DevOps Engineer
- DigiOutsource
- Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
Job Description
Kick-start your career in the online gaming world and experience the very latest in technology and innovation.
Who We Are
We’re part of Super Group, the NYSE-listed digital gaming company behind some of the world’s leading Sports and iGaming brands.
At DigiOutsource, we bring passionate people and innovative tech together to create market-leading online gaming solutions. Our multidisciplinary teams are passionate about products, customer experience and security. We’re empowered to achieve the ultimate in high-performance gaming experiences using the best technology available.
Who We’re Looking For
We’re on a thrilling journey of growth and innovation, and we need passionate, driven individuals to join us. At DigiOutsource, every day is action-packed, and we expect you to bring your A-game. In return, you’ll find a supportive environment where your skills can flourish and your career can soar.
Ready to become a game-changer? Supercharge your career with us and be part of something extraordinary.
Why we need you
We’re on a mission to create extraordinary experiences for our customers, and we believe that your unique skills, passion and superdrive will help us achieve our vision.
As DevOps Engineer you’ll be supporting in driving the adoption and successful operation of Kubernetes and Cloud platforms within our organization, contributing to the overall efficiency, scalability, and reliability of our containerized infrastructure and applications.. This will help us build market leading platforms and software to stay ahead of the game.
What You’ll Be Doing
As part of your role, your responsibilities will include:
- Providing leadership and accountability for work you undertake
- Articulating your work and ideas
- Adapting to fast-changing business requirements in a dynamic environment
- Taking on ideas and responding to feedback from the business and other technical experts
- Researching and implementing new technologies within the DevOps space to improve the process of code deployment to our environments, seeking to eliminate inefficiency using relevant technology solutions
- Following a source control culture within the configuration of servers and applications where environment configurations are stored in code for a fully automated process.
- Participating in a 24/7 support roster to support applications after hours, training other DevOps team members to resolve issues and reduce the dependency on yourself or other tech teams after hours.
- Taking part in daily stand-ups with the DevOps team and your assigned Dev teams to receive work and supply updates, and provide input with respect to design, monitoring, deployment, resource and security requirements.
- Attending Development meetings at project inception to ensure DevOps standards are adhered to, especially with respect to logging and monitoring of application health and compatibility with infrastructure design, security requirements and compliance and best practices.
- Maintaining knowledge of the inner workings of all applications within your portfolio, ensuring that all system dependencies are documented.
Essential Skills You’ll Bring To The Table
The necessary skills that we require for this role include:
- Strong verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to convey complex ideas clearly and effectively
- Experience working collaboratively in cross-functional teams, with a focus on achieving shared goals
- Expertise in managing multiple projects simultaneously, with a track record of delivering on time and within scope
- Exceptional attention to detail, ensuring high standards of quality in all outputs
- Ability to adapt quickly to changing environments and priorities, maintaining effectiveness in dynamic situations
- Providing leadership and accountability for work you undertake
- Articulating your work and ideas
- Adapting to fast-changing business requirements in a dynamic environment
- Taking on ideas and responding to feedback from the business and other technical experts
- Researching and implementing new technologies within the DevOps space to improve the process of code deployment to our environments, seeking to eliminate inefficiency using relevant technology solutions
- Following a source control culture within the configuration of servers and applications where environment configurations are stored in code for a fully automated process.
- Participating in a 24/7 support roster to support applications after hours, training other DevOps team members to resolve issues and reduce the dependency on yourself or other tech teams after hours.
- Taking part in daily stand-ups with the DevOps team and your assigned Dev teams to receive work and supply updates, and provide input with respect to design, monitoring, deployment, resource and security requirements.
- Attending Development meetings at project inception to ensure DevOps standards are adhered to, especially with respect to logging and monitoring of application health and compatibility with infrastructure design, security requirements and compliance and best practices.
- Maintaining knowledge of the inner workings of all applications within your portfolio, ensuring that all system dependencies are documented.
It would be great if you also have some of the following skills:
- In-depth knowledge of sports betting markets, including odds calculation, betting types and market trends
- Previous experience in the online gaming or casino industry, with a strong understanding of player behaviour and industry regulations
- Familiarity with gambling regulations and compliance requirements in various jurisdictions, ensuring adherence to legal standards
- Previous experience in 24/7 High Performance Environment
- Proven hands on experience with VMWare/Windows Server/Linux and its product suite.
- Experience of automation tools such as Ansible
- Experience with load balancers such as F5/A10
- Knowledge of Azure SQL and Microsoft SQL and MySQL Server
- Knowledge of Web and Application hosting environments (IIS, Kentico CMS Windows Services or Nginx)
- Knowledge of Microsoft Active Directory, LDAP, Network Security and Networking Protocols
- Knowledge of logging technologies such as LogStash, Kibana, ElasticSearch and Grafana
- Knowledge of monitoring tools such as Zabbix/Nagios
Our culture is underpinned by core values that are linked to key behavioural competencies. Along with the below behavioural competencies, these are essential for all employees in order for you to embed in and drive our culture forward.
These Competencies Are
- Accountability And Execution
- Adaptability / Flexibility
- Effectiveness & Delivery
- Stress Tolerance
- Planning & Organising
- Problem Solving
- Commitment and Effort
- Time Management
- Innovation
We offer a great variety of personal and professional benefits to help you thrive at DigiOutsource and Super Group. This includes:
- We’re dedicated to your supergrowth. Our comprehensive learning and development programmes give you a range of resources and opportunities to expand your skills and advance your career.
- Your hard work and achievements won’t go unnoticed. Our innovative Performance Tool ensures you receive regular, constructive feedback, helping you to continuously improve and reach your full potential.
- Our Employee Assistance programme offers a variety of benefits which you and your family can benefit from.
- Competitive Renumeration
- Subsidised Medical Aid or GAP Cover
- Insurance Benefits (including Group Life and Income Continuation Benefit)
- Funeral Fund & Funeral Fund Top Up
- Subsidised Retirement Annuities
- Employee Incentive Plans
At Super Group, diversity is part of our DNA. With teams across 22 countries, 85 nationalities, and 30 languages, we take equal opportunities seriously, championing a supportive, inclusive and empowering environment wherever you are in the Group.
It’s all about putting your experience first and ensuring honesty and fairness in all we do.
Here, your growth is supported and your contributions valued.
Game on!
- Please note we will apply relevance to our Talent Management and Talent Development Programme as part of our recruitment process.
- Shortlisted candidates may need to complete an assessment.
Should you not hear from us within 2 weeks, please deem your application as unsuccessful.
The perfect place to work, play and grow!