DevOps Engineer

Light & Wonder — Sliema, Malta

iGaming:
If it’s iGaming, we know a thing or two. At Light & Wonder, It’s all about the games, and our digital team leads the global iGaming market, providing jaw-dropping content and innovative software that powers the world's most successful online gaming providers.

Position Summary

DevOps Engineer

iGaming
If it’s iGaming, we know a thing or two. At Light & Wonder, it’s all about the games, and our digital team leads the global iGaming market, providing jaw-dropping content and innovative software that powers the world's most successful online gaming providers.

Position Summary

Light & Wonder is the global leader in cross-platform games and entertainment. The company brings together 5,000 employees from six continents to connect content between land-based and digital channels with unmatched technology and distribution. Guided by a culture that values daring teamwork and creativity, Light & Wonder builds new worlds of play, developing game experiences loved by players around the globe. The company’s Infinity platform powers the largest digital-gaming network in the industry. Light & Wonder is committed to the highest standards of integrity, from promoting player responsibility to implementing sustainable practices. To learn more, visit lnw.com.

We are on the lookout for a DevOps Engineer to join our team and help us create better! 

As a DevOps Engineer within the Infinity DevOps team, you will be expected to: 

• Take ownership of the design, creation, configuration and delivery of cloud infrastructure and environments using automation and security best practices.  

• Help implement a Cl/CD strategy to incorporate the entire product development lifecycle as well as the continual evolution of cross-functional collaboration, associated best practices, and standards. 

• Create accurate documentation for use by Development, QA, Technical Operations, Product, Support, etc. 

• Create/maintain tools to enhance observability of our cloud-based environments, ensuring that platform stability and uptime targets are always met.

• Promote the use of cloud-native tools and methodologies.

• Proactively be part of a high-performance enablement team working in a fast-paced environment. 

Qualifications

What we are looking for

We are looking for a person that is highly passionate about what they do, are self-motivated, driven and enjoy collaborating with different teams. You will need to have a strong background in DevOps processes and tools. You should be curious, eager to learn and share your knowledge with others. As a strong candidate you will have: 

• 2-4 years of DevOps experience across a range of industries

• Experience with programming languages, e.g. Python, Bash, Go.

• Strong knowledge of Linux operating systems administration. 

• Extensive experience working in AWS. 

• Experience with Configuration Management tools, ideally Ansible, and solid experience with IaC tools, especially Terraform, ideally on AWS. 

• Good understanding of version control tools such as GitHub and BitBucket

• Experience with CI/CD tools such Jenkins and GH Actions. Nice to have – knowledge of CircleCI and Kubernetes-related tools such as ArgoCD and Flux

• Knowledge of monitoring and analysis tools such as Elasticsearch, Prometheus, Splunk, DataDog, Grafana, Kibana, Zabbix, etc. 

• A working knowledge of containerisation and orchestration technologies – Docker, Kubernetes, ECS, EKS

• Experience working with Agile and Scrum methodologies.

• Knowledge of and ideally experience in Kafka, MSK, Kafka Connect and similar technologies.

• Ability to multi-task, work well under pressure and prioritize work against competing deadlines and changing business priorities. 

• Nice to have – working experience in infrastructure, particularly around networking and cloud-based DNS services such as Cloudflare.

Additional Information

Why would you enjoy working with us at Light & Wonder?

• Competitive benefits, an open and supportive environment as well as a modern and exciting workplace.

• The opportunity to interact with global teams on a regular basis and the possibility to switch teams and projects as you and our business continues to develop and grow.

• Exciting projects with opportunities for creating positive change to our game engineering ecosystem.

We are open to hiring this role in Bulgaria or Sofia, with an expectation that the successful candidate will be in the office 4 days a week.

And if that is not enough; you will get to enjoy a stunning work location and flexible working whilst we provide you with the guidance and development skills you need to progress quickly and enhance your career.

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