Senior Software Engineer

Scientific Games is the global leader in lottery games, sports betting and technology, and the partner of choice for government lotteries. From cutting-edge backend systems to exciting entertainment experiences and trailblazing retail and digital solutions, we elevate play every day. We push game designs to the next level and are pioneers in data analytics and iLottery. Built on a foundation of trusted partnerships, Scientific Games combines relentless innovation, legendary performance, and unwavering security to responsibly propel the global lottery industry ever forward.

Essential Job Functions:

• Creating and managing docker and Kubernetes containers.

• Administering Kubernetes clusters including production requiring 99% uptime in both private data centers and AWS.

• Design and maintain CI/CD automation using Gitlab and GitHub CI

• Building data and orchestration platforms that span multiple services/products.

• Champion DevOps best practices, including improving availability, scalability and ensure

successful execution of product roadmap that aligns with our platform.

• Implement a robust logging/monitoring/alerting solution using industry best practices.

• Produce documentation and mentor others.

• Establish and maintain customer confidence by building out and maintaining quality system solutions within project timelines and budgetary limits.

• Work with the development teams on deploying, managing, and supporting lottery applications.

• Support production systems and platforms along with other teams including being on-call to support production issues.

• Create sustainable systems and services through automation and uplifts

Required Experience:

• 3 years working in a DevOps role.

• Experience administering Kubernetes clusters, EKS-A experience is a plus.

• Experience with CI/CD pipeline creation and automation using GitLab and GitHub.

• Source Control Administration (Gitlab or GitHub)

• Ansible playbooks administration

• Experience using MS SQL Server, MySQL, and/or PostgreSQL.

• Apache and nginx Administration

• Memcached, Redis or similar Administration

• Docker, VMWare and or other Virtualization Software Administration/Support

• AWS or internal Cloud Administration/Support/Setup/Billing

• 10 Years of overall development, operational and/or IT experience

Preferred Experience:

• Some Client / Server programming experience expected

• Source Control/Configuration Management required

• Unix/Windows server administration experience preferred

• High availability support experience preferred

• Scripting experience in UNIX/Windows experience preferred

• AWS or VMware management with ansible preferred

• Database programming and Administration experience preferred

Experience with the following is a plus: Java, Perl, PHP, JavaScript, JQuery, HTML, CSS, Groovy.

Education:

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, Computer Engineering or equivalent

SG is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against applicants due to race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class. If you'd like more information about your equal employment opportunity rights as an applicant under the law, please click here for EEOC Poster.