DevOps Engineer

Location: Requisition ID: 18794 Brightstar is an innovative, forward-thinking global leader in lottery that builds on our renowned expertise in delivering secure technology and producing reliable, comprehensive solutions for our customers. As a premier pure play global lottery company, our best-in-class lottery operations, retail and digital solutions, and award-winning lottery games enable our customers to achieve their goals, fulfill player needs and distribute meaningful benefits to communities. Brightstar has a well-established local presence and is a trusted partner to governments and regulators around the world, creating value by adhering to the highest standards of service, integrity, and responsibility. Brightstar has approximately 6,000 employees. For more information, please visit www.brightstarlottery.com. Responsibilities Build and manage automation pipelines (build, test, deploy) Improve monitoring, alerting, and incident response processes Work with developers to optimize build and release processes Contribute to security hardening and secrets management Mentor DevOps I engineers Typical Tooling Stack Languages & Scripting: Bash, Python CI/CD: GitHub Actions, Containers & Orchestration: Docker, Kubernetes, Helm IaC: Terraform, Ansible Cloud: AWS, Azure, or GCP Observability: Prometheus, Grafana, ELK/EFK Collaboration: GitHub, Jira Ways of Working Hybrid teams across multiple time zones with strong async communication You build it, you run it: teams own reliability with support from Platform/ SRE Blameless incident culture with data-driven post-incident reviews Automation-first approach; manual work is a signal to improve the platform Qualifications Required Skills Proficiency in system administration and scripting (Bash, Python) Strong skills in CI/CD pipeline creation and maintenance Practical experience with Docker and Kubernetes (deployment, scaling, troubleshooting) Hands-on with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, etc.) Familiarity with observability stacks (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK/EFK) Working knowledge of networking (DNS, load balancing, VPNs, firewalls) Can independently manage small-to-medium scale deployments Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience Soft Skills Clear, concise communication in English within distributed teams (B2/C1 level) Growth mindset with a bias for automation, measurement, and continuous improvement Pragmatic problem-solving and customer-centric thinking Experience collaborating in Agile teams (Scrum/Kanban) Value-Add / Nice-to-Have Skills GitOps (Argo CD or Flux) Event streaming (Kafka) Secrets management (Vault, AWS KMS/Azure Key Vault) Security best practices (OWASP Top 10, SLSA, SBOM/SCAs) Success Profile Career Progression I → II: moves from guided tasks to independently delivering small features and automations II → III: leads domain areas, scales systems, and raises engineering bar across teams III → IV: sets strategy, influences architecture company-wide, and grows talent pipelines Your Impact (30/60/90 Days) 30 days: assess current pipelines; identify 2–3 quick wins 60 days: deliver reliability improvements (alerting, dashboards) for a service 90 days: lead a small migration (e.g., Terraform module refactor) #LI-HYBRID #LI-PZ1 Brightstar 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. Brightstar 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 Brightstar employees have a role in information security. Annual training will be assigned and required as appropriate. For more information, please visit www.brightstarlottery.com.