Infrastructure Engineer

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.

As an Infrastructure Engineer, you will use your skills in Linux administration to integrate, create and enhance enterprise infrastructure services.

The Infrastructure Services team is responsible for the architecture and design of mission-critical compute and storage platforms that underpin our high-availability, performance-critical products and services.

This is a great opportunity for a passionate and creative Linux engineer with a software-engineering mindset. Our environment is varied and complex, spanning bare-metal and virtualised Windows and Linux workloads across private and public cloud.

You will enhance our system integration capability and support the efficient delivery of projects across the department. Working with system data, you will apply AI-driven techniques to generate insights and improve observability across our estate. You will also support architects with broader technical initiatives and have the opportunity to upskill across these areas.

You may be required to provide out-of-hours support on a rota basis, which could occasionally require in-office weekend presence.

• Linux (Red Hat or Ubuntu derivatives). ·
• Fluency in one or more of the following languages: Python, Go, bash, PowerShell or Ansible.
• Solid understanding of Version Control (Git) and CI/CD principles. ·
• Experience working with public cloud is advantageous.
• Fundamental understanding of networking, load balancing, storage and virtualisation.
• Experience in collecting and visualising metric and log data, such as Splunk or Elastic.
• Effective time management, organisation and work prioritisation to meet deadlines while maintaining excellent attention to detail.
• Ability to apply a logical approach to problem solving while under pressure and be an active communicator on technical issues.
• Bachelors degree within a relevant field would be advantageous.

• Collaborating with technology specialists to deliver platform enhancements.  
• Recognising areas for continuous improvement and opportunities for automation.
• Debugging complex issues in a high availability architecture. ·
• Defining and enhancing system monitoring using modern tooling and practices.
• Acting as a point of escalation.
• Participating in an on call support rota for technical escalation.

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