DevOps Engineer

About Playtech

Founded in 1999, the company has a premium listing on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange and is focused on regulated and regulating markets across its B2B and B2C businesses. Both divisions leverage Playtech's proprietary technology to deliver innovative products and services to ensure a safe, engaging and entertaining gaming experience. 

Playtech is the gaming industry's leading technology company delivering business intelligence-driven gaming software, services, content, and platform technology across the industry. 

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Here at Playtech, we genuinely believe that people are our biggest asset. Diverse thoughts, experiences, and individual characteristics enrich our work environment and lead to better business decisions. Recognizing differences and ensuring our processes are transparent is the core of Playtech's overall commitment to responsible business practices. 

Ready to level up your career?

Playtech Sports is looking for a self-motivated DevOps Engineer with excellent collaboration and problem-solving skills.

Your influential mission. You will...

• Improve our CI/CD solution to support our developers and technical operations teams deploying their services to our Kubernetes clusters.
• Be an interface between developers and technical operations teams in understanding the internals of our systems by enhancing and unifying our observability stack.
• Create, administrate and manage our Kubernetes clusters.
• Use your experience to actively participate in decisions to define and improve standards and best practices.
• Train and support others in the use of our tools and standards.
• Work within an internationally distributed team.

Components for success. You...

• Possess 2+ years of hands-on experience as a DevOps Engineer.
• Have 2+ years of work experience in Kubernetes and Docker.
• Possess deep knowledge of CI/CD solutions.
• Are well experienced with the Elastic stack.
• Are familiar with Git.
• Preferably have experience with scripting and coding, such as Python and Bash.
• Exhibit excellent communication skills to guide developers.
• Demonstrate a structured working approach and strong problem-solving skills.
• Maintain a service-oriented mindset.
• Thrive in collaboration and teamwork.
• Are self-motivated and independent.
• Are flexible, adaptable, and capable of overcoming new challenges.

You'll get extra points for...

• Experience with Ansible.

Thrive in a culture that values...

• The freedom to choose your approach to problem-solving.
• Respect for individual personalities, differences, and strengths.
• A commitment to developing team members.
• Personal contributions and the ability to enhance our current platform on a large scale.
• Initiative-taking and confident approach at the workplace.
• Global scope and inclusive working environment where you can engage with diverse teams and perspectives.

PLAYTECH SPORTS

Playtech Sports offers advanced retail solutions for sports betting, including Self-Service Betting Terminals (SSBTs) and other betting machines. These solutions provide an omnichannel experience, integrating seamlessly with digital platforms and customer cards for personalized betting. SSBTs feature virtual sports with realistic 3D graphics and extensive betting options, ensuring continuous engagement. Designed for ease of use and customization, Playtech's retail solutions cater to various market needs, enhancing the overall betting experience for operators and customers alike. Our dedicated DevOps team supports this product with multiple on-premise Kubernetes clusters managed by Rancher, utilizing a GitOps approach with Git, Flux/ArgoCD, and Helm for deployments. Monitoring is handled through Grafana and Prometheus, logging through Elasticsearch and Kibana, and Codefresh serves as our central CI/CD platform.

Playtech is an equal opportunities employer. Our mission is to welcome everyone and create inclusive teams. We celebrate differences and encourage everyone to join us and be themselves at work.