Principal Engineer, IT (NTD)

Nintendo Technology Development

The worldwide pioneer in the creation of interactive entertainment, Nintendo Co., Ltd., of Kyoto, Japan, manufactures and markets hardware and software for its Nintendo Switch system and the Nintendo 3DS family of portable systems. Since 1983, when it launched the Nintendo Entertainment System, Nintendo has sold more than 4.7 billion video games and more than 740 million hardware units globally, including Nintendo Switch and the Nintendo 3DS family of systems, as well as the Game Boy, Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS family of systems, Super NES, Nintendo 64, Nintendo GameCube, Wii and Wii U systems. It has also created industry icons that have become well-known, household names, such as Mario, Donkey Kong, Metroid, Zelda and Pokemon. A wholly owned subsidiary, Nintendo Technology Development, based in Redmond, Washington, creates future hardware/software technology and researches North American-based technologies.

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SUMMARY
Principal Engineer for Engineering Infrastructure and Information Technology for the Nintendo Technology Development Inc. (NTD) organization who architects complex solutions and key technology developments to grow the business for the long term. This role requires advanced subject matter expertise in multiple technical domains and a high degree of collaboration across all organizational levels at Nintendo Co., Ltd. (NCL) and its subsidiaries, as well as with strategically significant external partners. This position has manager-level impact; however may not have direct reports.

• Maintains the overall system architecture and manages highly technical, strategically critical infrastructure supporting R&D engineering teams.
• Ensures effective and efficient delivery of IT services to the organization, including establishing appropriate IT standards, controls, policies and procedures.
• Influences decisions that impact multiple teams and programs for the organization.
• Drives innovation and provides technical direction for platform engineering solutions and IT services aligned with strategic goals in collaboration with management and initiative stakeholders.
• Defines functional requirements, use-case scenarios, design and architecture at a system level.
• Proactively identifies and advocates for high-impact technical projects.
• Evaluates technology innovations and makes recommendations on their adoption.
• Participates in the development of cross-functional engineering roadmaps and strategies.
• Responsible for mentoring the team with appropriate technical breadth and depth required to support the organization.
• Communicates and collaborates effectively with teams across organizational boundaries and with external partners to ensure delivery of high-quality services and solutions.
• Very effective at negotiating with and influencing internal and external audiences; seeks to build relationships and partner with others; pursues the diverse experience of others to achieve business objectives.
• Up to 10% travel; domestic and international.

• 10+ years of broad experience across multiple domain areas such as systems engineering and IT infrastructure, networking and storage, cloud computing infrastructure, security, application development, system administration and service desk operations.
• Advanced knowledge of IT technologies and IT infrastructure engineering.
• Advanced knowledge of established IT processes and internal controls (e.g. SDLC, JSOX, change management, architecture review, incident response, etc.)
• Advanced knowledge managing fleets which include Windows, Linux, and macOS operating systems.
• Highly proficient in scripting and automation using tools like bash, python, terraform, ansible etc.
• Experience with container orchestration technologies such as Kubernetes, Docker, etc.
• Experience with cloud orchestration infrastructure such as OpenStack, OpenNebula, vSphere, Nutanix, Terraform, AWS, Azure etc.
• Experience with Microsoft products such as Entra ID (formerly Azure Active Directory), Intune, Office365 etc.
• Experience mentoring others and cultivating technical breadth and depth on a team.
• Fluency in Japanese a plus.
• Bachelor or Master of Science degree in Engineering, Information Technology, or related field; or equivalent combination of education and experience.