Cloud Engineer

Job title: Cloud Engineer

Location: Sofia

Overview of the role:

Flutter Technology are recruiting a cloud engineer to drive the implementation, automation, and operation of our AWS cloud platform. The platform will underpin the global services consumed by the groups well-known betting brands.

This is a fantastic opportunity to shape the technology choices across Flutter‘s cloud hosting platforms, working with all brands across the group to migrate and modernise their services, deliver technology to meet their needs, and promote knowledge sharing across the engineering community. The role will contribute to the evaluation and selection of AWS services, code and configuration management tooling and the variety of components required to achieve our group strategic objectives.

You must be effective at articulating technology requirements, promoting cloud enablement, migrations and the methodologies required to reduce risk and achieve desired outcomes. You should be comfortable working with cross functional global teams in dynamic organisations, as the role will have interdependencies with teams in AWS, our partners, and our own engineering teams across various functions in various brands.

This role follows a hybrid approach to working, allowing you to combine working from home with working in our modern offices. These discussions are between you and your manager to find the best pattern for you both, while recognising that quality time together is essential for keeping us mission-aligned.

Our teams work from a lively location nestled within this historic city. Enjoy the best of both worlds with winter and summer offices, tantalizing free snacks and a gaming paradise for endless entertainment.

What you’ll do:

Key Accountabilities & Responsibilities:

• Build and operate a secure, performant, and cost-effective AWS Cloud Platform.

• Automate system deployment and operations using Infrastructure as Code and configuration management tooling.

• Maintain source code and artefact repositories.

• Write and review platform code, offering constructive feedback to ensure code quality.

• Enable and support engineering teams with the adoption of cloud services.

• Triage incidents, problems, and risks impacting Flutter cloud services.

• Write and maintain appropriate technical documentation.

• Define, document, support, and approve LLDs for Flutter cloud services.

• Support cloud architecture and function leads with developing the cloud technology roadmap and strategy.

• Act as a trusted SME offering advice and knowledge sharing to the broader technology team and internal customers.

• Create and drive adoption of standard operating procedures, policies, and runbooks.

• Facilitate the development and communication of Flutter Group standards for design, development, and deployment.

• Liaise with other group functions, building and maintaining relationships, and recognising opportunities for strategic collaboration.

• Liaise with Third Party vendors and partners.

• Be part of an on-call rota.

What you’ll bring:

The right candidate will have experience working with enterprise organisations on large scale migration/modernisation transformation projects. This will have involved a customer-obsessed and collaborative approach, coupled with a strong technical understanding to provide confidence and answer questions, an ability to engage and help crystallise business benefits of migrations, demonstrate an excellent technical understanding of cloud solutions, and a passion for helping to transform using cloud technologies.

Skills, Capabilities & Experience Required:

• Building Support: We establish close relationships with our stakeholders, underpinned by trust, integrity, and respect. We are able to build awareness, understanding, and positive momentum behind the group technology strategy, often without being in a position to assert authority.

• Objective: We are impartial and unbiased, ensuring equal treatment for all and that decisions are based on objective criteria.

• Collaborative: We work effectively and in partnership with our stakeholders on shared goals that align towards the achievement of the group strategy. We foster a collaborative environment and assume the role of leader when required.

• Adaptable: We understand and appreciate different and opposing perspectives on an issue and are able to adapt our approach in order to achieve a successful outcome.

• Strategic Thinking: We think about the big picture and use that perspective to support our divisions to achieve competitive advantage through greater agility, faster time to market and a better customer experience.

• Strategic Communication: We are proactive and considered in our approach to stakeholder communications. We actively listen, provide constructive feedback and help others to consider new perspectives.

• Building and operating Infrastructure and Cloud platforms, ideally within highly available AWS environments.

• Strong network knowledge in the TCP/IP stack, Firewalls and AWS cloud Networking Services (AWS CloudWAN, DNS, AWS Network Firewalls).

• Relocating, rehosting, refactoring and rearchitecting services into AWS.

• Working with source control management (Git, GitHub) and CI/CD Pipelines.

• Managing deployment assets such as AMIs, container images and artefacts.

• Managing Infrastructure as code using CDK, Terraform, CloudFormation.

• Orchestration and management of container platforms, preferably using Kubernetes.

• Delivering systems in security compliant environments

• Writing and maintaining technical documentation.

• Sharing knowledge with your peers and across the wider engineering community.

• Working in an agile environment.

• Incident, change, problem, and risk management.

• Bonus points for previous software engineering experience, coding, and automation.

It’s ok if you don’t think you tick every box on this list. We love people who want to challenge themselves and are passionate about what they do. If you believe you can contribute in some areas and are eager to learn, we encourage you to apply.

Why choose us:

Aside from a generous base salary, we have a fantastic benefits & rewards program that is designed to encourage personal and career development.

• Discretionary annual bonus

• 30 days paid leave

• Health and Dental Insurance for you, your partner, and your children (if you all live at the same address)

• Personal life insurance and disability coverage

• Wellbeing fund

• Continuous learning support for certifications and career growth

• 550 EUR gift for a newborn family member

• 26 weeks Maternity leave at 100% pay and 4 week secondary (Paternity) also at 100% pay, no eligibility period applies

• A sports card membership valid across the country

• Discounts as a compliment from us among different services

• Monthly food vouchers

Equal opportunities:

At Flutter International we are committed to creating an inclusive environment where our people can be their authentic selves and thrive. We embrace and celebrate diversity, respecting all our uniqueness and differences.

We invite you to inform us if you have any accessibility requirements. Simply send an email to talent@flutterint.com. Our goal is to make sure you have what’s necessary to thrive with us.

Learn more about the work we are doing on Inclusion and Belonging here: https://careers.flutterinternational.com/working-at-flutter-international/diversity-equity-inclusion/

The group:

Flutter Functions is a proud member of the Flutter Entertainment family, a global leader in sports betting, iGaming, and entertainment. We are listed on the FTSE 100 index and the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). Our world-class brands and innovative products set us apart. Our International division operates in over 100 global markets. It offers sports betting, casino, poker, rummy, and lottery, mainly online. We are committed to delivering gaming and entertainment responsibly and sustainably. Our team of over 8,000 colleagues supports this vision across 28 offices worldwide.