Description
The Platform Engineer is a skilled, independent contributor who designs, implements, and supports core platform and infrastructure capabilities that power magical Disney Experiences.
You will focus on data pipelines, on-prem server architecture, observability, and DevOps automation, ensuring robust, scalable, and reliable environments that enable teams to deliver seamless guest and cast experiences.
This is a hands-on role requiring deep technical expertise across infrastructure, data ingestion, and observability, with a strong emphasis on reliability, scalability, and performance.
Responsibilities
- Own and manage the full Splunk stack
- Design, deploy, and maintain Splunk infrastructure
- Install, configure, and optimize Splunk components (indexers, search heads, forwarders, clustering)
- Manage both on-premise/physical server environments and hybrid integrations
- Support real-time operational systems
- Enable monitoring and observability for high-availability, real-time engineering systems
- Build dashboards and alerts used by engineering and operations teams
- Develop data pipelines and ingestion strategies
- Integrate data from diverse sources (logs, sensors, applications, control systems)
- Optimize parsing, indexing, and search performance
- Partner with software engineering leadership
- Work closely with Software Engineering Managers and system teams
- Translate operational requirements into scalable Splunk solutions
- Performance tuning and system reliability
- Identify bottlenecks across infrastructure and data pipelines
- Ensure high availability, redundancy, and system resilience
- Implement role-based access and data governance best practices
- Maintain compliance with enterprise security standards
- Recommend architecture improvements and modernization strategies
- Evaluate tools within the Splunk ecosystem (e.g., ITSI, ES, Cribl, etc.)
Required Qualifications
- 3+ years of experience with Splunk administration and development
- Proven experience owning a Splunk environment end-to-end
- Strong hands-on experience with:
- Splunk Enterprise architecture (indexers, search heads, clustering)
- Data ingestion, parsing, and optimization
- Dashboard and alert development
- Experience managing on-prem / bare-metal infrastructure
- Linux administration (preferred)
- Server provisioning, performance tuning, and system monitoring
- Experience supporting real-time, high-availability systems
- Strong scripting skills (Python, Bash, or similar)
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience supporting engineering, industrial, or operational technology (OT) environments
- Familiarity with observability and logging tools beyond Splunk (e.g., Cribl, ELK, Prometheus)
- Experience with event-driven systems, telemetry data, or IoT/sensor integrations
- Exposure to high-throughput environments with large-scale data ingestion
- Splunk certifications (Admin, Architect, or Developer)
The hiring range for this position in Orlando, FL is $94,300 to $126,300 per year. 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.