SportCaller are hiring – Cloud Operations Engineer role (full-time)

This is an exciting opportunity to work with the leading Free-to-Play games provider

We’re looking to recruit a junior to mid-level technology assistant to work closely with senior Devops and technologists, to maintain and improve our suite of cloud-hosted games and systems.

While the role is based around dev-ops and systems management, the ideal applicant will also have a background or interest in application/network security, performance engineering and/or related fields.

Who We Are

SportCaller is the leading Free-to-Play games provider, with an impressive list of clients in the UK, Europe, Asia, Australia, Africa and North America. At its core, SportCaller is a technology company. Our proprietary SCore platform is an industry leader, and the recipient of several innovation awards. We provide a dynamic and fast-paced working environment, with a varied range of duties and responsibilities across multiple projects.

Role / Responsibilities:

The responsibilities of the role will be quite varied but in general –

  • Managing resource capacity for platform games.
  • Monitoring performance metrics.
  • Analysing security / application logs for anomalies.
  • Contributing to performance improvement plans.
  • Scheduling / designing load / performance tests.

Location:

Ideally Dublin/Ireland-based but remote locations also considered.

Education:

Honours Graduate in Computer Science or related ICT discipline.

Experience Level:

Ideally > 1 year but graduate position also considered.

Skillset:

Proficient in:

  • at least one scripting language (Python, for example)
  • Linux systems management / administration

Experience with:

  • CVS systems (Git, BitBucket)
  • Configuration management tools (preferably AWS CloudFormation)
  • CI tools and practices
  • Application and performance monitoring
  • Networks

Knowledge of:

  • Infrastructure As Code
  • Containerisation (Docker)

Nice to have:

  • Familiarity with PHP / server-side code and frameworks
  • Knowledge of load test / performance test tools and technologies

 

If interested, please email Niall King, including a copy of your CV: info@sportcaller.com

No recruitment agencies, please.