DevOps Engineer - iGaming - Philippines

SmartConsulting.net; Manila; On-site; PHP 700,000 - 1,100,000; Full time

Job summary

SmartConsulting.net is hiring a DevOps Engineer to design, build, and maintain CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure automation for game and platform services.

You will manage IaC with Terraform, container orchestration with Docker/Kubernetes, and monitor/secure live environments while collaborating with development teams to shorten lead times.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, or related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 3+ years in DevOps, SRE, or infrastructure engineering, preferably for high-availability platforms such as online gaming.
• Proficiency with CI/CD tools (Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions), containerization/orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes), IaC (Terraform), cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP).
• Experience with Terraform, cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP), scripting (Python, Bash).
• Knowledge of monitoring tools (Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog).
• Nice to have: AWS/Azure/GCP certs or Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA).

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain CI/CD pipelines for game and platform services, with automated testing and security gates.
• Manage infrastructure as code using Terraform for cloud and on-prem environments.
• Implement and maintain Docker and Kubernetes-based platforms for services.
• Monitor system health, performance, and availability and respond to incidents.
• Automate deployment, scaling, and rollback for LiveOps with minimal downtime.
• Collaborate with development teams to improve build, test, and release processes.
• Manage secrets and configuration with centralized tooling.
• Support incident response and post-incident reviews to drive remediation.
• Harden cloud infrastructure to meet security baselines and compliance.
• Participate in on-call rotation for production support.

Skills

CI/CD

Terraform

Docker

Kubernetes

Python

Bash

Monitoring

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS/Engineering

Tools

Jenkins

GitLab CI

GitHub Actions

Docker

Kubernetes

Terraform

AWS

Azure

GCP

Job description

Location: Onsite, Philippines

About the Hiring Company:

The DevOps Engineer builds and maintains the CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure automation, and deployment processes that support the reliable, secure, and scalable delivery of the gaming platform, working closely with development and operations teams.

Job Responsibilities:

• Design, build, and maintain CI/CD pipelines for game and platform services, ensuring automated testing, security scanning, and deployment gates are enforced.
• Manage infrastructure as code (IaC) using tools such as Terraform for cloud and on-premises environments.
• Implement and maintain containerization and orchestration platforms, such as Docker and Kubernetes, supporting game and platform services.
• Monitor system health, performance, and availability using observability tooling, responding to incidents and alerts.
• Automate deployment, scaling, and rollback processes to support live operations (LiveOps) changes with minimal downtime.
• Collaborate with development teams to improve build, test, and release processes and reduce lead time.
• Manage secrets, credentials, and configuration using centralized secrets management tooling.
• Support incident response and post-incident reviews for production issues, driving root-cause remediation.
• Maintain and harden cloud infrastructure in line with security baselines and compliance requirements.
• Participate in the on-call rotation to support production systems.

Key Performance Indicators/Key Success Factors

• Deployment frequency and change failure rate.
• Mean time to recovery (MTTR) for production incidents.
• Pipeline build and deployment success rate.
• System uptime and availability against SLA targets.
• Reduction in manual deployment and operational tasks through automation.

The Successful Candidate:

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• Experience: 3+ years in a DevOps, Site Reliability Engineering, or infrastructure engineering role, ideally supporting high-availability, real-time platforms such as online gaming.
• Skills & Knowledge: Proficiency with CI/CD tools (Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions), containerization/orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes), infrastructure as code (Terraform), cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP), scripting (Python, Bash), and monitoring tools (Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog).
• Certifications (good to have): AWS/Azure/GCP certification or Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) preferred.