Junior DevOps Engineer

The Junior DevOps Engineer will work as a member of the DevOps team within our iGaming platform, ensuring the smooth, efficient, and secure operation of our development, deployment, and production environments. This position plays a critical role in our day to day maintenance and running of systems within our platforms. Goals are achieving efficient systems, which are well supported and highly available.The ideal candidate has some experience in cloud services, and support of services. Experience in the fast-paced iGaming industry is highly preferred, with a focus on compliance, security, and high-traffic environments.The role will include on-call requirements, to be shared with other members of the team.

Infrastructure Maintenance:
  - Assist with maintenance of our existing systems, ensuring the database is optimal and working efficiently, and helping to rebuild structures to improve our overall performance.  - Implement infrastructure-as-code (IaC) solutions using tools like Terraform to automate the provisioning and management of resources.  - Ensure the reliability of production environments through effective monitoring, alerting, and capacity planning.  - Optimize the performance and scalability of systems to handle large volumes of gaming traffic and transactions.

Continuous Integration & Delivery (CI/CD):
  - Develop of CI/CD pipelines using tools such as Jenkins, GitLab, CircleCI, or similar.  - Ensure continuous testing and deployment processes are streamlined, reducing manual interventions and enabling rapid releases.  - Involve in production releases of our products, with a focus on time to market and ensurance of quality.  - Assist with adoption of containerization and orchestration technologies, such as Docker and Kubernetes, to support scalable microservices architectures.

Security & Compliance:
 - Work closely with security teams to implement best practices in securing infrastructure, including firewalls, encryption, and access control.  - Ensure compliance with iGaming regulations, including data protection (GDPR), licensing, and auditing requirements.  - Work with automated security tools (e.g., vulnerability scanning, intrusion detection) to proactively identify and resolve potential threats.

Second Line Support:
Work with front-line support team to assist in queries that are more complicated, and take care of systems configurations as required  - On-call responsibility out of hours on a rota to assist when we have a systems outage or other incident  - Conduct post-mortem reviews on incidents, identify root causes, and implement corrective actions to prevent future issues.

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• 1+ years of experience** in DevOps or SRE roles.
• Experience in **iGaming** or high-transaction, high-availability industries is highly preferred.
• Experience in cloud platforms (AWS, Google Cloud, Azure).
• Solid understanding of containerization and orchestration technologies (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Experience with monitoring and alerting tools (Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, etc.)

Desired Soft Skills:
- Strong problem-solving and decision-making abilities.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills to collaborate across teams.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced, constantly evolving environment with high-stakes operational demands.
- A proactive, can-do attitude with a passion for continuous improvement and innovation

• Competitive salary based on experience.
• Health insurance.

This role offers an opportunity to grow within a DevOps team in an exciting industry, working with experienced colleagues and helping to make a real difference to our systems, driving technological excellence, automation, and operational stability across gaming platforms with millions of users worldwide.

RAW is a new studio with a conviction to create something that stands out in the sea of sameness. We develop innovative, easy-to-understand and highly entertaining slot games for the gaming industry. We were founded in March 2021, by well-known industry experts with strong investment backing.

 
At RAW iGaming, we believe in the fundamental principles of equality and diversity. We are committed to fostering an inclusive environment where everyone, regardless of gender, race, age, sexual orientation or beliefs, is respected and valued. This commitment is integral to our culture and drives our efforts to ensure equal opportunities and create a diverse and dynamic workforce.