Cloud Platform Technical Lead in Stoke-on-Trent

hackajob is collaborating with Bet365 to connect them with exceptional tech professionals for this role.

At bet365, we are 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 are breaking new ground in software innovation too, redefining what is possible for our customers worldwide.

As a Cloud Platform Technical Lead, you will work with team members and wider stakeholders to develop, operate and enhance our Google Cloud platform. The Cloud platform team are responsible for focusing on the continued management, operation, and enhancement of our global services such as our Google Cloud platform and Cloudflare services. We help teams to adopt Cloud services in the correct way, and ensure they benefit from the inherent advantage of public Cloud and managed services, to deliver secure and reliable services, faster. You will be highly technical and have the ability to solve complex Cloud problems, working both internally and externally to the team to deliver initiatives, alongside the operation and improvement of our existing Cloud services and products. This includes the writing, reviewing, and deploying Infrastructure as Code (IaC) managed resources. You will act as a key escalation point and provide technical guidance to team members, helping to drive the continued adoption of our self-serve operating model. This role is eligible for inclusion in the Company’s hybrid working from home policy.

Qualifications

• Extensive exposure to public cloud at scale.
• Extensive experience of Kubernetes, including deployment, management and troubleshooting of Kubernetes environments.
• Demonstrable experience of deploying and managing technology platforms, ideally public Cloud.
• Experience of working with Infrastructure as Code and automation pipelines such as Terraform, git, GitLab, CI and CD.
• Knowledge of GitOps technology.
• Experience of working in a technology focused organisation and delivering complex technical projects.
• Commercial experience working in operational infrastructure roles ideally with On-Call.
• Adept at working with project managers and other delivery teams to ensure work is planned and timescales are clear.
• Software development experience is preferable, for example the use of Go.

Additional Information

• Delivering critical Cloud platform services and resources in relation to Business initiatives.
• Collaborating with senior stakeholders, architects and other leads to architect changes to the platform.
• Managing and operating Cloud platforms and services.
• Developing and improving automation technologies within the team’s platforms.
• Defining technical solutions in support of team members and stakeholders.
• Solving problems and troubleshooting, including responding to major incidents across platform services and technologies, and in support of wider teams.
• Providing technical support and guidance to team members and stakeholders.
• Defining and contributing to platform enhancements and improvements.
• Acting as a technical key escalation point as required.
• Continuing to learn and stay up to date for required Cloud services and technologies.

At bet365, we are committed to creating an environment where everyone feels welcome, respected and valued. Where all individuals can grow and develop, regardless of their background. We are Never Ordinary, and we are 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.