Site/System Reliability Engineering Intern, Summer 2026

Job ID 10135815 Location Glendale, California, United States Business Disney Experiences Date posted Feb. 25, 2026

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Job Summary:

About the Role & Program:

Disney Parks Experiences and Products is a world-class entertainment and technology leader. Walt's passion was to innovate and to push boundaries of what is possible, a passion that remains central in our business to this day. Uniting each endeavor is a commitment to creating and delivering unforgettable experiences, and we're constantly looking for new ways to enhance these exciting experiences for our guests.

At Disney, we are storytellers. In technology, this group works on enabling that storytelling. We need an engineer on the System Performance and Reliability Engineering team (SPEAR).

Our Mission statement

Reduce/Eliminate Guest Impacting Incidents/Outages across the Guest Experience portfolio
Allow the product teams to focus on development and enhancement of our Products

Qualities we are looking for:

You like working with clients - you will work with customers/product engineering to gather requirements. You like hearing stories.
You have a passion for improvement - you have passion for improving processes (e.g. through less code, fewer manual steps, fewer systems, improving velocity).
You are law-abiding but agent-of-change - you will advocate compliance with known standards and engage engineers to improve upon processes
You are a team player - you mentor others and contribute support documentation; our heroes work at enriching the team
You can multitask - you are action oriented, capable of working concurrent projects
You have a developer mindset and are comfortable writing code
With an operations mindset you have some experience in maintaining production systems

In this job you are:

Responsible for creating breakdown of tasks to meet project objectives
Responsible for on time ticket and task completion
Responsible for turning strategy into multiple project objectives

Responsible for sharing their work/experiences with the team

What You Will Do:

Troubleshoot and maintain SDLC pipelines
Create/maintain/improve/troubleshoot monitoring technologies
Create/maintain/improve/troubleshoot infrastructure technologies (cloud and on prem)
Create/maintain/improve documentation on the technologies that the team builds
Shadow operation team members in their areas of subject matter expertise

Required Qualifications & Skills:

Experience with Build/Release skills - you will shadow work with product development teams across the enterprise to maintain code delivery SDLC pipelines
Have knowledge of monitoring tools - you will work on ensuring the tools that keep monitoring are up and effective at notifying guest- facing issues.
Have expert team communication skills - you can articulate well, to ensure that the team understands and approves your solutions.
Have expert technical fundamentals - you must have knowledge of unix systems and unix administration duties
Have experience in the public cloud - you have experience launching products in a hosting solution, e.g.
- (Google, AWS, Azure, SalesForce) or private cloud systems.
Have experience in Infrastructure as Code ( IAAS ) - you subscribe to Infrastructure as code mindset (Terraform, Helm, Chef)
Previous internship or technical project experience

Preferred Qualifications & Skills:

Experienced with at least one of the following languages: Golang or Python
Familiarity with NodeJs, Java
Have worked with CI/CD tooling such as Jenkins or Gitlab
Preferred experience with alerting and monitoring tools such Appdynamics and Splunk
Familiarity with:
- SDLC Build and Release processes
- Building docker images
- Container orchestration: Kubernetes and ECS
Proficiency with one of the following cloud providers: AWS, Google
Experience with Database technology, e.g. MySQL, Aurora, SQL Server, MongoDB, Dynamo DB
Some experience with profiling or evaluating the performance of services
Experience creating scripts with JMeter
Proficiency with:
- Terraform, Helm or Chef*
- Networking basics (routing, firewalls, AWS security groups)
- Troubleshooting / analysis of applications: Splunk, appdynamics, grafana, etc
- OS performance troubleshooting and ability to install and configure operating system packages
Familiarity with
- Oauth2
- Security principles on patching, compliance, change control process

Education:

Currently enrolled undergraduate student in an accredited college/university, pursuing a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Management Information Systems, Information Technology or related field.

Eligibility Requirements & Program Information

• Be enrolled in an accredited college/university pursuing a degree taking at least one class in the semester/quarter (spring/fall) prior to participation in the internship program AND returning to school the semester/quarter following the internship OR currently participating in a Disney College Program or Disney Internship.

• Current Disney Interns, College, International, or Culinary Program Participants: You may only work for ONE consecutive year (12 months) in any combination of an internship and/or program.

• Be at least 18 years of age

• Possess unrestricted work authorization

Additional Information

• Able to have a consistent, reliable work schedule throughout the internship

• Fully available from Monday through Friday for the duration of the internship, 40 hours each week

• Able to provide own housing for the duration of the internship program in the Glendale, CA area

• Able to provide/have reliable transportation to/from work

• Approximate dates of the internship are May/June 2026 through August/September 2026

The pay rate for this role in Glendale, CA is $38 per hour. Select benefits may be provided as part of the compensation package, such as medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the level and position offered. To learn more about our benefits visit: https://jobs.disneycareers.com/benefits.

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About Disney Experiences:

Disney Experiences brings the magic of Disney stories and franchises to life through theme parks, resorts, cruise ships, unique vacation experiences, products and more around the world. Disney shines in the travel industry with six resort destinations in the United States, Europe and Asia; a top-rated cruise line; a popular vacation ownership program; and an award-winning guided family adventure business. Plus, Disney's global consumer products operations include the world's leading licensing business; the world's largest children's publishing brands; one of the world's largest licensors of games across all platforms; and Disney store locations around the world and on the web.

About The Walt Disney Company:

The Walt Disney Company, together with its subsidiaries and affiliates, is a leading diversified international family entertainment and media enterprise that includes three core business segments: Disney Entertainment, ESPN, and Disney Experiences. From humble beginnings as a cartoon studio in the 1920s to its preeminent name in the entertainment industry today, Disney proudly continues its legacy of creating world-class stories and experiences for every member of the family. Disney’s stories, characters and experiences reach consumers and guests from every corner of the globe. With operations in more than 40 countries, our employees and cast members work together to create entertainment experiences that are both universally and locally cherished.

This position is with Walt Disney Attractions Technology LLC, which is part of a business we call Disney Experiences.

Walt Disney Attractions Technology LLC is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, ancestry, age, marital status, military or veteran status, medical condition, genetic information or disability, or any other basis prohibited by federal, state or local law. Disney champions a business environment where ideas and decisions from all people help us grow, innovate, create the best stories and be relevant in a constantly evolving world.

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