Senior DevOps Engineer

At Sportradar we’ve experienced a wonderful period of sustained hypergrowth through a highly focused strategy based upon industry leading product innovation. To continue on this trajectory, we’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 as a senior technical leader.  You should have a passion for DevOps, extensive experience of tooling centric to software crafting/hosting and an expert level understanding of software quality, reliability, release and scaling principles.  You will have 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 people 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.

• A technical leader, with a passion for results
• Proficient in Kubernetes container orchestration and administration.
• Proficient in deploying and running applications in Kubernetes.
• In depth Cloud experience with either AWS, Azure or GCP (at least 3 years).
• Detailed knowledge of GNU/Linux OS (at least 4 years of experience w/ administration of production grade services running on Linux server).
• Application development, technical architecture or application support experience in an agile / continuous delivery environment.
• Excellent experience creating Operational Awareness through monitoring and alerting solutions.
• Highly proficient with IaC and Configuration Management tooling (Terraform, Ansible, Puppet, Chef)
• Strong understanding of CI/CD pipelines (at least 2 years).
• Strong scripting skills (ability to write Bash script, Python / Ruby / Go / other).
• Excellence with version control systems and application lifecycle management (Git / GitLab).
• Excellent communicator at all levels.
• A team player with a strong sense of collaboration and personal development.

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.

SPORTRADAR:

Sportradar is a global leader in collecting, analysing and leveraging the power of sports data and digital content for its clients around the world. We provide cutting-edge solutions and services to media companies, bookmakers, sports federations and state authorities.

We are a truly international business employing over 2,000 people in more than 30 locations around the world. Our rapid growth has been driven by technological innovation alongside an understanding of our clients' business needs. It is our commitment to excellent service, quality and reliability that makes us the trusted partner of more than 1,000 companies in over 100 countries.

We occupy a unique position at the intersection of the sports, media and betting industries. This creates an exciting and fast-moving working environment that rewards creative thinking and hard work. We are passionate about what we do, and we care passionately about our people.

If you think you're up to the challenge, come and help us to grow, innovate and develop!

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At Sportradar, we celebrate our diverse group of hardworking employees. Sportradar is committed to ensuring equal access to its programs, facilities, and employment opportunities. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran. We encourage you to apply even if you only meet most of the requirements (but not 100% of the listed criteria) – we believe skills evolve over time. If you’re willing to learn and grow with us, we invite you to join our team!