Description

We are rebuilding Tennis Channel's digital experience from the ground up - mobile apps, TV apps, content management, analytics, monitoring, and eventually live and VOD video delivery. AWS will be our core cloud platform.

We're looking for an experienced Senior AWS Platform / DevOps Engineer to design, deploy, and operate the backbone of our new streaming platform. You will own our AWS environment end-to-end: infrastructure, automation, observability, and security.

As our first DevOps hire, you'll work directly with the Head of Engineering (ex-Amazon, ex-Prime Video) and a small, senior development team. This is a hands-on role where you'll set up environments, implement automation, enforce security best practices, and establish standards that future engineers will follow. Along the way, you'll help build a greenfield streaming platform with no legacy constraints, while making infrastructure decisions that will power experiences for millions of fans worldwide. This is a unique opportunity to collaborate with proven leaders, shape the foundation of a new digital ecosystem, and play a pivotal role in the relaunch of Tennis Channel's direct-to-consumer business.

This role is based in Seattle.

Key Responsibilities:

Infrastructure & Automation

• Design, deploy, and manage AWS infrastructure: API Gateway, Lambda, ECS Fargate, Amazon RDS (PostgreSQL & MySQL/Aurora), DynamoDB, ElastiCache, S3, CloudFront, WAF, and Kinesis.
• Implement Infrastructure as Code using AWS CDK (preferred) or Terraform.
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions or AWS CodePipeline).

Security & Compliance

• Configure IAM roles, policies, and least-privilege access.
• Implement and monitor CloudTrail, GuardDuty, Security Hub, WAF.
• Enforce tagging, cost controls, and guardrails across environments.

Observability & Reliability

• Set up CloudWatch metrics, dashboards, and alarms.
• Implement distributed tracing (AWS X-Ray) and log analytics (OpenSearch or equivalent).
• Create synthetic canaries to validate key user flows (login, playback, API health).
• Establish backup, recovery, and disaster recovery strategies.

Analytics & Data

• Implement data ingestion pipelines (e.g., Kinesis Firehose → S3 → Athena).
• Deliver product dashboards with QuickSight or equivalent.

Video Delivery

• Extend infrastructure into AWS Media Services (MediaLive, MediaPackage, MediaConvert, MediaTailor) for live and VOD streaming.
• Support secure, global video delivery through CloudFront and related services.

Required Qualifications:

• 5+ years of professional experience in AWS cloud infrastructure and DevOps
• Hands-on experience with Amazon RDS (PostgreSQL & MySQL) in production: deployment, performance tuning, backups, upgrades, and security
• Strong background with core AWS services: API Gateway, Lambda, ECS Fargate, DynamoDB, S3, CloudFront, WAF, ElastiCache
• Proficient with Infrastructure as Code (AWS CDK strongly preferred; Terraform/CloudFormation acceptable with willingness to switch)
• Skilled in CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, CodePipeline, or Jenkins)
• Strong grasp of IAM, VPC networking, and AWS security best practices
• Experience with observability: CloudWatch, X-Ray, logging pipelines, and alerting
• Proficiency in scripting languages (Python, Bash)
• Strong communication and documentation skills; able to work independently in a small, fast-moving team

Nice to have:

• Experience deploying and scaling a headless CMS (Strapi, Contentful, Sanity, etc.)
• Familiarity with streaming video architectures
• Knowledge of analytics pipelines (Kinesis, Athena, QuickSight)
• AWS certifications (Solutions Architect, SysOps, DevOps Engineer)

Tennis Channel is proud to be equal opportunity employer and a drug free workplace. Employment practices will not be influenced or affected by virtue of an applicant's or employee's race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), national origin, age, disability, genetic information, military or veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.

About PickleballTV

Pickleballtv (PBTV) is the 24-hour television home of America's fastest growing sport. With coverage of tournaments throughout the year, the network offers 1,000+ hours of live matches from the game's top professionals and biggest stars. PBTV also provides viewers with first-class instruction, exclusive lifestyle programming and studio news content and more.

About Tennis Channel

Tennis Channel is the media home to two twenty-four-hour television networks, a subscription streaming service, online magazine and podcasts dedicated to the sport and its unique lifestyle. The tennis-media hub is home to every aspect of the wide-ranging, worldwide tennis community. Tennis Channel is carried nationwide by every one of the top ten pay-TV service providers.

About Sinclair

Sinclair, Inc. (Nasdaq: SBGI) is a diversified media company and a leading provider of local news and sports. The Company owns, operates and/or provides services to 178 television stations in 81 markets affiliated with all major broadcast networks; owns Tennis Channel, the premium destination for tennis enthusiasts; multicast networks CHARGE, Comet, ROAR and The Nest. Sinclair's AMP Media produces a growing portfolio of digital content and original podcasts. Additional information about Sinclair can be found at www.sbgi.net.

About the Team

The life-blood of our organization is our people. We have a compelling story, a goal-oriented culture, and we take really good care of people. How good? Here is a glimpse: great benefits, open-door policy, upward mobility and a strong desire to see you succeed. Ready to be part of a winning team? Let's talk.

The base salary compensation range for this role is $140,000 to $170,000. Final compensation for this role will be determined by various factors such as a candidates' relevant work experience, skills, certifications, and geographic location. Full time positions are eligible for benefits that include participation in a retirement plan, life and disability insurance, health, dental and vision plans, flexible spending accounts, sick leave, vacation time, personal time, parental leave and employee stock purchase plan.

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