Remote DevOps Engineer at SportyBet Remote Job

Sporty's sites are some of the most popular on the internet, consistently staying in Alexa's list of top websites for the countries they operate in.
We spend millions per year on our infrastructure in order to support millions of users across more than 20 countries. Our DevOps Engineers play a key role in ensuring the smooth operation of the site, as well as setting up new infrastructure for greenfield projects and geographic expansion.
In support of our global expansion and due to increased demands on our platforms we're building a remote Devops and Site Reliability Team

Who We Are

Sporty Group is a consumer internet and technology business with an unrivalled sports media, gaming, social, and fintech platform which serves millions of daily active users across the globe via technology and operations hubs across more than 10 countries and 3 continents.
The recipe for our success is to discover intelligent and energetic people, who are passionate about our products and serving our users, and attract and retain them with a dynamic and flexible work life which empowers them to create value and rewards them generously based upon their contribution.
We have already built a capable and proven team of 300+ high achievers from a diverse set of backgrounds and we are looking for more talented individuals to drive further growth and contribute to the innovation, creativity and hard work that currently serves our users further via their grit and innovation.

Responsibilities

Work with a team of DevOps and DBA professionalsImprove existing infrastructure and processes in the 6 countries we're currently deployed in as well as streamlining processes deploy to new countries in the future
Holistically improve all aspects of our DevOps infrastructure including: reducing costs; streamlining environment provisioning; lowering response times and incorporating the latest techniques and technologies
Monitor and maintain the existing cloud infrastructure via autoscaling, automated alerts, and OpsWork and Grafana dashboards
Take ownership and responsibility for our cloud operation activities
Liaise with external security agencies for annual audits as well as perform our own internal security sweeps
Aid in reconfiguring existing architecture to allow for rapid deployments to new countries
Mentoring less experienced team members

3+ years DevOps experience
Experience independently leading the planning and deployment of a project
Experienced with cloud platforms, especially AWS, including solid knowledge of how to utilise cloud resources to fulfil the demand from other teams and production
A sound understanding of modern Micro Services and Service Mesh concepts
Experience managing Kubernetes, including CI / CD with Kubernetes
Solid networking knowledge, especially the TCP / IP stack and HTTP protocol
A strong understanding of cache, including CDN, HTTP cache, Redis / Memcached
Excellent troubleshooting skills, including Linux OS issue diagnosis and OS parameter optimisation, JVM optimisation would be highly advantageous

Quarterly and flash bonuses
Flexible working hours
Top-of-the-line equipment
Education allowance
Referral bonuses
28 days paid annual leave
Annual company retreat - we all went to Dubai in 2022 and are planning 2 more retreats for 2023!
Highly talented, dependable co-workers in a global, multicultural organisation
We score 100% on The Joel Test
Our teams are small enough for you to be impactful
Our business is globally established and successful, offering stability and security to our Team Members