge of DevOps best practices and trends in the areas of source code management, CI/CD, Cloud, Automation, etc., with the ability to guide others in their usage

Salary Range: $115,000 - $145,000 

Job Posting Title: Manager 

The NBA does not accept unsolicited resumes from search firms or any other third parties. Any unsolicited resume sent to the NBA will be considered NBA property, and the NBA will not pay a fee should it hire the subject of any unsolicited resume. 

The NBA considers applicants for all positions on the basis of merit, qualifications, and business needs, and without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, alienage or citizenship status, ancestry, marital status, genetic predisposition or carrier status, veteran status, familial status, status as a victim of domestic violence, or any other status or characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.

About the NBA
The National Basketball Association (NBA) is a global sports and media organization with the mission to inspire and connect people everywhere through the power of basketball.  Built around five professional sports leagues:  the NBA, WNBA, NBA G League, NBA 2K League and Basketball Africa League, the NBA has established a major international presence with games and programming available in 215 countries and territories in more than 50 languages, and merchandise for sale in more than 200 countries and territories on all seven continents.  NBA rosters at the start of the 2021-22 season featured a record 121 international players from 40 countries.  NBA Digital’s assets include NBA TV, NBA.com, the NBA App and NBA League Pass.  The NBA has created one of the largest social media communities in the world, with 2.1 billion likes and followers globally across all league, team, and player platforms.  Through NBA Cares, the league addresses important social issues by working with internationally recognized youth-serving organizations that support education, youth and family development, and health-related causes.