Associate Director - DevOps

Associate Director - DevOps

We are Asia s fastest-growing skill-based gaming company and a partner brand of Flutter, a multi-billion dollar global gaming organization. We are focused on providing our customers with the most innovative and exciting gaming experience possible. Our success has been driven by our commitment to excellence, our passion for gaming, and our ability to continuously innovate. We are driven by our strong value system, which encompasses an obsession with data, a hustler s attitude, an owner s mindset, leading with love, and embracing change.

As our Associate Director - DevOps, you will be a pivotal member of our growing engineering team, responsible for driving the DevOps culture and best practices across the organization. You will lead the DevOps team in building and maintaining robust, scalable, and secure infrastructure, ensuring smooth CI/CD processes, and enabling our engineering teams to deliver high-quality software efficiently. You must have excellent leadership, technical, and problem-solving skills, along with a deep understanding of modern DevOps practices and tools, particularly in containerisation and orchestration using Kubernetes.

Responsibilities:

• Lead and manage the DevOps team, providing mentorship, guidance, and support to ensure team success.
• Architect, implement, and maintain highly available, scalable, and secure infrastructure on cloud platforms such as AWS, GCP, or Azure.
• Drive continuous improvement of the CI/CD pipelines, ensuring seamless integration and deployment processes across the organization.
• Collaborate closely with engineering, product, and operations teams to define and implement DevOps strategies that align with business goals.
• Ensure proper monitoring, logging, and alerting systems are in place to proactively detect and resolve issues in production environments.
• Develop and enforce best practices for infrastructure as code (IaC) using tools like Terraform, Ansible, or CloudFormation.
• Lead the design, deployment, and management of Kubernetes clusters, ensuring efficient container orchestration and scalability.
• Ensure robust disaster recovery and business continuity plans are in place and tested regularly.
• Manage cloud costs and optimize infrastructure utilization for maximum efficiency.
• Stay up-to-date with the latest industry trends and emerging technologies in the DevOps space, and advocate for their adoption where appropriate.
• Foster a culture of collaboration, innovation, and continuous learning within the DevOps team and across the organization.

Requirements:

• BE/B. Tech. in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
• 10+ years of experience in DevOps, with at least 3+ years in a leadership role.
• Strong experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, GCP, or Azure, including architecture and cost management.
• Expertise in CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, GitLab CI, or CircleCI.
• Extensive experience with containerization technologies, particularly Docker and Kubernetes, including orchestration and cluster management.
• Proficiency in scripting languages like Python, Bash, or Ruby.
• Experience with infrastructure as code (IaC) tools such as Terraform, Ansible, or CloudFormation.
• Strong knowledge of monitoring and logging tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack, or Datadog.
• Excellent problem-solving skills, with the ability to troubleshoot complex issues in distributed systems.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work effectively in a collaborative environment.
• Experience in a fast-paced, agile development environment, preferably in a gaming or technology-driven company.

What Junglee offers for this role:

• Meaningful global exposure and opportunity to represent Junglee as part of Flutter Entertainment, the largest real-money gaming company in the world.
• Ample learning opportunities and the chance to work with some of the best industry leaders and minds.
• Being a part of a vibrant, intelligent, and rapidly growing team.
• In-depth understanding of the gaming ecosystem.
• Competitive Compensation and Incentives.
• Excellent work environment, great culture, and global exposure.

About Junglee Games

Junglee Games is a leader in the skill-gaming space, with over 100 million registered players. Founded in San Francisco in 2012 and part of the $30 Bn Flutter Entertainment Group, Junglee Games is the fastest-growing skill games company in Southeast Asia. Some of our notable games are Junglee Rummy, Howzat, Junglee Poker, and Carrom Stars.

Our mission is to build entertainment for millions of people around the world and help them connect with each other through high-quality games. We focus on creating exhilarating and immersive gaming experiences and also incorporate social features to promote interaction and competition among players. Our games are available on multiple platforms, including web browsers, and Android and iOS devices.

Since our inception, we have drawn 700+ of the world s most talented people into our ranks. Our team has worked on international AAA titles like Transformers, Star Wars: The Old Republic, Real Steel, Rio, Mech Conquest, and Dueling Blades. Our designers have worked on some of Hollywood s biggest hits, including the movie Avatar.

Junglee Games is not just a gaming business. It is a blend of data science, innovation, cutting-edge technology, and, most importantly, a value-driven culture that is creating the next set of conscious leaders. An equal-opportunity employer, Junglee Games has been certified as a Great Place to Work for four years in a row. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all our employees. Junglee Games has received various accolades for its contribution to the online gaming space. The company continues to innovate and develop new games, expanding its presence in the global gaming market.

Website: https://www.jungleegames.com/