Cloud Platform Engineer

Overview

bet365 Manchester, England, United Kingdom

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.

Job Description

As a Cloud Platform Engineer, you will help to build, operate and enhance our expanding Google Cloud environments as part of our Technology function.

We are excited to announce the growth of our cloud platform team, who help build and support the Business alongside the deployment of new products.

A long‑term initiative is underway to build a public Cloud capability, which will be equal with the Company’s On‑Premise know‑how. This will create a seamless hybrid operating model delivering against the needs of the Business.

We’re looking for someone who has a passion for working on innovative initiatives and will make an immediate impact to the Business by bringing their own experience to a challenging but vibrant environment. You will be given the support and training to allow you to grow and progress within this position.

This role is eligible for inclusion in the Company’s hybrid working from home policy.

Qualifications

• Significant and broad public cloud experience at scale preferably with Google Cloud.
• Strong core platform knowledge in Projects and Folders, IAM and Billing.
• Proficiency operating with Infrastructure as Code using industry standard tooling, preferably Terraform and methodologies.
• Confident in utilising custom automation and scripting using tools such as G‑Cloud, CLI, Bash, Python and Golang.
• In depth understanding of modern platform stacks such as Kubernetes or GKE, as well as affiliated technologies and workflows including service mesh/ingress, CI/CD, monitoring stacks and security instruments.
• Strong understanding of networking in Public Cloud environments.
• Clear grasp of security considerations when operating in the public cloud.
• Practical understanding of financial management in the cloud and FinOps concepts.

Additional Information

• Maintaining and improving our cloud platform as part of a team whilst acting as a key escalation point where necessary.
• Taking accountability for the end‑to‑end delivery of public cloud pathfinder initiatives.
• Working with and influencing others to advocate and lead technical aspects of our journey to the public cloud.
• Working with the team to embed the cloud platform team in the operational running of the wider technology function.
• Supporting and consulting with stakeholders.
• Driving engineering excellence across your team by fostering modern engineering practices and processes.
• Working with the team to develop the next iteration of self‑serve automation technologies.

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At bet365, we’re committed to creating an environment where everyone feels welcome, respected and valued. Where all individuals can grow and develop, regardless of their background. We’re Never Ordinary, and we’re always striving to be better. If you need any adjustments or accommodations to the recruitment process, at either application or interview, please don’t hesitate to reach out.