Senior DevOps Engineer

Company DescriptionWe’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 DescriptionWe’re looking for an addition to a group of highly experienced engineers in a DevOps solutions and technology team. Working closely with engineering teams to foster a strong culture of collaboration, system development lifecycles and infrastructure as code practices. Develop and support high quality digital solutions, with a focus on building operational awareness, supporting configuration management and ensuring quality. Become integral to a team of software developers, test analysts and product owners as part of the DevOps Practice. Sportradar is a truly digital organisation with a very broad array of B2B applications and services. As we embark on a very exciting technical transformation with a focus on cloud migration and microservice architectures, it is a great time to join our team! THE CHALLENGE: To succeed in this role, you have a diverse background with software development in a language of your choice. You should have a passion for DevOps, experience of tooling centric to software crafting/hosting and a senior level understanding of software quality, reliability, release and scaling principles. You will have extensive experience setting up continuous integration/delivery in agile teams. In addition, you will have operational experience with system administration or site reliability engineering which allows you to craft and maintain resilient systems. You will also have a natural desire to automate all things, coach and guide your peer development community and a passion for reproducible results. There are several key challenge areas: DevOps evangelism and mentorship Design, build and improve the software delivery lifecycle for a broad array of products and services. Automate the creation and management of our software platforms. Craft reusable frameworks that simplify platform, delivery and observability. Enable teams to work efficiently and effectively through technology and ways of working solutions. Help drive excellence in development, quality assurance and operational teams. YOUR PROFILE: Advanced expertise in Kubernetes, including architecture design, complex troubleshooting, and performance optimisation. Proven track record of designing and implementing large-scale, resilient Kubernetes-based applications. Extensive public Cloud experience preferably with AWS. Expert-level knowledge of GNU/Linux OS with significant experience in managing production-grade services and high-availability systems.. Application development, technical architecture or application support experience in an agile / continuous delivery environment. Excellent experience creating Operational Awareness through monitoring and alerting solutions. Mastery in Infrastructure as Code and Configuration Management, with a proven ability to design and implement scalable and automated infrastructure solutions. (Terraform, Ansible, Puppet, Chef, Cloudformation) Strong understanding of CI/CD pipelines. Advanced scripting skills with proficiency in automating complex tasks and developing custom tooling (Bash, Python / Ruby / Go / other). Excellence with version control systems and application lifecycle management (Git / GitLab). Exceptional communication skills, with experience in mentoring team members and leading cross-functional collaboration. Proven leadership and team-building skills, with a commitment to fostering a culture of continuous learning and personal development within the team. OUR OFFER: Working within a well-established team of experienced DevOps engineers. Work with Kubernetes, microservice architectures, cloud providers and other modern and exciting technologies. Collaborate with supporting colleagues from all over the world. The opportunity to work and develop within an inspiring and fast-growing company. A challenging but rewarding and fun environment. QualificationsAdditional InformationSportradar 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