Overview

Comcast NBCUniversal has announced its intent to create a new publicly traded company ('Versant') comprised of most of NBCUniversal's cable television networks, including USA Network, CNBC, MSNBC, Oxygen, E!, SYFY and Golf Channel along with complementary digital assets Fandango, Rotten Tomatoes, GolfNow, GolfPass, and SportsEngine. The well-capitalized company will have significant scale as a pure-play set of assets anchored by leading news, sports and entertainment content. The spin-off is expected to be completed during 2025.

This position sits within our Golf division, the team behind GolfNow, TeeOff, and GolfPass - digital platforms designed to modernize and enhance the golf experience. From connecting golfers to tee times and memberships, to offering innovative course management solutions for operators, our products serve both sides of the game. With tools like cloud-based operations software and SmartPlay's contactless technology, we're shaping the future of golf by making it easier, more enjoyable, and more connected for players and courses alike.

This role has been designated as hybrid, generally requiring a minimum of three days of the working week in-office at our International HQ in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

Job Description

GolfNow is looking for a DevOps Engineer I to help operate and modernise the infrastructure powering our Java-based golf technology platform.

In this role, you'll report to the Director of DevOps - International and join a growing engineering team focused on delivering highly available services in a cloud-first, AWS-centric environment. You will own CI/CD workflows, improve observability, support migrations of legacy customer-hosted deployments, and champion the adoption of cloud-native tooling and processes across our environments.

You'll also play a key role in harmonising DevOps practices across the broader Versant organisation, supporting platform consistency, resiliency, and scalability.

As a DevOps Engineer on our team, you will:

• Own and operate CI/CD pipelines for development, staging, and production environments supporting a Java-based platform.
• Provide on-call and production support, working with QA, developers, and stakeholders to diagnose and resolve live issues.
• Ensure systems have strong observability via logs, metrics, traces, and proactive alerting.
• Support the migration of customer-hosted, on-premise systems to AWS, focusing on automation and cloud-native design.
• Build and manage infrastructure using AWS services and infrastructure-as-code tools such as Terraform or CloudFormation.
• Contribute to tooling, scripts, and internal workflows to improve developer efficiency and reduce manual effort.
• Advocate for and embody DevOps culture, promoting continuous improvement, shared ownership, and cross-functional collaboration.
• Contribute to IT Service Management processes such as change control, incident response, capacity planning, and disaster recovery.
• Collaborate with other engineering teams across the Versant businesses to align DevOps practices and architecture.

Qualifications

It is essential that candidates have:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field - or equivalent experience
• Experience administering Linux systems (e.g. RedHat, Debian variants).
• Proficiency in scripting languages like Bash, Python, or PowerShell.
• Hands-on experience with core AWS services (EC2, ECS/EKS, S3, IAM, CloudWatch, etc.).
• Familiarity with containerisation (e.g. Docker) and orchestration (e.g. ECS, Kubernetes).
• Understanding of modern CI/CD pipelines, release automation, and environment promotion workflows.
• Version control experience using Git and CI platforms like GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or similar.
• Ability to troubleshoot and debug complex issues in distributed environments.
• Excellent communication and documentation skills.

Additional Information

Additional skills and experience that would give you the edge over the competition:

• Experience migrating legacy, customer-hosted systems to the cloud (especially AWS).
• Experience managing Java application deployments and performance tuning JVMs.
• Familiarity with infrastructure-as-code tooling (e.g. Terraform, CloudFormation).
• Working knowledge of monitoring stacks like Datadog, Prometheus, or ELK.
• Understanding of networking fundamentals, DNS, and load balancing in cloud environments.
• Background in ITIL practices or structured incident management frameworks.
• Knowledge of golf technology platforms or the golf industry.

Additional Information

As part of our selection process, external candidates may be required to attend an in-person interview with an NBCUniversal employee at one of our locations prior to a hiring decision. NBCUniversal's policy is to provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, gender identity or expression, age, national origin or ancestry, citizenship, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, pregnancy, veteran status, membership in the uniformed services, genetic information, or any other basis protected by applicable law.

If you are a qualified individual with a disability or a disabled veteran and require support throughout the application and/or recruitment process as a result of your disability, you have the right to request a reasonable accommodation. You can submit your request to AccessibilitySupport@nbcuni.com.

Although you'll be hired as an NBCU employee, your employment and the responsibilities associated with this job likely will transition to Versant in the future. By joining at this pivotal time, you'll be a part of this exciting company as it takes shape.