Senior DevOps Engineer Location: Warsaw, PL, 00-807 Requisition ID: 18732 Brightstar is an innovative, forward-thinking global leader in lottery that builds on our renowned expertise in delivering secure technology and producing reliable, comprehensive solutions for our customers. As a premier pure play global lottery company, our best-in-class lottery operations, retail and digital solutions, and award-winning lottery games enable our customers to achieve their goals, fulfill player needs and distribute meaningful benefits to communities. Brightstar has a well-established local presence and is a trusted partner to governments and regulators around the world, creating value by adhering to the highest standards of service, integrity, and responsibility. Brightstar has approximately 6,000 employees. For more information, please visit www.brightstarlottery.com . **Responsibilities** **Key Responsibilities** + Lead design of CI/CD strategies and infrastructure automation + Optimize reliability, performance, and security across services + Handle major incident response and root cause analysis (RCA) + Drive cost optimization and capacity planning + Mentor junior and mid-level DevOps engineers and champion best practices **Typical Tooling Stack** + Languages & Scripting: Bash, Python, Go + CI/CD: GitHub Actions + Containers & Orchestration: Docker, Kubernetes, Helm + IaC: Terraform, Ansible + Cloud: AWS, Azure, or GCP + Observability: Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry, ELK/EFK + Security: Trivy, Snyk, HashiCorp Vault + Collaboration: GitHub, Jira, Confluence **Qualifications** **Required Skills** + Experience: 5–7 years in DevOps/SRE/Systems Engineering + Strong automation and scripting skills + Deep expertise in at least one cloud platform (Azure, AWS, or GCP) + Advanced Kubernetes knowledge (multi-cluster, scaling, upgrades) + Track record designing resilient, scalable, and secure systems + In-depth knowledge of observability/monitoring and incident management + Proficiency in security hardening and compliance-minded engineering + Familiar with security and compliance practices (IAM, encryption, SOC2, PCI, HIPAA as relevant) **Soft Skills** + Clear, concise communication in English within distributed teams (B2/C1 level) + Growth mindset with a bias for automation, measurement, and continuous improvement + Pragmatic problem-solving and customer-centric thinking + Experience collaborating in Agile teams (Scrum/Kanban) **Value-Add / Nice-to-Have Skills** + GitOps (Argo CD or Flux) + Service Mesh (Istio/Linkerd) + Event streaming (Kafka) + Secrets management (Vault, AWS KMS/Azure Key Vault) + FinOps practices and cost observability + Security best practices (OWASP Top 10, SLSA, SBOM/SCAs) **Success Profile** **Your Impact (30/60/90 Days)** + 30 days: map platform health and risk areas; propose an improvement plan + 60 days: implement high-impact CI/CD or cost-optimization initiative + 90 days: lead an RCA and drive systemic fixes across teams **Ways of Working** + Hybrid teams across multiple time zones with strong async communication + You build it, you run it: teams own reliability with support from Platform/ SRE + Blameless incident culture with data-driven post-incident reviews + Automation-first approach; manual work is a signal to improve the platform Brightstar is committed to sustaining a workforce that reflects the diversity of the global customers and communities we serve, and to creating a fair and inclusive culture that enables all our employees to feel valued, respected and engaged. Brightstar is an equal opportunity employer. We provide equal opportunities without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, marital status, national origin, citizenship, covered veteran status, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, or any other legally protected status in accordance with applicable local, state, federal laws or other laws. We thank all applicants for applying; however, only those selected to interview will be contacted. All Brightstar employees have a role in information security. Annual training will be assigned and required as appropriate. For more information, please visit www.brightstarlottery.com . IGT is committed to sustaining a workforce that reflects the diversity of the global customers and communities we serve, and to creating a fair and inclusive culture that enables all our employees to feel valued, respected and engaged. IGT is an equal opportunity employer. We provide equal opportunities without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, marital status, national origin, citizenship, covered veteran status, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, or any other legally protected status in accordance with applicable local, state, federal laws or other laws. We thank all applicants for applying; however, only those selected to interview will be contacted.