Senior Manager, Systems Engineering
$148,300–$198,800 year
On-siteLake Buena Vista, Florida, United States
Job Summary
Lead multiple systems engineering teams and drive strategic roadmaps for Disney Cruise Line new builds, overseeing infrastructure from initial concept through final commissioning. Define technical direction for compute, storage, networking, and cloud platforms while managing multi-million-dollar budgets, vendor contracts, and capital stewardship. Partner with product, operations, and shipyard partners to integrate safety, entertainment, and guest information systems into maritime vessel designs. Mentor leaders and engineers to foster innovation, ensuring robust, secure, and scalable solutions for shipboard and shoreside environments. 30% travel required.
Required Qualifications
- 10+ years of relevant systems engineering or related technology experience
- 3+ years in management leading multiple teams or managers
- 5+ years delivering maritime, cruise line, or large-scale infrastructure programs
- Proven ability to lead and develop high-performing engineering teams
- Demonstrated experience managing complex systems or infrastructure portfolios (e.g., servers, storage, virtualization, or cloud platforms) supporting mission-critical environments
- Knowledge of modern infrastructure and site reliability engineering practices, including automation, infrastructure-as-code, and observability tooling
- Strong collaboration and communication skills, with the ability to influence and partner effectively across technical and non-technical stakeholders, including executive audiences
- Validated ability to plan, prioritize, and manage budgets and resources across multiple concurrent projects and initiatives
- Track record of strategic thinking, problem solving, and decision making in fast-paced, dynamic environments
- Experience managing projects in a multi-vendor environment, including offshore teams
- Professional-level qualifications in Information Technology Infrastructure
- 30% Travel Required
Desired Qualifications
- Experience with cybersecurity standards relating to the maritime industry, including IMO 2021 and IACS E26 & E27
- Proven experience managing satellite technologies in the maritime industry, from contract through commissioning
- Experience leading engineering efforts for cruise, resort, or large-scale themed entertainment environments, including shipboard or multi-site operations
- Experience in ship build projects and process
- Background with virtualization, containerization, and automation platforms (e.g., VMware, Hyper-V, Docker, Kubernetes, Ansible, or similar)
- Familiarity with IT service management and collaboration tools such as ServiceNow, JIRA, Confluence, and related platforms
- Bachelor's Degree or higher in Computer Science, Information Systems, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, or a related technical field
- Master's degree in a related engineering or technology discipline
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