DevOps Lead

5 Months ago • 5-10 Years • Devops

Job Summary

Job Description

As a DevOps Lead, you'll drive operational excellence and cloud infrastructure for cutting-edge mobile games. Responsibilities include leading and mentoring a team of Cloud DevOps Engineers, designing and maintaining scalable GCP infrastructure, overseeing CI/CD pipelines, automating processes, establishing robust monitoring systems, and collaborating with other teams. You'll need extensive GCP experience, Kubernetes expertise, CI/CD proficiency, and strong automation skills. The role demands strong leadership, problem-solving, and communication skills to manage multiple projects and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
Must have:
  • Lead and mentor DevOps team
  • Design & maintain scalable GCP infrastructure
  • Oversee CI/CD pipelines
  • Automate processes, robust monitoring
  • Extensive GCP, Kubernetes experience
  • Strong communication & problem-solving skills
Good to have:
  • Mobile gaming industry experience
  • GCP certifications
  • Agile methodologies & DevOps culture
  • Game server/matchmaking system knowledge
Perks:
  • Robust benefits package
  • Global career opportunities
  • Flexible working options

Job Details

Are you passionate about driving operational excellence and cloud infrastructure for cutting-edge mobile games? Join our dynamic team as a DevOps Lead and play a pivotal role in shaping the future of mobile gaming technology. We're looking for an experienced leader to manage cloud infrastructure, streamline CI/CD pipelines, and oversee a talented team of Cloud DevOps Engineers. You will evangelise our DevOps practices & standards. The successful applicant will be a person with deep experience, highly motivated and a technical leader with a passion for automation. You have the experience to innovate and shape the future of our platforms. Our environments are highly complex, so you will need to be motivated and energised to solve complex problems. Your knowledge and experience will be crucial to lead engineers to design and develop high performing cloud-based software products applying sound engineering principles, operational discipline, and mature automation to the platform. The key to the DevOps group's success is engagement across teams, contributing to the development and operation of games and services which meet reliability targets.

What You'll Do

Leadership & Team Management

  • Lead, mentor, and grow a team of Cloud DevOps Engineers.
  • Drive best practices for infrastructure as code, CI/CD, and DevOps workflows.

Cloud Infrastructure Management

  • Design, build, and maintain scalable, secure, and reliable GCP infrastructure.
  • Optimize cloud costs while ensuring high availability and performance.
  • Manage Kubernetes clusters and container orchestration for game services.

CI/CD Pipelines & Automation

  • Oversee the development and optimization of CI/CD pipelines for game deployment.
  • Automate repetitive processes to improve development velocity.

Monitoring & Incident Response

  • Establish robust monitoring, logging, and alerting systems.
  • Lead incident response efforts and post-mortem analyses to prevent recurrence.

Collaboration

  • Work closely with development, QA, and product teams to ensure seamless integration of DevOps practices.
  • Advocate for DevOps culture and cloud-native principles across the organization.

What We're Looking For

Technical Skills

  • Extensive experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP) services, including Compute Engine, Kubernetes Engine, Cloud Run, Cloud Functions, Pub/Sub, BigQuery, and more.
  • Strong knowledge of containerization and orchestration tools, especially Kubernetes and Docker.
  • Expertise in CI/CD tools (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, CircleCI, or similar).
  • Proficiency in infrastructure as code tools like Terraform or Google Deployment Manager.
  • Solid understanding of networking concepts, including VPCs, load balancers, DNS, and firewalls in cloud environments.
  • Experience with monitoring and observability tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, Stackdriver).
  • Skilled in scripting and automation using Python, Bash, or similar languages.

Leadership and Soft Skills

  • Proven experience leading and mentoring DevOps teams.
  • Strong problem-solving and troubleshooting abilities.
  • Excellent communication skills to collaborate across technical and non-technical teams.
  • Ability to manage multiple projects, prioritize tasks, and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience in the mobile gaming industry or a high-traffic consumer-facing platform.
  • Certifications in GCP (e.g., Google Cloud Certified – Professional Cloud Architect or Professional DevOps Engineer).
  • Familiarity with agile methodologies and DevOps culture.
  • Knowledge of game server management, matchmaking systems, or real-time data processing pipelines.

Why Aristocrat?

Aristocrat is a world leader in gaming content and technology, and a top-tier publisher of free-to-play mobile games. We deliver great performance for our B2B customers and bring joy to the lives of the millions of people who love to play our casino and mobile games. And while we focus on fun, we never forget our responsibilities. We strive to lead the way in responsible gameplay, and to lift the bar in company governance, employee wellbeing and sustainability. We’re a diverse business united by shared values and an inspiring mission to bring joy to life through the power of play.

We aim to create an environment where individual differences are valued, and all employees have the opportunity to realize their potential. We welcome and encourage applications from all people regardless of age, gender, race, ethnicity, cultural background, disability status or LGBTQ+ identity. We offer a range of flexible working options through all.flex, our flexible hybrid work model and invite you to have a conversation with us about flexible working. EEO M/F/D/V

  • World Leader in Gaming Entertainment

  • Robust benefits package

  • Global career opportunities

Our Values

  • All about the Player

  • Talent Unleashed

  • Collective Brilliance

  • Good Business Good Citizen

The US based roles may require registration with the Nevada Gaming Control Board (NGCB) and/or other gaming jurisdictions in which we operate.

Travel Expectations

None

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About The Company

Aristocrat Leisure Limited (ASX: ALL) is a leading gaming content creation company powered by technology to deliver industry-leading casino games together with mobile games and online real money games, collectively entertaining millions of players worldwide, every day. Headquartered in Sydney, Australia, Aristocrat has three operating business units, spanning regulated land-based gaming (Aristocrat Gaming),social casino (Product Madness)and regulated online real money (Aristocrat Interactive). Our team of over 8,500 people across the globe are united by our company mission tobring joy to life through the power of play.For further information visit the Group's website at

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