Cloud Platform Engineer, Embedded

Location: Manchester, England, gb

Company Description

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.

Job Description

As a Cloud Platform Engineer, you will be responsible for the delivery and operations of cloud services aligned to teams within one of the wider delivery functions.

The next stage of our initiative is to expand our public cloud capability and establish a seamless operating model, leveraging the speed and flexibility of a self-serve model while maintaining a strong relationship with the core platform team.

We are embedding Cloud Platform Engineers within product delivery domains to build, operate and support critical cloud products.

In this role, you will have the opportunity to make an immediate impact in the Business by applying your experience to innovative initiatives within a challenging and dynamic environment. We will provide the support and training you need to grow and progress.

You will need to have a development background transitioning to cloud technologies and you will work closely with development teams.

This role is eligible for inclusion in the Company’s hybrid working from home policy.

Qualifications

• Significant public cloud experience, preferably with Google Cloud.
• Strong core platform knowledge in Projects and Folders, IAM and Billing.
• Proficiency operating with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using industry standard tooling, preferably Terraform and methodologies.
• Knowledge of GitOps and preferably experience of use.
• Proficiency of source code management including Git.
• Ability to utilise custom automation and scripting using tools such as G-Cloud, CLI, Bash, Python and Golang.
• Experience of modern platform stacks such as Kubernetes or GKE, as well as affiliated technologies and workflows including service mesh, ingress, CI, CD, monitoring stacks and security instruments.
• Strong understanding of networking in public cloud environments.
• Awareness of key security considerations when operating in the public cloud.

Additional Information

• Working as an embedded Cloud Platform Engineer within a software function to deploy, operate and support related cloud resources.
• Taking accountability for the end-to-end delivery of cloud resources as part of software product initiatives.
• Working with and influencing others to advocate and guide technical aspects of cloud adoption.
• Working with the central cloud platform team to embed key principles and standards in the operational running of responsible technologies.
• Supporting and consulting with stakeholders.
• Driving engineering excellence across your team by fostering modern engineering practices and processes.
• Working with the central cloud platform team to help steer the next iteration of self-serve automation technologies. 

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