Senior Platform Engineer (Data)
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Job Location:
Manchester - UK
Yearly Salary:
GBP 65000 - 85000
Posted on:
Yesterday
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Job description
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 its an exciting time to join us. With the help of our new platform were able to pioneer new products and drive more advanced creative technologies. The result Unrivalled experiences for millions of customers worldwide.
Betfreds Technology department is driven by innovation and youll be at the heart of unlocking our new platforms potential. So if you want to help shape the future of betting and gaming then its to time to join us.
Job Purpose
We are looking for a Senior Platform Engineer with strong experience in database technologies to join our Data Engineering function. The successful candidate will be responsible for developing and maintaining automation tooling and infrastructure that supports our database platforms.
This role sits at the intersection of traditional database administration and modern DevOps practices. You will design and implement CI/CD pipelines automate operational processes and embed observability and resilience into our systems. Working closely with the Database and Platform Engineering teams you will ensure that our database environments are reliable secure compliant and highly available.
Job Duties
Design implement and maintain CI/CD pipelines for MariaDB MongoDB AWS RDS and EC2 database instances.
Automate operational tasks such as backups restores patching scaling and monitoring.
Develop infrastructure-as-code (IaC) and configuration management solutions to standardize deployment of database platforms and code.
Collaborate with DBAs developers and architects and platform engineering to define and implement robust repeatable deployment practices.
Monitor and optimise database performance availability and security using automation and observability tools.
Evaluate adopt and integrate emerging DevOps and database technologies to enhance platform reliability and efficiency.
Drive continuous improvement across deployment workflows monitoring and operational efficiency.
Ensure all database environments comply with organisational and industry security and data protection standards.
Mentor other engineers share knowledge and promote DevOps best practices within the Database Engineering function.
Knowledge Skills and Experience
Essential
Strong Linux administration background and advanced scripting skills (Bash Shell or Python).
Experience designing and managing CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation.
Hands-on experience with automation tools such as Ansible Terraform or equivalent.
Thorough knowledge of replication data protection high availability and disaster recovery strategies.
Familiarity with monitoring and alerting systems such as Prometheus Grafana or similar.
Understanding of data security governance and compliance best practices.
Desirable
Experience with database technologies in high-volume high-availability environments.
Experience with Liquibase or similar schema migration tools.
Experience with Jenkins pipelines and Groovy scripting.
Experience with blue/green or zero-downtime deployment strategies.
Understanding of containerisation and orchestration (Docker Kubernetes).
Strong problem-solving and analytical skills with a proactive approach to automation.
Previous experience mentoring or guiding colleagues in best practices in coding and automation.
Whats in it for you
We offer a variety of competitive benefits some of which vary depending on the role youre recruited to. Some of what you can expect in this role includes:
A competitive rate of pay and pension contribution ()
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.
For More information visit our done! Your application has been successfully submitted!
Required Experience:
Senior IC
Key Skills
- Apache Hive
- S3
- Hadoop
- Redshift
- Spark
- AWS
- Apache Pig
- NoSQL
- Big Data
- Data Warehouse
- Kafka
- Scala
About Company
Sharp Gaming Limited has changed its name to Betfred Technology Limited. Betfred Technology Limited will function as Betfred's technology department. The name change took effect on 29th April 2024.
