Senior Platform Engineer

Company Description

We’re the world’s leading sports technology company, at the intersection between sports, media, and betting. More than 1,700 sports federations, media outlets, betting operators, and consumer platforms across 120 countries rely on our know-how and technology to boost their business.

Job Description

Job Description

As a Platform Engineer in Sportradar you will be part of Sportradar's global team. The team works closely with developers, security, DevOps and Architects.

Sportradar invests heavily in automation and accessibility services. We are therefore looking for a new team member who can implement and maintain such services. 
Our server infrastructure consists of thousands of physical and virtual machine, includes managed services, Kubernetes clusters and spans several physical data centers as well as Amazon Web Services (AWS). We are expanding our virtual infrastructure with container orchestration through Kubernetes and explore managed services with our cloud provider.

You will work with the solutions of the future in the sports, media and betting industry. You will collaborate with developers on technical architecture and implementation of new products and services.

THE CHALLANGE:

• Collaborating with developers on technical architecture and implementation of new products and services

• Searching, selecting, and implementing new tools and technologies for a simpler everyday life

• Ensuring that Sportradar's services are available and functional 24/7 by being part of their watch arrangement

YOUR PROFILE:

• Prior professional experience as a Platform Engineer or Linux System Administrator, excellent understanding of Linux operating system and distributed systems in general

• Strong interest in cloud technologies, previous experience with AWS or other cloud providers and willingness to learn what AWS can do

• Understanding of configuration management, infrastructure as code such as Terraform and Puppet

• Awareness of what Kubernetes / Docker is and prior experience or willingness to learn more around hosting it

• Strong technical interest and tools awareness with monitoring tools (Newrelic, Prometheus, Pagerduty, Grafana)

• Good oral and written presentation skills in English
   

We do not expect you to have knowledge of all these technologies, but hope you want to learn!

OUR OFFER:

• Competitive salary and benefits

• Work and develop within an inspiring and fast-growing company

• Adapted training plan and continuous learning to maintain and develop the level of competence

• International environment, opportunity to collaborate with colleagues from all over the world (Engineering offices in Europe, Asia and US)

• Be a part of a company, which culture promotes social aspects, sports, physical exercise, and fun

It is important what competence you have, but just as important is who you are as a person. At Sportradar, you want to work in teams, so it is important that you have good collaboration skills and want to be a team player. You are eager and take a stand, and have no problem taking the initiative if you see that something can be done differently or made more efficient. You are hungry to learn and have a positive attitude. Do you recognize yourself in this? Then we want to get to know you better!

Qualifications

Additional Information

Sportradar is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to encourage diversity within our teams. All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to among other things, your background, status, or personal preferences