Senior Manager DevOps - Warsaw

Location:

Warsaw, PL, 03-728

Requisition ID: 17308

IGT (NYSE:IGT) is a global leader in gaming. We deliver entertaining and responsible gaming experiences for players across all channels and regulated segments, from Lotteries and Gaming Machines to Sports Betting and Digital. Leveraging a wealth of compelling content, substantial investment in innovation, player insights, operational expertise, and leading-edge technology, our solutions deliver unrivaled gaming experiences that engage players and drive growth. We have a well-established local presence and relationships with governments and regulators in more than 100 countries around the world, and create value by adhering to the highest standards of service, integrity, and responsibility. IGT has approximately 10,500 employees. For more information, please visit www.igt.com.

Overview

Manager, DevOps Engineering is the leader of the Video DevOps Engineering team and is responsible for guiding and defining CICD DevOps technical solutions while managing the team. The primary areas of responsibility will be the development and improvement of Infrastructure as Code and Deployment Automation code as well as the support of the CICD activities for the product development team.

This role will establish goals and objectives for the teams’ work products and be seen as an expert in many of the job skills required. They will be a leader in defining strategy for the full DevOps lifecycle for the deployment of both on-premises and cloud-based environments along with a continual process improvement model. They will help develop other team members skills and knowledge in the departmental functions. They will communicate openly with other senior level colleagues and will be seen as a leader of the DevOps process for the company. Throughout this activity they will champion best practice methodologies and help lead the DevOps team to increase efficiency and minimize complexity and delays.

Responsibilities

System Automation & Deployments

Developing the Automation strategy, goals and objectives; this role will:

Work to establish and continually improve the Automation strategy and Automation procedures used to build, test, deploy and monitor system environments in AWS cloud and on-premises domains.
Mentor Automation Engineering team members on their development responsibilities and understanding the full Automation strategy and continual improvement model.
Ensure that the Automation products are well architected to ensure a high level of consistency and efficiency.

Infrastructure as Code

Develop the Infrastructure as Code (IaC) strategy, goals and objectives; this role will:

Work to establish and continually improve the IaC strategy and procedures used to build, test, deploy and automate infrastructure deployments in AWS cloud and on-premises domains.
Mentor Engineering team members on their development responsibilities and understanding the full IaC strategy and continual improvement model.
Ensure that the IaC products are well architected to ensure a high level of consistency and efficiency.

CICD Support

Manage the CICD support strategy, goals and activities; this role will:

Monitor the support requests on the CICD activity and task the support engineers with resolving all issues
Coordinate and escalate critical, high impactful issues to quick resolution
Manage a continual improvement program to reduce issues and improve resolution times

General Governance Responsibilities

Champion and enforce compliance with the IGT DevOps Engineering procedures and documentation requirements
Advise the product development group on issues and enhancements that would benefit the product
Openly communicate to DevOps team members on skills, activities, issues, and recommended improvements
Work with organizational counterparts on continual improvement programs, effective communication and efficient working relationships

Qualifications

Candidates should possess a Bachelor of Science Degree with additional Education/Training or equivalent experience. A minimum of 10 years’ experience in a CICD, Infrastructure as Code, or AWS DevOps related field and an expert understanding of current DevOps principals and best practices.

Candidates must also have proven experience in a technical field including many of the following: AWS Cloud deployments, Container Administration, CI/CD tools and methods, Configuration Management tools and methods, Version control tools & methods.

Practical experience and skills with many of the following:

Infrastructure: Terraform, Terragrunt
Cloud Platform: AWS
Containers: Kubernetes, Docker, Helm
CI/CD: Jenkins, GitHub
Monitoring: Prometheus, Grafana or their AWS counterparts
Linux: Administration (Red Hat Enterprise Linux), Scripting (Bash)
Configuration Management: Puppet, Ansible
Version control: GitHub
Programming Languages: Python, Ruby
Issue Tracking: JIRA
Products: Postgress, JBOSS, Spring Boot, Redis, RabbitMQ, Nginx or their AWS counterparts

Strong written and oral communication skills are a requirement.

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IGT is committed to sustaining a workforce that reflects the diversity of the global customers and communities we serve, and to creating a fair and inclusive culture that enables all our employees to feel valued, respected and engaged. IGT is an equal opportunity employer. We provide equal opportunities without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, marital status, national origin, citizenship, covered veteran status, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, or any other legally protected status in accordance with applicable local, state, federal laws or other laws. We thank all applicants for applying; however, only those selected to interview will be contacted.

All IGT employees have a role in information security. Annual training will be assigned and required as appropriate.

IGT (NYSE: IGT) is the global leader in gaming. For more information, please visit www.igt.com.

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