Manager, Systems Engineering (DCL New Build)

Job Posting Title:

Manager Systems Engineering (DCL New Build)

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Job Description:

The Walt Disney Company is a world-class entertainment and technological leader. Walts passion was to continuously envision new ways to move audiences around the worlda passion that remains our touchstone in an enterprise that stretches from theme parks resorts and a cruise line to sports news movies and a variety of other businesses. Uniting each endeavor is a commitment to creating and delivering unforgettable experiences and were constantly looking for new ways to enhance these exciting experiences. Bring your individual talents here and discover for yourself why a career with Disney is the opportunity youve been looking for.

The Manager Systems Engineering leads a team of Technical Project Managers and Engineers responsible for application deployment integration automation validation and commissioning activities across Disney Cruise Line New Build initiatives. The role partners closely with Systems Engineering Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) application teams and business stakeholders to drive an automation-first approach to how shipboard applications are deployed tested and commissioned throughout the ship lifecycle. The Manager will also champion the next generation of deploymentand commissioningtooling applying modern engineering practices and emerging technologies at every stage of a ships life from initial concept throughmaiden voyage.

The candidate must possess the ability to share and communicate ideas clearly both orally and in writing to business sponsors andpartners technical resources and executives in clear concise language that is the effective for each respective group.

The Manager must be able to manage competing priorities across New Build capital efforts. An ability to balance technology and business priorities is key for this role.

Responsibilities and Expectations :

In this role you will manage a professional engineering teamand Project Managersresponsible for the end-to-end lifecycle of technical solutions that support DisneyCruise Line New Build initiatives ensuring quality volume and timeliness objectives are consistently met. You will guide and persuade partners and stakeholders adapt to evolving project priorities and create a collaborative customer-focused environment where creative detail-oriented engineers can do their best work. Success requires strong technical depth clear communication and the ability to plan prioritize and hold yourself and others accountable.

• Lead mentor and grow a team of Technical Project Managers and partner with Systems Engineers responsible for application deployment integration and commissioning across the New Build portfolio.

• Manage and oversee application integration efforts across the Disney Cruise Line New Ship Build projects ensuring systems function as a unified platform across all stages of the application deployment pipeline.

• Provide governance and leadership across application implementation activities mentoring the team to support ship readiness while ensuring alignment with delivery milestones and the maiden voyage timeline.

• Lead the design of an automation-first deployment pipeline strategy ensuring alignment with application teams release managers business stakeholders and technical operations.

• Guideinstallation ofoperating systems databases and utilities software and represent New Build in design discussions for systems and infrastructure solutions.

• Partner with product application and business teams to define strategies expectations and priorities translating organizational goals into clear outcomes and roadmaps for your team.

• Oversee financials and budgets for new build including forecasting accruals and cost optimization for systems and services

• Serve as a trusted technical liaison across Disney Cruise Line Walt Disney Imagineering third-party vendors and international stakeholders.

• Champion new initiatives that advance the organization toward the desired state architecture and delivery model.

• Partner with Systems Engineering (SE) and Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) teams including a dotted-line working relationship with SRE engineers focused on developing deployment and commissioning tools to modernize build test and deployment pipelines supporting shipboard systems.

• Partner with Systems Engineering leadership to continuously simplify automate and standardize across the Disney Cruise Line ecosystem through infrastructure-as-code CI/CD pipelines scripting and emerging technologies.

• Foster a platform-engineering mindset equipping teams with shared platforms automation and self-service capabilities aligned to thedesired state architecture.

• Sponsor adoption of emerging tools and platforms that accelerate engineering productivity reduce manual effort and improve confidence across build test and release.

• Provide advisory leadership by designing and recommending delivery strategies for external partners supporting execution without direct ownership.

• Support Executive leadership by clearly articulating risks tradeoffs and longterm strategic decisions.

• Serve as an escalation point for application readiness and testing activities partnering with business and technical teams to remove blockers and maintain delivery momentum.

• Develop resource plan to support the build of new ships. Ensuring smooth and efficient transition to operational teams.

Required Qualifications:

• Minimum 8 years of related technology experience with at least 3 years leading projects and coordinating efforts across diverse technical and business teams.

• Hands-on experience with automation and infrastructure tooling (e.g. Ansible Terraform Kubernetes Docker configuration management and CI/CD practices).

• Demonstrated experience guiding system or infrastructure architecture including scalability performance optimization and security best practices.

• Excellent communication and persuasive leadership skills with the ability to influence a matrixed organization and collaborate with stakeholders vendors and customers.

• Strong problem-solving analytical and decision-making skills with accountability for team performance and delivery outcomes.

• Experience managing budgets and financial processes for technology portfolios including forecasting and accruals.

• Practical experience with Agile or similar software delivery methodologies and working with cross-functional delivery teams.

• Manage projects in a multi-vendor environment including offshore teams.

• Proficient with scripting (e.g. Python Bash PowerShell) and modern version control workflows (Git).

• Exposure to AI-assisted development testing or operations tooling.
• 10% Travel

Preferred Qualifications:

• Prior experience in travel hospitality cruise or related industries supporting large-scale guest or customer experiences.

• A bias toward experimentation and adoption of emerging tools that improve delivery speed quality and engineer experience

• Background managing or partnering with software engineering teams delivering highly scalable high-volume applications and platforms.

• Industry certifications in cloud systems engineering or related technologies (e.g. AWS Azure GCP Kubernetes).

• Masters degree in related discipline or equivalent work experience

• Experience in ship build projects and process.

• Familiarity with shipboard deployment environments and/or with global multi-site rollouts.

• Familiarity with cybersecurity-by-design principles including IACS E26/E27 or similar maritime frameworks.

Required Education:

• Bachelors Degree in Computer Science Information Systems Engineering or a related technical field or equivalent work experience.

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The hiring range for this position in Orlando FL is $137200 to $184000 per year. The base pay actually offered will take into account internal equity and also may vary depending on the candidates geographic region job-related knowledge skills and experience among other factors. A bonus and/or long-term incentive units may be provided as part of the compensation package in addition to the full range of medical financial and/or other benefits dependent on the level and position offered.

Job Posting Segment:

DX Technology

Job Posting Primary Business:

Disney Signature Experiences

Primary Job Posting Category:

Systems Engineer

Employment Type:

Full time

Primary City State Region Postal Code:

Celebration FL USA

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Date Posted:

Required Experience:

Manager