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Scientific Games

End-to-end lottery and gaming solutions

Tech Ops Engineer

Site Reliability EngineeringConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeNo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • An associate degree in a related field is required.
  • At least 5 years of experience in operations support, DevOps, infrastructure, production support, cloud operations, or reliability engineering for enterprise-scale transactional platforms.
  • Proficiency with Windows Server and Linux administration, especially Ubuntu LTS and Red Hat Enterprise Linux, including troubleshooting, patching, hardening, and performance analysis.
  • Familiarity with PostgreSQL/Postgres, RDS/Aurora PostgreSQL, SQL Server, MySQL, Oracle, or similar relational databases, including SQL troubleshooting and operational maintenance concepts.
  • Competence in Python, Bash, PowerShell, SQL, Ansible, Terraform, CloudFormation, or similar tools for scripting, debugging, automation, and evidence collection.
  • Experience with virtualization, storage, networking, SSL/TLS certificates, IAM, system security, monitoring and observability tools, CI/CD, and production change control.
  • Strong analytical troubleshooting skills across application, database, operating system, network, storage, IAM, cloud-service, and deployment pipeline layers.
  • Clear verbal and written communication, including concise status updates, incident notes, runbooks, change evidence, and technical documentation for business and technical audiences.
  • Ability to partner with Operations, Development, QA, vendors, security, and customer-facing teams.
  • Ability to diagnose and resolve technical issues in high-pressure, customer-impacting environments while maintaining change discipline and auditability.
  • Ability to work within a distributed team across multiple geographic locations and explain complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.

Responsibilities

  • Provide Tier 2 production support for real-time transaction platforms, including incident triage, troubleshooting, and escalation coordination with Tier 3, Development, QA, vendors, and customer operations.
  • Support 24x7 on-call operations, planned maintenance windows, new implementations, system overhauls, performance analysis, integration testing, disaster recovery tests, and on-site cutover activities.
  • Install, configure, patch, harden, and lifecycle-manage Linux and Windows servers, with emphasis on Ubuntu LTS and Red Hat Enterprise Linux environments.
  • Automate operational tasks using Bash, Python, PowerShell, Ansible, Terraform, SQL, CloudFormation, or equivalent tools to reduce manual effort, standardize environments, and improve reliability.
  • Support AWS or hybrid-cloud operations where applicable, including EC2, RDS/Aurora PostgreSQL, S3, IAM, VPC, security groups, load balancers, Route 53, CloudWatch, Systems Manager, KMS, and Secrets Manager.
  • Support CI/CD and release engineering activities, including deployment readiness, build and package validation, configuration promotion, blue/green or canary concepts, rollback planning, and post-release verification.
  • Monitor system and database health, server utilization, certificates, transaction flow, queues and backlogs, logs, cloud metrics, and service availability; maintain dashboards, alerts, runbooks, and procedures.
  • Perform PostgreSQL/Postgres and relational database support tasks such as query analysis, backup and restore coordination, data refresh support, connection troubleshooting, capacity review, and evidence collection.
  • Maintain security and operational hygiene through patching, vulnerability remediation, SSL/TLS certificate management, least-privilege access, secure configuration, encryption concepts, and audit evidence support.
  • Investigate root causes for performance issues, transaction failures, deployment anomalies, cloud, network, or server problems, and recurring incidents; communicate technical details and corrective actions.
  • Participate in a 24x7 on-call rotation and provide after-hours support for incidents, releases, maintenance windows, disaster recovery tests, and customer commitments.
  • Provide on-site support during implementations, conversions, disaster recovery tests, cloud or hybrid changes, and system overhauls as needed.
  • Travel as needed to support lottery jurisdictions, implementation events, or customer/vendor coordination.

Desired Qualifications

  • A bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field is preferred.
  • Experience in lottery, gaming, financial services, e-commerce, or other regulated, high-availability transaction environments is a strong asset.
  • AWS experience is beneficial, particularly with EC2, RDS/Aurora, S3, IAM, VPC/security groups, CloudWatch, Systems Manager, KMS, Secrets Manager, Route 53, load balancing, snapshots, and high-availability and disaster-recovery concepts.
  • Knowledge of Docker and Kubernetes concepts; familiarity with ECS/EKS is beneficial.

About the Company

Scientific Games

End-to-end lottery and gaming solutions

Scientific Games provides end-to-end gaming and lottery solutions for lotteries, casinos, and online gaming. It covers game design, production, and management of both physical and digital products, including traditional scratch games and online platforms. The company expanded by acquiring NYX Gaming Group in 2018 to strengthen its digital gaming capabilities, positioning itself as a major player in online and social gaming. Compared with competitors, it differentiates itself through vertically integrated services from concept to delivery and a history of scalable, global solutions, plus a track record of pursuing strategic moves to unlock value and growth. The company’s goal is to help clients grow by delivering comprehensive, scalable gaming and lottery systems and by expanding digital offerings to reach more players worldwide.

Company size
1,001-5,000
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Alpharetta, GA
Founded
1973

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