National Geographic Society

Platform Engineer

• Manage the design, development, maintenance, and support of digital asset management platform components, including automation routines and system integrations.
• Develop software components and automated unit tests.
• Work with DevOps team to maintain and extend build and release pipelines.
• Oversee the creation and maintenance of architectural and operational documentation according to department standards.
• Work closely with customers and product managers to identify and translate functional and non-functional requirements into actionable work, focusing closely on technical feasibility and technology investment choices.
• Works with IT infrastructure and operations teams to ensure that systems are configured and managed with appropriate levels of processing/storage/network capacity, data protection, and security compliance.
• Oversee the technical administration duties required to maintain the digital asset management system and Special Collections systems. This includes software upgrades and patch management.
• Define service levels for platform components and ensure appropriate observability in media related systems.
• Investigate, troubleshoot, and perform root-cause analysis for incidents and problems with systems and automations supporting media activities.
• Produce incident reports and conduct incident post-mortem reviews.
• Conduct regularly scheduled reliability assessments; define and execute work plans to improve service availability, reliability, and performance.
• Working in concert with the NGS architects team, provide technical and architectural direction to on- and off-shore software developers.
• Collaborate with delivery managers, product managers, and the Technology management team to maintain and enhance Technology work management processes and best practices, including selecting metrics and setting targets for process improvement.
• Coach and mentor other engineers and participate in one or more of Technology’s communities of practice that support continuous improvement.
• Stay current with advancements in information technology, digital asset management, and agile methodologies.

Senior Platform Engineer, Media Technology

Producer

• Ensure day-to-day execution of the Photo Camp program
• Responsible for production and logistics coordination for Photo Camps worldwide
• Supports the implementation of the program’s strategy by managing event and travel planning, budgets, contracts, logistics related to the program’s operations
• Provide on-the-ground logistics support and event production during selected National Geographic Photo Camps
• Serve as the NGS contact between the students, community liaisons, and partners for each Photo Camp.

Senior Platform Engineer, Media Technology

Production Manager, Storytelling