SciPlay is a leading developer and publisher of digital games on mobile and web platforms, providing highly entertaining free-to-play games that millions of people play every day for their authenticity, engagement and fun.
SciPlay currently offers nine core games, including social casino games Jackpot Party Casino, Gold Fish Casino Slots, Hot Shot Casino and Quick Hit Slots, and casual games MONOPOLY Slots, Bingo Showdown, 88 Fortunes Slots, Backgammon Live and Solitaire Pet Adventure with offices all over the world!
Position Summary
We’re seeking an Advanced DevOps Engineer with a strong background in both cloud and on-prem, infrastructure automation, and developer enablement. You’ll join a high-impact platform engineering team responsible for evolving our hybrid infrastructure, streamlining CI/CD workflows, and improving reliability, performance, and observability across the stack. This role is ideal for someone who thrives in high-autonomy environments, writes clean and scalable infrastructure-as-code, and builds tools developers actually want to use.
Essential Job Functions:
Design, implement, and maintain scalable infrastructure on AWS using Terraform, CDK, or similar tools
Own and optimize CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or similar), supporting high-velocity engineering teams
Champion containerization and orchestration solutions (ECS, EKS, or similar)
Collaborate with security and engineering to implement guardrails, IAM roles, and secure networking patterns
Improve and standardize observability tools (e.g., Datadog, CloudWatch, OpenTelemetry)
Conduct root cause analysis and drive incident response and reliability initiatives
Document infrastructure designs and evangelize best practices across engineering
Mentor junior team members and contribute to a culture of continuous improvement
Qualifications
Must-Have:
5+ years of experience in cloud engineering or DevOps roles
Advanced knowledge of AWS services, especially EC2, ECS, VPC, IAM, CloudFormation/CDK
Strong Terraform or other IaC experience
Proficiency with scripting languages (Python, Bash, etc.)
Experience designing and supporting CI/CD systems
Familiarity with container runtimes (Docker) and orchestration (ECS/EKS/Kubernetes)
Understanding of systems observability and monitoring stacks
Nice-to-Have:
Experience with tools like Datadog, Grafana, OpenTelemetry, or Prometheus
Background in networking, especially VPC design and service mesh technologies
Exposure to SOC2 or other compliance frameworks
Experience with developer portals or internal tooling for self-service infrastructure
Contributions to open source projects or a personal portfolio of tooling projects
We are SciPlay! We make games!
At SciPlay, we are programmed to think untraditionally, and we believe in doing what you love and doing it well. We take pride in our ability to stay ahead of the game! We are the brainiacs behind-the-scenes; innovating, dreaming, and navigating the social gaming world. Together, if we stay passionate and ambitious with our goals, no one can stop us from becoming the #1 social and casual gaming company.
A few of our highlighted perks and benefits:
Competitive salaries
Annual bonuses, matching 401k
Fun environment: Open Office Concept with Ergonomic Seating and Standing Desks. Game Room featuring current generation consoles, numerous game titles, and various table games.
Food! Fully Stocked Kitchen with Beverages and Snacks, as well as company-paid lunches 2x/week
Paid Family Leave
Paid Volunteer Time
Annual 2-night company retreat
Read More About Our Values Here:
https://www.sciplay.com/life-at-sciplay
Don’t meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that women and people of color are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At SciPlay we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace. Both professionally and personally, we believe our differences are key to unlocking our superpowers. So, if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyways. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles we have! #beYOU
SciPlay is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Light & Wonder, Inc. At Light & Wonder, it’s all about the games! Learn more at www.lnw.com.
SciPlay Corporation and its affiliates (collectively, SciPlay) are committed to creating a workforce of credibility and dependability. As a prerequisite to employment with SciPlay (to the extent permitted by law), you shall be asked to consent to SciPlay conducting a due diligence/background investigation on you. This job description should not be interpreted as all-inclusive; it is intended to identify major responsibilities and requirements of the job. The employee in this position may be requested to perform other job-related tasks and responsibilities than those stated above. SciPlay is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against applicants due to race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class. If you’d like more information about your equal employment opportunity rights as an applicant under the law, please click here EEOC Poster.
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