PlayStation

PlayStation

IT Support Services Lead

United States, Santa Monica, CA · Contract

Sponsorship not specified$133k-$167kDetected 12 days ago
AzureLinuxJiraBudgetingCustomer SupportLeadershipCommunicationCollaborationMentoring

About the role

  • This is an on-site position in Santa Monica, California.
  • For nearly 40 years, Naughty Dog has been crafting best-selling, critically acclaimed games that constantly push the boundaries of narrative, gameplay, and technology.
  • Naughty Dog recently released The Last of Us Part II Remastered as well as a current generation remake of The Last of Us Part I for the PS5.

Responsibilities

  • Lead, mentor, and manage the performance of the IT Support team, including contract support personnel, ensuring consistent service quality and operational excellence.
  • Partner with IT and Studio Leadership to define and execute roadmaps for support services, end-user technologies, and future initiatives.
  • Develop and improve service management practices, including KPIs, SLAs, workflows, automation, dashboards, reporting, and process optimization.
  • Manage and improve enterprise applications and collaboration platforms, including Microsoft 365, Slack, Zoom, Teams, Jira, and related services.
  • Partner with Engineering, Art, Production, and QA teams to improve support services, developer experience, and technology workflows.
  • Evaluate and recommend improvements to endpoint technologies, user productivity tools, and support processes.
  • Support the deployment and maintenance of desktop and development hardware as needed.
  • Collaborate with stakeholders across the studio to troubleshoot issues, identify root causes, and improve development and support workflows.
  • Partner with PlayStation Studios and other SIE teams to support shared initiatives and ongoing collaboration.
  • Provide advanced technical escalation support and maintain technical documentation, procedures, and support standards.

Nice to have

  • Familiarity with Linux (Ubuntu).
  • Experience supporting Perforce environments and development pipelines.
  • Familiarity with outsourcing pipelines and external development partnerships.
  • Passion for games and game development.

Skills

  • Experience supporting distributed Windows and Linux environments within a production, development, or studio setting.
  • Experience leading teams, managing contractor resources, setting performance goals, conducting reviews, and mentoring technical staff.
  • Strong written and verbal communication, customer service, organizational, and documentation skills.
  • Experience administering Atlassian products, including Jira Service Management and Confluence.
  • Strong understanding of endpoint imaging, software deployment, patch management, and desktop administration.
  • Familiarity with virtualization technologies and virtual desktop environments.
  • Familiarity with automation and endpoint management technologies.
  • Experience with vulnerability management and endpoint security solutions such as Qualys, Tanium, or CrowdStrike.
  • Experience with identity and access management platforms such as Okta or similar solutions.
  • Experience supporting game development, content creation, or software engineering workflows.
  • Familiarity with workstation performance tuning, hardware evaluation, and developer productivity tools.
  • Familiarity with Microsoft Entra ID (formerly Azure Active Directory) and Microsoft cloud technologies.

Compensation

  • The estimated USA base pay range for this zone (Los Angeles area) is listed below.

This listing is sourced directly from PlayStation's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.