DevOps Engineer

Your Role and Impact

As a DevOps Engineer at KingMakers, you’ll play a pivotal role in ensuring our platforms are resilient, scalable, and deliver exceptional performance to millions of users. You will work within a dynamic team to enhance automation, streamline pipelines, and maintain high system availability for all KingMakers products.

This is more than just a role—it’s your chance to contribute directly to KingMakers’ growth, making sure our platforms can handle massive volumes and deliver seamless user experiences. With your expertise, you’ll help create world-class systems that push the boundaries of what’s possible.

 Automation and Optimisation

• Propose and implement solutions to reduce manual toil through automation and streamline workflows.
• Automate infrastructure using Terraform and Azure DevOps Pipelines to improve efficiency and reduce errors.

Infrastructure Operations

• Plan, design, and execute configuration changes at both the application and infrastructure levels.
• Manage cloud resource provisioning and configuration in Azure (via CLI/API).
• Operate and maintain Kubernetes (AKS) environments, including CLI operations and service re-provisioning.

Collaboration with Development Teams

• Partner with product development teams to automate infrastructure for new products, ensuring smooth deployment and scaling.
• Define SLOs and SLIs that improve reliability and align teams on performance goals.
• Support teams with alerting platforms to guarantee world-class system support.

Incident Management and Emergency Response

• Act as a first responder by being on-call or reacting to system issues using established monitoring tools to ensure system reliability.
• Escalate and resolve incidents promptly to minimise downtime and ensure quick recovery.

Even better if you do

 Performance Monitoring and Observability

• Leverage tools like Prometheus, Grafana, Kibana, and Azure Monitoring to continuously enhance system observability.
• Improve logging systems using the Elastic Stack and Grafana Cloud, ensuring robust and actionable insights.
• Define and monitor Service Level Indicators (SLIs) and Service Level Objectives (SLOs) to meet availability and latency goals.

Technical Expertise and Systems Management

• Configure and manage CI/CD pipelines in Azure DevOps, enabling seamless deployment and integration.
• Utilise monitoring tools like Prometheus for metrics and Elastic (Kibana and APM) or Azure Monitoring (Kusto) for log analysis.
• Manage operating systems (Linux and Windows), ensuring proper configuration, troubleshooting, and package management.
• Apply networking concepts, including VPCs, proxies, and CDNs, to maintain and optimise infrastructure.

How you do it – Expectations for fulfilling your role:  

As a general rule at KingMakers we want people to be: 

• Customer Focus: We keep the customer at the centre of everything we do.  
• Passion & Dedication: We are passionate about what we do, employing only smart, honest, dedicated, and results oriented team players.  
• Openness, Honesty & Directness: We embrace a culture of candor and work together towards the right solution whilst being open, honest, and willing to give and receive feedback, judgment-free. We play the ball, not the person.  
• Innovation & Big Thinking: We always look for ways to innovate whilst not losing sight of what's important. The bigger we think, the more we inspire, the better the outcome.   
• Ownership & Accountability: We think like owners. If we see a problem, we find a solution. We are pragmatic and always strive to do more with less. 
• Speed & Focus: We plan, we strategise, but mostly, we DO. Without doing, there is no progress, we can always change direction but only if we start moving. Fast beats slow.  
• Low Ego: The best solutions are achieved when we leave our egos at the door. We always seek opportunities to learn in every situation. No job too small.  
• Fun: On balance, we believe in having fun whilst working. We maintain perspective as best as we can, and together, we celebrate our successes.

Why Us?

KingMakers is more than just a sports and gaming company; it’s part of an international mission to redefine sports entertainment across Africa. We’re dedicated to making a positive impact on the communities we serve, supporting CSR initiatives since 2020 in key areas like Sports, Health, Education, and the Environment.

We’re equally committed to responsible gambling, ensuring our platform is a safe and enjoyable space for everyone. By joining us, you’ll be part of a fast-growing, purpose-driven company that values each contribution and empowers you to make a real difference. Here’s what else you can look forward to:

• Global Vision, Local Impact: Join an international team with a strong commitment to uplifting African communities through meaningful initiatives.
• Opportunities to Grow: Be part of a rapidly expanding company in a growing industry, with plenty of chances to learn, advance, and lead.
• Additional Annual Leave: Enjoy 5 extra days of leave on top of the standard 15 days provided by South African Labour Law, giving you a total of 20 days to recharge each year.
• Group Risk Coverage: Provided by Discovery Health, offering peace of mind with life insurance coverage that supports you financially should the unexpected happen during your time with us.
• Pension Fund Contribution: We’ll contribute up to 4% towards your pension fund, helping you secure a financially stable future.
• Employee Wellness: Access our Employee Wellness Program with online coaching and counselling for personal, financial, legal, and health-related support—whenever you need it.

It’s time to play like a champion. Are you ready to take KingMakers to the next level? Apply today and be part of something extraordinary!