Director DevOps & Cloud Engineering

Madison Square Garden Entertainment Corp. (MSG Entertainment) is a leader in live entertainment, delivering unforgettable experiences while forging deep connections with diverse and passionate audiences. The Company’s portfolio includes a collection of world-renowned venues – New York’s Madison Square Garden, The Theater at Madison Square Garden, Radio City Music Hall, and Beacon Theatre; and The Chicago Theatre – that showcase a broad array of sporting events, concerts, family shows, and special events for millions of guests annually. In addition, the Company features the original production, the Christmas Spectacular Starring the Radio City Rockettes, which has been a holiday tradition for 90 years. More information is available at www.msgentertainment.com.

Who are we hiring? 

The Director DevOps & Cloud Engineering leads our cloud engineering standards and automation strategy for the organization while delivering an enterprise class ‘platform as a service catalog inclusive of database, application, and middleware services. The Director is primarily responsible for setting the standards, practices and business process around the automation and development engineering practices and pipelines, as well as the sustainment of all continuous delivery and continuous integration capabilities. The Director is expected to be a disruptive force in the business identifying processes and systems that would benefit from rethinking the way MSG scales our applications and workflows while simultaneously developing the roadmap to evolve past current DevOps standards to NoOps and beyond, leveraging emerging technologies including but not limited to AI. Lastly, this leader manages a team of highly skilled DevOps engineers who align closely with the application development, enterprise architecture and information security teams along with Agile processes.   

What will you do?  

• Lead the organization's Cloud and DevOps strategy, ensuring successful delivery of complex technical solutions across our operating companies 

• Lead and manage the Cloud and DevOps Delivery team, providing guidance, support, and mentorship to team members 

• Track expenses to budget and always focus on optimizing the portfolio for streamlined operation 

• Oversee the successful delivery of complex technical solutions, ensuring high-quality and timely delivery 

• Be a hands-on code contributing member of the team – lead by example 

• Architect and develop solutions to streamline and eliminate any inefficiencies 

• Lead automation efforts wherever possible to constantly look for efficiencies for cloud engineering, application engineering and quality engineering 

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to identify and implement best practices for cloud and DevOps processes and tools 

• Work closely with multiple stakeholders including Product Management, Engineering, QA, Information Security, System Administration, Networking and other customers in the business.  

• Ensure compliance with security and data privacy protocols for all cloud and DevOps projects 

• Monitor and report on key performance indicators and metrics for the Cloud and DevOps Delivery team 

• Drive innovation and excellence within the team by promoting a culture of continuous learning and improvement in Cloud and DevOps practices 

• Stay updated on industry trends and advancements in Cloud and DevOps technologies, and make recommendations for their integration into the organization's strategy 

 

What do you need to succeed?  

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Business Administration or related technical field. Graduate degree preferred.