IT Operation Engineer (DevOps Engineer)

We are looking for an IT Operations (DevOps) Engineer to join Kyiv office on a full-time basis.

Playtika — the company of storytellers and coders, artists and data-scientists, explorers and strategists. Since 2010, Playtika has been a pioneer in the social games industry. Playtika doesn’t just build games. It brings them to life. Fueled by over six terabytes of data daily, our games are continuously evolving journeys, personalized to deliver new challenges and surprising thrills, at every twist and every turn.

We were the first to introduce free-to-play casino-style games to social networks. We are successfully applying our intuitive understanding of what players want. That's why we have 30 million players and 17 offices around the world.

As an IT Operations Engineer you will be in charge of managing applications and infrastructure in production, take overall responsibility for the quality of the services that the company provides.

Our technology stack is pretty wide, we mainly use:

Linux, Docker, Kubernetes, microservices architecture, Java, ELK stack, Jenkins, TeamCity, Redis Labs, Couchbase, Aerospike, MariaDB, MemSQL, Git, F5 load balancer. Infrastructure: private cloud, on-premise data centers.

Responsibilities:

• Deep understanding of the company applications and IT infrastructure;
• Managing changes in production;
• Overall responsibility for production change management process;
• Being part of the whole SDLC (Software Development Life Cycle) to improve the quality of service;
• Providing solutions and support for critical components in IT environment.

Requirements:

• ?At least 2–3 years experience in Linux/Unix administration;
• Good troubleshooting skills;
• Experience with Docker and Kubernetes;
• MySQL/MySQL forks, Couchbase, Aerospike (or other NoSQL solutions);
• Must have a written & verbal English and demonstrated an ability to collaborate across teams and organizations;
• Self-motivated with a strong desire to learn and improve technical skills

Desirable:

• Experience with Java applications support
• Experience with Git, Bitbucket
• Experience with CI/CD systems such as Jenkins, TeamCity
• Understanding an ELK stack
• Experience in scripting (bash/shell/Python or any other language that can be used for scripting) is an advantage
• Experience with AWS is a plus

 We offer all our employees:

• Competitive salary, performance-based bonuses and flexible working hours;
• Training programs, certifications, conferences including international events; 
• Social package, including gym membership compensation, medical insurance; 
• Paid vacation and sick leaves;
• Corporate English classes;
• Referral program;
• Corporate celebrations, team buildings, and fun activities;
• Free meals twice a day, refreshments, happy hours;
• Technical library with option to order books;
• Coaching and reviews to support your career development;
• Comfortable office in the city centre;
• Working for one of the top social gaming companies in the world;
• Cute and funny corporate events — some of them definitely unforgettable. We have fun like that;