DevOps Engineer - iGaming - Philippines

Smartrecruitment; Philippines; On-site; PHP 800,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Smartrecruitment is hiring an DevOps Engineer to design and maintain CI/CD pipelines for our gaming platform. You will build IaC using Terraform, manage Docker/Kubernetes environments, and monitor system health with Prometheus, Grafana, and Datadog.

You will collaborate with development to improve build, test, and release processes, automate deployments, and contribute to LiveOps with on‑call rotation. A strong background in cloud and scripting is required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering or related field, or equivalent experience.
• 3+ years in DevOps/SRE or infra engineering, preferably in real‑time platforms such as online gaming.
• Proficiency with CI/CD tools Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions.
• Containerization/orchestration with Docker and Kubernetes.
• Infrastructure as code with Terraform.
• Cloud platforms AWS/Azure/GCP.
• Scripting with Python or Bash.
• Monitoring with Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain CI/CD pipelines for game & platform services.
• Manage IaC using Terraform for cloud and on‑prem environments.
• Implement and maintain Docker/Kubernetes platforms.
• Monitor health and respond to incidents and alerts.
• Automate deployment, scaling, and rollback for LiveOps.
• Collaborate to improve build/test/release processes.
• Manage secrets and configuration with centralized tooling.
• Support incident response and post‑incident reviews.
• Harden cloud infra per security baselines and compliance.
• Participate in on‑call rotation for production systems.

Skills

CI/CD

Automation

Monitoring

Incident response

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering

Tools

Jenkins

GitLab CI

GitHub Actions

Docker

Kubernetes

Terraform

AWS

Azure

GCP

Python

Bash

Prometheus

Grafana

Datadog

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.