Playtech
Gaming
LeadDevOpsEngineer
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“Lead DevOps Engineer at Playtech. Skills: DevOps, Cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes, CI/CD. Resolve complex DevOps tasks. Lead Product Operations engineers”
What You'll Achieve.
Improve service-management processes; Track performance indicators; Measure performance indicators; Improve performance indicators
Industry & Context.
Root cause analysis; Troubleshooting
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or Engineering, 5+ years DevOps engineer or SRE engineer experience, 1+ years leading/management experience, Fluent verbal and writing communication skills in English, Understanding of ITIL framework, Hands-on experience with production environments, Experience in Linux, Experience with Docker, Experience with Ansible, Experience with Puppet, Experience with Git, Experience with Jenkins, Experience with AWS, Experience with Kubernetes, Experience with Nomad, Experience writing infrastructure as code, Experience with Terraform, Experience with Grafana, Experience with Prometheus, Experience with Nagios/Sensu, Experience with Elastic Stack, Experience with Loki
Nice to Have
Experience supporting web applications with microservices architecture, Akka cluster management and monitoring experience, NoSQL database support experience, MongoDB support experience, Couchbase support experience, NGINX server management experience, Programming skills in Python, Programming skills in Bash, Experience in a global, multilingual organization
What You'll Do.
Resolve complex DevOps tasks
Lead Product Operations engineers
Conduct audit of service-management processes
Develop plan for process improvement
Establish key operational performance indicators
Create plan to track performance indicators
Measure performance indicators
Improve performance indicators
Provide immediate response for any alert
Liaise with 3rd parties
Liaise with internal stakeholders
Provide regular reports to manager
Design cloud infrastructure
Implement cloud infrastructure
Scale cloud infrastructure
Drive CI/CD automation
Improve system reliability
Improve system observability
Enforce best practices
Optimize production systems
Foster continuous improvement
Foster operational excellence
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Cross-functional teams; Senior management interaction; Technical subject matter experts interaction; Business stakeholders interaction
Communication Scope
Executive presentations; Technical writing
Full Job Description
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. Read more about who we are and what we do here: [www.playtechpeople.com](http://www.playtechpeople.com/) 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. Playtech is looking for a proactive Lead DevOps Engineer with strong technical expertise and excellent communication skills. In this role, you will lead the design, implementation, and scaling of our cloud infrastructure, with a strong focus on Kubernetes-based environments. You will drive CI/CD automation, improve system reliability and observability, and enforce best practices across infrastructure as code, monitoring, and incident management. As a team lead, you will guide DevOps engineers, optimize production systems, and foster a culture of continuous improvement and operational excellence. Your influential mission. You will... * Resolve most complex DevOps tasks. * Lead the team of Product Operations engineers. * Conduct a comprehensive audit of existing service‑management processes and develop a clear plan for their improvement. * Establish key operational performance indicators and create a clear plan to track, measure, and improve them. * Provide immediate respond for any a
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