Infrastructure and DevOps Engineer (Senior)
The Infrastructure & DevOps Engineer (Sr) will be comfortable in Linux systems admin, have worked with cloud technologies, and be comfortable guiding junior engineers in a fast paced 24hour business!
We usually respond within two weeks
Overview
We are looking for a talented and passionate senior Infrastructure and DevOps Engineer who is comfortable in Linux systems administration, and has worked with cloud technologies.
As a senior part of the team that maintains TXODDS' technology platforms including servers, networking and other cloud infrastructure, this role will support the Head of Infrastructure and DevOps in mentoring and guiding junior engineers.
This professional will support projects and business initiatives via provisioning computer services and capabilities as required, and software build and release processes; optimising delivery and minimising outages and operational impact.
We provide a 24 hour service, so as part of this role you will be required to participate in an on-call rota covering weekends and out-of-business hours (one week out of four).
What you'll do
- Operational support for TXODDS servers, networks and cloud infrastructure.
- Responding to faults and incidents with potential to impact product uptime and availability.
- Maintaining a wide understanding of our architecture and service interdependencies.
- Management of high priority security vulnerabilities and implementation of mitigations where appropriate.
- Ensuring a high level of observability and monitoring throughout of infrastructure and services.
- Implementing backups of data stores, monitoring and testing backups and restores.
- Working with other operational teams to triage issues and resolve issues.
- Provision of compute/network/cloud capability to support new projects and products.
- Attending project calls and meetings to understand requirements and work with stakeholders.
- Support project delivery processes in the role of Infrastructure design authority and/or architect.
- Provide financial forecasts and options for infrastructure capabilities to support project/product requirements.
- Provide resource impact estimates and delivery forecasts for infrastructure components.
- Delivering infrastructure components in line with forecast and to specification.
- Implementing new configuration management code to support application deployment requirements.
- Support of DevOps processes and capabilities.
- Maintenance of existing legacy “DevOps” capabilities including server configuration management, software build and test infrastructure capabilities and artifact deployment.
- Lead on tranisition to ‘containerisation’ and ‘gitops’ of applications and deployment workflows.
- Continual research and assessment of new “DevOps” technology and vendor capabilities.
What we expect
- Significant infrastructure engineer experience
- Linux skills ( RHEL )
- Puppet skills
- Kubernetes skills
- Experience working with AWS and hosted server providers
- Ability to be on-call one week out of four as above.
Management
- Experience mentoring and supporting junior engineers.
Clear thought leadership
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment with competing and alternating priorities and constant focus on delivery.
- Logical and structured approach to problem-solving in both near-term (tactical) and mid-to-long term (strategic) horizons.
Communication
- Good verbal and written communication skills.
Nice to have
- Any AWS certifications
- Ansible skills
- Terraform skills
Industry/Domain experience
- Exposure to the sports data information or betting systems domain is a bonus.
- Exposure to financial, trading, and risk management systems is an advantage.
Our recruitment process consists of an introductory call, a technical test to get to know your skills, and a technical interview to discuss your approach and get to know you better.
Scroll down for what we offer!
- Department
- Infrastructure
- Locations
- TXODDS London office
- Remote status
- Hybrid Remote
- Employment type
- Full-time
Perks & Benefits
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A generous salary
Along with a rewarding career, fun workspace and supportive team, we offer very generous salaries.
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Hybrid work policy
We believe in flexible working, and have a Hybrid Policy to support sometimes working from home or wherever you want.
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Your perfect setup
A brand new laptop when you join, the option of noise cancelling headphones, as well as choosing your work environment - whether you like a more social vibe or a silent space.
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TX socials
Regular team socials, regular team lunches, after work drinks and fun events around the sports calendar. In the UK, Playstation and table tennis competitions!
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Access private box to see Arsenal games
Access to watch home games from our private box at the Emirates Stadium, with free food and drinks for Arsenal home games!
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Coaching & mentoring to help you with your development
We're growing quickly, and we’ll give you the opportunity to do the same.
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And many more...
Pension scheme, private healthcare, UK cycle scheme and more!
TXODDS London office
Workplace & Culture
We focus on multitalented competence, leading us necessarily to a diverse team of varying backgrounds, religions, ages, genders and neurologies.
Here at TXODDS, we are always in search of the brightest minds to join our scaling team. It doesn’t matter if your field of expertise is tech or customer support, admin or sales, we want to hear from you!
We don’t just hire people for their skill set, we hire you for your ability to fit in and drive our business. If you’re hard working, love to find solutions, enjoy working in a fast-paced environment, then we might just be the team for you!
About TXODDS
We have spent 20+ years creating a market leading global delivery platform for low latency streamed odds data. TXODDS specialises in the aggregation of sports betting data and distribution of FAST, ACCURATE ODDS via betting odds API feeds and providing historical data to the global sports betting industry.
We work behind-the-scenes across the sports gaming industry, ensuring clients have access to real time, accurate and relevant data – no matter which sport or fixture. We also maintain the world’s most comprehensive betting odds data archive, for full end-to-end Analytics and Business Intelligence retrieval. Our products give access to the most reliable, low latency and actionable sports betting data available.
Even if you do not recognise our name, if you have ever placed a bet online, it is likely that the site is actively utilising our data.
Infrastructure and DevOps Engineer (Senior)
The Infrastructure & DevOps Engineer (Sr) will be comfortable in Linux systems admin, have worked with cloud technologies, and be comfortable guiding junior engineers in a fast paced 24hour business!
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