Platform Engineer III - Infrastructure, Compute & Networking
Fanatics Betting & Gaming (FBG) is looking for a Platform Engineer III responsible for building cloud foundations across Azure. You will focus on Azure best practices, networking, cluster and compute operations, and secure connectivity for the OddsFactory division.
Responsibilities
* Provision and operate compute foundations: VM Scale Sets, Service Fabric clusters (Windows nodes), and Kubernetes clusters (Windows/Linux node pools), including upgrades, image patching, and custom autoscaling solutions.
* Build reusable IaC modules and guardrails (RBAC, Azure Policy) that standardize landing zones and pave paths for product teams.
* Collaborate with application/platform teams on connectivity patterns (service endpoints, private access, ingress/egress) and documentation.
* Establish SLOs and deep observability for infrastructure/network using Datadog, including metrics, traces, logs, flow logs, dashboards, alerts, and runbooks.
* Partner with teams to onboard to golden paths; provide enablement, examples, and reference implementations.
* Contribute to capacity planning, cost optimization (FinOps), and operational readiness.
* Participate in an on‑call rotation, ensuring platform stability and incident support.
* Occasionally travel for essential off‑site meetings or collaborative sessions.
Required Qualifications
* 5+ years in platform engineering, SRE, or infrastructure roles with Azure production environments.
* Hands‑on expertise in Azure networking and security services (VNets, routing, NSGs/ASGs, Firewall, WAF/AGW, Private Link, Endpoints, DNS, load balancing).
* Operations experience with Service Fabric and/or Kubernetes cluster administration in production.
* Proficiency in Infrastructure as Code (Terraform; Terragrunt preferred; ARM/CloudFormation a plus).
* Proficiency with programming/scripting (PowerShell & .NET preferred; Go or Python is a bonus).
* Experience with observability (Datadog), chaos testing, and incident management.
* Strong problem‑solving and collaboration skills; comfortable partnering across international teams.
* Outcome‑oriented, data‑driven, balancing reliability, security, and delivery speed.
* Effective communication skills and a flexible attitude for a fast‑paced environment.
Preferred Qualifications
* Resilience & Continuity: Multi‑AZ/region architectures, automated failover, RTO/RPO, DR/chaos exercises, and recovery runbooks.
* Traffic & Policy Plane: Service mesh awareness (mTLS, policy), edge/CDN/WAF patterns, and Cloudflare integrations.
* Secrets & Identity: External Secrets patterns, Azure Key Vault/AWS KMS, workload identity/OIDC, least‑privilege RBAC, and policy‑as‑code.
* Experience in the sports betting industry or strong interest in sports betting.
* Experience supporting scalable, real‑time, event‑driven systems.
* Experience in start‑up or fast‑paced environments.
We are open to fully remote candidates based in the United Kingdom and encourage campus visits two days per week if desired.
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