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SiteReliabilityEngineer

Manchester, England, United Kingdom FULL TIME Remote Friendly
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

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The Brief

“Site Reliability Engineer at bet365. Skills: Site Reliability Engineering, observability, system reliability, automation. enhance system reliability, observability and performance through a engineering approach. assist with incident resolution and best practices”

What You'll Achieve.

ensure our systems meet user demands and enhance overall service performance.

Industry & Context.

online gambling
Problems you'll solve

effective remediation strategies to improve overall system health and prevent future issues.

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

Excellent knowledge of Site Reliability Engineering principles, including the creation and management of effective Service Level Indicators (SLI) and Service Level Objectives (SLO) for reliability and customer satisfaction., Knowledge of contemporary observability tools, techniques and best practice including Splunk, New Relic, Grafana and Pager Duty., Excellent knowledge of programming languages including Python, Golang and JavaScript., Knowledge and experience of modern software development techniques and lifecycles., Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) automation and orchestration tools such as Ansible and Terraform., Prior experience working in a large scale, 24/7 enterprise where system uptime and stability is of paramount importance to the Business., Proficiency in shell scripting for automation and system management tasks.

Nice to Have

Keen interest of industry trends, particularly Platform Engineering.

What You'll Do.

enhance system reliability

observability and performance through a engineering approach

assist with incident resolution and best practices

performance and availability of critical systems

implement solutions that enhance reliability

including service instrumentation with tools such as Open Telemetry

improve logging practices and develop features for maintainability

engineer tools and automation for effective service management

Writing and contributing to code that enhances the reliability and observability of services

operational APIs and tooling.

Developing and maintaining tools that facilitate effective management of our systems

ensuring they are operationally efficient and resilient.

Working with automation and orchestration platforms to automate manual activity and reduce toil.

Building sophisticated dashboards using a range of telemetry data and dash boarding technologies like Grafana

Splunk and New Relic.

Maintaining and administering existing monitoring and analytic toolsets.

Actively participating in live incident resolution and post-mortem analysis

providing effective remediation strategies to improve overall system health and prevent future issues.

Driving initiatives to enhance system reliability and observability

contributing to a culture of continuous improvement.

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Collaboration is key, working across multiple functions to integrate reliability and observability best practices into the software development life cycle.; By supporting governance standards set by the central teams, you will foster a culture where these principles are integral to development.; Collaborating with the central Site Reliability Engineering and Observability teams to establish and uphold standards for reliability and observability, assisting teams in adhering to these practices.; Working with IT Operations, providing and supporting the use of critical tooling to enable increasing levels of value to the Business.

Full Job Description

At bet365, we're one of the world's leading online gambling companies, revolutionising the industry since 2000. Founded by Denise Coates CBE, we now employ over 9,000 people and serve over 100 million customers in 27 languages. Our focus on In-Play betting has solidified our market-leading position, offering an unmatched experience across 96 sports and 700,000 streaming events. With over 750 concurrent sporting fixtures at peak and more live sports streamed than anyone else in Europe, we handle over 6 billion HTTP requests daily and process more than 2 million bets per hour at peak. We empower our employees to push boundaries and explore new ideas, cultivating a culture that celebrates and rewards creativity. This offers employees a wealth of opportunities for growth, giving them the opportunity to make a real impact in the world of online gambling. As a forward-thinking company, we’re breaking new ground in software innovation too, redefining what’s possible for our customers worldwide. As a Site Reliability Engineer, you will enhance system reliability, observability and performance through a strong engineering approach and assist with incident resolution and best practices. You will have software engineering skills, focusing on system reliability and observability. You will monitor the health, performance and availability of critical systems, directly impacting operational efficiency. Using your engineering expertise, you will implement solutions that enhance reliability, including service instrumentation with tools such as Open Telemetry, improve logging practices and develop features for maintainability. You will also help engineer tools and automation for effective service management. Collaboration is key, working across multiple functions to integrate reliability and observability best practices into the software development life cycle. By supporting governance standards set by the central teams, you will foster a culture where these principles are integral t

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