Senior Platform Engineer (Data)

Betfred; Manchester; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading gaming and betting company in Manchester is seeking a Senior Platform Engineer to develop and maintain automation and tooling for database platforms. Responsibilities include designing CI/CD pipelines, automating operational processes, and ensuring reliability and security of database environments. Candidates should have strong Linux and scripting skills, experience with automation tools, and a thorough understanding of data security and compliance practices. Competitive salary of £65,000-£85,000 with additional benefits offered, including a discretionary bonus and wellbeing support.

Benefits

Competitive salary and pension contribution

Discretionary bonus schemes

Increased annual leave with service

Access to online GP 24/7

Employee wellbeing support

Enhanced Maternity & Paternity Pay

Long Service Recognition

Pay day savings scheme

Qualifications

• Strong Linux administration background and advanced scripting skills.
• Experience designing and managing CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation.
• Hands-on experience with automation tools.
• Thorough knowledge of replication and disaster recovery strategies.
• Familiarity with monitoring systems.
• Understanding of data security and compliance best practices.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain CI/CD pipelines.
• Automate operational tasks such as backups and monitoring.
• Develop infrastructure-as-code solutions for database platforms.
• Collaborate with DBAs and developers to implement best practices.
• Monitor and optimise database performance and security.
• Evaluate and integrate emerging DevOps technologies.
• Drive continuous improvement across workflows.
• Ensure compliance with security standards.
• Mentor other engineers and promote best practices.

Skills

Linux administration

Scripting skills (Bash, Shell, Python)

CI/CD pipeline design and management

Automation tools (Ansible, Terraform)

Database performance optimization

Monitoring and alerting systems

Data security and compliance

Tools

Prometheus

Grafana

Liquibase

Jenkins

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

We are looking for a Senior Platform Engineer with strong experience in database technologies to join our Data Engineering function. The successful candidate will be responsible for developing and maintaining automation, tooling, and infrastructure that supports our database platforms. This role sits at the intersection of traditional database administration and modern DevOps practices. You will design and implement CI/CD pipelines, automate operational processes, and embed observability and resilience into our systems. Working closely with the Database and Platform Engineering teams, you will ensure that our database environments are reliable, secure, compliant, and highly available.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain CI/CD pipelines for MariaDB, MongoDB, AWS RDS, and EC2 database instances.
• Automate operational tasks such as backups, restores, patching, scaling, and monitoring.
• Develop infrastructure‑as‑code (IaC) and configuration management solutions to standardize deployment of database platforms and code.
• Collaborate with DBAs, developers, architects and platform engineering to define and implement robust, repeatable deployment practices.
• Monitor and optimise database performance, availability, and security using automation and observability tools.
• Evaluate, adopt, and integrate emerging DevOps and database technologies to enhance platform reliability and efficiency.
• Drive continuous improvement across deployment workflows, monitoring, and operational efficiency.
• Ensure all database environments comply with organisational and industry security and data protection standards.
• Mentor other engineers, share knowledge, and promote DevOps best practices within the Database Engineering function.

Qualifications

• Strong Linux administration background and advanced scripting skills (Bash, Shell, or Python).
• Experience designing and managing CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation.
• Hands‑on experience with automation tools such as Ansible, Terraform, or equivalent.
• Thorough knowledge of replication, data protection, high availability, and disaster recovery strategies.
• Familiarity with monitoring and alerting systems such as Prometheus, Grafana, or similar.
• Understanding of data security, governance, and compliance best practices.

Desirable

• Experience with database technologies in high‑volume, high‑availability environments.
• Experience with Liquibase or similar schema migration tools.
• Experience with Jenkins pipelines and Groovy scripting.
• Experience with blue/green or zero‑downtime deployment strategies.
• Understanding of containerisation and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Strong problem‑solving and analytical skills with a proactive approach to automation.
• Previous experience mentoring or guiding colleagues in best practices in coding and automation.

Our mission is to dominate the betting and gaming industry on a global scale and we need the very best Tech talent to help us achieve this. We recently migrated all of our customers onto our very own proprietary platform - so it's an exciting time to join us. With the help of our new platform, we're able to pioneer new products and drive more advanced, creative technologies. The result? Unrivalled experiences for millions of customers worldwide. Betfred's Technology department is driven by innovation, and you'll be at the heart of unlocking our new platform's potential. So, if you want to help shape the future of betting and gaming, then it's time to join us.

Benefits

• A competitive rate of pay and pension contribution (£65,000-£85,000)
• Generous discretionary bonus schemes, incentives and competitions
• An annual leave entitlement that increases with length of service
• Access to an online GP 24/7, 365 days a year for you and your immediate family.
• Employee wellbeing support through our Employee Assistance Programme
• Enhanced Maternity & Paternity Pay
• Long Service Recognition
• Access to a pay day savings scheme, financial coach and up to 40% of your earned wage ahead of payday, through Wagestream.