DevOps Team Leader

Celesta, part of La Royale Group, is a fast-growing iGaming development company dedicated to building next-generation online sports betting and casino experiences. Based in Lisbon, our multidisciplinary team is committed to quality, innovation, and regulatory excellence, creating solutions that engage players and stand out in the highly competitive i-gaming regulated market. 

We are looking for a DevOps Team Leader to join our Team in Lisbon!

The role should be based at the office in the Carnaxide area (up to 8 days per month remotely), and the first month is fully on-site.

Skills/knowledge required for the position

• 5+ years experience with Kubernetes and other container management solutions
• Excellent understanding of microservices architecture
• Proven experience of operational experience with public clouds (AWS, GCP or other), migrations, scaling operations etc.
• In-depth knowledge of AWS services including ALB, VPC, IAM, EC2, EKS, CloudWatch, S3, RDS, Route53. Experience in similar services for GCP is a plus
• Experience with load balancers and Ingress controllers such as Ngnix, HAProxy, ALB, NLB
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Ansible)
• 5+ years of Linux/UNIX administration experience
• In depth understanding of Linux/UNIX fundamentals, including kernel subsystems, system calls, inter-process communication, process/resource management and file systems
• Configuration management with deployment automation tools
• Experience at least with two or three of monitoring services: DataDog, Newrelic, Prometheus and Grafana, CloudWatch or similar
• Must be proficient in at least one scripting language
• AWS Cloud Architect and/or Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) certifications is a plus
• Resourcefulness and problem-solving aptitude
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Demonstrated problem analysis and resolution skills

Main job responsibilities

• Analyze the technology currently being used and develops plans and processes for improvement and expansion 
• Approve code, implement processes, and improve deployment to streamline and speed up daily work 
• Manage development of automation tools, infrastructure as code and other infrastructure related necessities 
• Recommend performance enhancements by performing gap analysis, identifying alternative solutions, and assisting with modifications 
• Participate in project planning meetings to share the knowledge of system options, risk, impact, and costs vs. benefits 
• Write specifications and documentation
• Monitor and perform team leading duties of a small team of remote DevOps Engineers

We offer

• Hybrid work 
• Meal allowance 
• Extra paid leave (25 days per annum)
• Health and dental insurance 
• Wellness benefits reimbursement after the probation period
• Transport allowance 
• Birthday and Company Anniversary benefits according to the Company's Policy