DSS DevOps Engineer Intern, NY-Fall 2019
New York, NY

Job Description

Job Description

Disney Streaming Services is a business unit within The Walt Disney Company's Direct-to-Consumer and International (DTCI) segment that oversees all consumer-facing digital video subscription services across the company. Disney Streaming is responsible for developing and operating The Walt Disney Company's direct-to-consumer video businesses globally, including the ESPN+ premium sports streaming service, programmed in conjunction with ESPN; the upcoming Disney SVOD service; and BAMTECH Media, a global leader in direct-to-consumer video streaming products and solutions. Its core mission is to deliver global audiences the freedom to access content on their terms across any connected device, time or location.

The IE Team provides Logging, Metrics & Performance Data that supports the entire Disney Streaming platform. We're focused on innovation, solving large scale data ingest problems & producing metrics that business units can rely on to make decisions in real time to improve performance for our customers. Our team focuses the majority of its work on on-prem platforms but does also have R&D in cloud based services

Job Type

Non-Employee

Segment

Direct-to-Consumer and International

Internship Program Subtype

Professional Internship

Additional Information

Internship Eligibility:

Must be enrolled in an accredited college/university taking at least one class in the semester/quarter (spring/fall) prior to participation in the internship program OR must have graduated from a college/university within 6 months OR currently participating in a Disney College Program or Disney

Professional Internship:

* Must be at least 18 years of age
* Must not have completed one year of continual employment on a Disney internship or program.
* Must possess unrestricted work authorization
* Must provide full work availability during Program Length (listed below)
* Must provide own transportation to/from work
* Current Active Disney cast members must meet Professional Internship transfer guidelines (for Walt Disney World cast members this is no more than four points and one reprimand in the last six months; for Disneyland cast members this is six months of consecutive service and a performance record clear of any disciplinary issues (warnings, suspensions, etc.) for at least six months)

Program Length: The approximate dates of this internship are September 2- November 22, 2019

Ability to provide own relocation, housing and transportation. Position is located in New York.

Interns must be fully available for the duration of the internship.

Recommendation - Print or Save This Role Description: Strong candidates may be invited to complete a phone interview. We strongly encourage applicants to print a copy of this role description so they can refer to it in the event they are selected for a phone interview.

Category

Technology

Basic Qualifications

* Basic Linux exposure (CentOS, RedHat Enterprise) - comfortable with simple scripting & command line work
* Basic scripting (Shell, Python, Go)
* Exposure Automation (Ansible or Puppet)
* Exposure to version control (git)
* Understanding of time series databases
* Creativity, strong communication skills, ability to self-start, strong problem-solving skills

Business

Disney Streaming Services

Required Education

* Freshman, Sophomore, Junior, Senior, Graduate Level student or recent graduate (within 6 months of graduating) pursuing a Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Management Information Systems or related field.

Preferred Qualifications

* Ansible
* Kafka/Cassandra
* Linux
* Git (github)
* Vi / Vim
* Elastic Search Stack
* Graphite/Grafana
* Data visualization
* Python, Bash, Golang
* Familiarity with JSON

Postal Code

10011

Job Description

Disney Streaming Services is a business unit within The Walt Disney Company's Direct-to-Consumer and International (DTCI) segment that oversees all consumer-facing digital video subscription services across the company. Disney Streaming is responsible for developing and operating The Walt Disney Company's direct-to-consumer video businesses globally, including the ESPN+ premium sports streaming service, programmed in conjunction with ESPN; the upcoming Disney SVOD service; and BAMTECH Media, a global leader in direct-to-consumer video streaming products and solutions. Its core mission is to deliver global audiences the freedom to access content on their terms across any connected device, time or location.

The IE Team provides Logging, Metrics & Performance Data that supports the entire Disney Streaming platform. We're focused on innovation, solving large scale data ingest problems & producing metrics that business units can rely on to make decisions in real time to improve performance for our customers. Our team focuses the majority of its work on on-prem platforms but does also have R&D in cloud based services

Additional Information

Internship Eligibility:

Must be enrolled in an accredited college/university taking at least one class in the semester/quarter (spring/fall) prior to participation in the internship program OR must have graduated from a college/university within 6 months OR currently participating in a Disney College Program or Disney

Professional Internship:

* Must be at least 18 years of age
* Must not have completed one year of continual employment on a Disney internship or program.
* Must possess unrestricted work authorization
* Must provide full work availability during Program Length (listed below)
* Must provide own transportation to/from work
* Current Active Disney cast members must meet Professional Internship transfer guidelines (for Walt Disney World cast members this is no more than four points and one reprimand in the last six months; for Disneyland cast members this is six months of consecutive service and a performance record clear of any disciplinary issues (warnings, suspensions, etc.) for at least six months)

Program Length: The approximate dates of this internship are September 2- November 22, 2019

Ability to provide own relocation, housing and transportation. Position is located in New York.

Interns must be fully available for the duration of the internship.

Recommendation - Print or Save This Role Description: Strong candidates may be invited to complete a phone interview. We strongly encourage applicants to print a copy of this role description so they can refer to it in the event they are selected for a phone interview.

Basic Qualifications

* Basic Linux exposure (CentOS, RedHat Enterprise) - comfortable with simple scripting & command line work
* Basic scripting (Shell, Python, Go)
* Exposure Automation (Ansible or Puppet)
* Exposure to version control (git)
* Understanding of time series databases
* Creativity, strong communication skills, ability to self-start, strong problem-solving skills

Required Education

* Freshman, Sophomore, Junior, Senior, Graduate Level student or recent graduate (within 6 months of graduating) pursuing a Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Management Information Systems or related field.

Preferred Qualifications

* Ansible
* Kafka/Cassandra
* Linux
* Git (github)
* Vi / Vim
* Elastic Search Stack
* Graphite/Grafana
* Data visualization
* Python, Bash, Golang
* Familiarity with JSON

Responsibilities

An Intern in the IE group would be working closely with the engineering team to develop, deploy & maintain instrumentation projects. It would be expected that the intern would become comfortable with contributing code, deploying and maintaining pieces of our platform. The goal is to give the candidate hands on exposure to working in a production environment directly involved in delivering our award-winning platform to consumers.

The intern would be expected to learn the basics of our platform (ELK, Cassandra, Kafka, Graphite, Grafana, Ansible) and move into a contributing role in the data visualization and automation aspects of our group. The intern would be responsible for writing technical documentation based on what they have learned. The intern would be given exposure to working inside a global company but the ability to work & grow in a tight knit agile culture of a startup.