Senior Platform Engineer in Manchester

About Us

Our mission is to dominate the betting and gaming industry on a global scale and we need the very best Tech talent to help us achieve this. We recently migrated all of our customers onto our very own proprietary platform - so it's an exciting time to join us. With the help of our new platform, we're able to pioneer new products and drive more advanced, creative technologies. The result? Unrivalled experiences for millions of customers worldwide. Betfred's Technology department is driven by innovation, and you'll be at the heart of unlocking our new platform's potential. So, if you want to help shape the future of betting and gaming, then it's time to join us.

Job Purpose

We are looking for a Senior Platform Engineer who is passionate about code, automation, infrastructure, problem solving and building robust solutions to problems. You will believe in the culture of DevOps, working with and supporting the delivery of tools, process and best practices to engineers across the business, that allows us to ship software seamlessly into production, to observe how it operates and respond quickly to problems. The platform is .Net, using RabbitMQ, WebAPI and WCF to connect services, and MySQL and MongoDB to manage our vast amounts of data. We deploy to both AWS and On Premise VMWare infrastructure, using infrastructure as code, we use Virtual Machines as well as Kubernetes to manage our containers, where we’ve adopted a microservice based architecture. As we move more workloads to Kubernetes, there is scope to innovate and drive the business forward using GitOps and modern delivery methods. You must be keen on keeping up-to-date with new technologies, techniques and processes, and identify where these could lead to improvements for your role.

Job Duties

• Develop standard application stacks using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) to address common use cases.
• Build on the prototype application stacks to deliver a production ready environment that can be scaled to meet future requirements.
• Work with Kubernetes, Docker and standard virtual machine infrastructure to allow automated deployment, upgrade and operation of application stacks that can be reused across multiple projects.
• Design and implement solutions that can be reused across multiple projects.
• Work with Security and Compliance to ensure application stacks are hardened against malicious attacks.
• Work with the Application Development teams and the Digital Technology business to deliver solutions that meet their emerging requirements.
• Work with the Engineering Managers and Architects to develop a set of Standard Operational Procedures that can be rolled out across the business and to third parties who need to work in our cloud-based environments.
• Work with the Engineering teams to diagnose and support issues with infrastructure, pipelines or applications.
• Upgrade and maintain our internal application tooling.

Knowledge, Skills and Experience

• Background in Platform/OS engineering, both Linux and Windows experience is preferred.
• Experience using configuration management and infrastructure as code such as Ansible and Terraform.
• Experience with containers using both Docker and Kubernetes.
• Strong AWS Platform Engineering skills in particular; EC2, S3, IAM and VPC/network configuration.
• Experience with VMWare is a bonus, especially vSphere, NSX, VCF.
• Comfortable working in a fast paced, lean and deadline driven organisation.
• Able to work under pressure and to ask for support when required.
• Ability to quickly undertake evaluation of competing products to determine which best meets the company’s requirements.
• Enjoys keeping up to date with advances in technologies and how they can be applied to projects.
• Able to automate complex operational and technical processes using industry standard tools.
• In-depth knowledge of cloud environments and typical technology stacks employed in them.
• In-depth understanding of Cloud security issues and solutions.
• An excellent communicator, both verbal and written.
• Someone who is adaptable and able to pick up new techniques.

What’s in it for you?

We offer a variety of competitive benefits, some of which vary depending on the role you’re recruited to. Some of what you can expect in this role includes:

• A competitive rate of pay and pension contribution (£60,000 -£75,000).
• Generous discretionary bonus schemes, incentives and competitions.
• An annual leave entitlement that increases with length of service.
• Access to an online GP 24/7, 365 days a year for you and your immediate family.
• Employee wellbeing support through our Employee Assistance Programme.
• Enhanced Maternity & Paternity Pay.
• Long Service Recognition.
• Access to a pay day savings scheme, financial coach and up to 40% of your earned wage ahead of payday, through Wagestream.