devops engineer for lottery technology

Brightstar is a global lottery company that provides secure technology, lottery operations, retail and digital solutions, and lottery games. It partners with governments and regulators worldwide and supports responsible gaming and community benefits.

• Lead the design of CI/CD strategies and infrastructure automation;
• Optimize reliability, performance, and security across services;
• Handle major incident response and root cause analysis;
• Drive cost optimization and capacity planning;
• Mentor junior and mid-level DevOps engineers and champion best practices;
• Map platform health and risk areas and propose an improvement plan within the first 30 days;
• Implement a high-impact CI/CD or cost-optimization initiative within the first 60 days;
• Lead a root cause analysis and drive systemic fixes across teams within the first 90 days;
• Own service reliability with support from Platform/SRE teams;
• Conduct data-driven post-incident reviews;
• Improve the platform through an automation-first approach;
• Complete required annual information security training.

• 5–7 Years of experience in DevOps, SRE, or Systems Engineering;
• Strong automation and scripting skills;
• Deep expertise in at least one cloud platform: Azure, AWS, or GCP;
• Advanced Kubernetes knowledge, including multi-cluster environments, scaling, and upgrades;
• Track record of designing resilient, scalable, and secure systems;
• In-depth knowledge of observability, monitoring, and incident management;
• Proficiency in security hardening and compliance-minded engineering;
• Familiarity with security and compliance practices, including IAM, encryption, SOC2, PCI, and HIPAA where relevant;
• English communication skills at B2/C1 level within distributed teams;
• Growth mindset with a focus on automation, measurement, and continuous improvement;
• Pragmatic problem-solving and customer-centric thinking;
• Experience collaborating in Agile teams using Scrum or Kanban;
• Nice to have: GitOps with Argo CD or Flux, Service Mesh with Istio or Linkerd, Kafka, secrets management with Vault or AWS KMS/Azure Key Vault, FinOps practices and cost observability, OWASP Top 10, SLSA, SBOM/SCAs.

• Paid time off;
• Health, life, and disability insurance;
• Opportunities to volunteer in company-driven initiatives, employee networks, or other organizations;
• Well-being programs;
• Retirement benefits;
• Additional benefits depending on the seniority of the role;
• The position is governed by a collective bargaining agreement regulating salary levels, classification, working hours, leave, and other employment rights;
• Salary history is not requested or used during the selection process.