Initiate International

Infrastructure Engineer

Initiate International  •  Cape Town, ZA (Hybrid)  •  15 hours ago
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Job Description

We are representing a leading international sportsbook, gaming, and technology business seeking an experienced Infrastructure Engineer to join their growing Cape Town team.

This is an exciting opportunity to work within a highly skilled engineering environment, supporting large-scale online gaming platforms and critical infrastructure that powers some of the most recognised brands in sports betting and gaming. You'll play a key role in ensuring platform stability, performance, scalability, and operational excellence across production environments.

If you are passionate about infrastructure, cloud technologies, automation, and solving complex technical challenges within a fast-paced environment, this role offers excellent exposure, career growth, and the opportunity to work with cutting-edge technologies.

What You Will Do:

As Infrastructure Engineer, you will be responsible for the administration, monitoring, optimisation, and support of critical online gaming infrastructure, ensuring maximum performance and availability.

Key responsibilities include:


  • Design and implement new infrastructure environments and platform setups

  • Support infrastructure automation and continuous process improvement initiatives

  • Test and evaluate new systems and services for production deployment

  • Proactively monitor and support live and staging environments

  • Investigate, troubleshoot, and resolve infrastructure and platform issues

  • Participate in software release and deployment activities

  • Act as an escalation point for technical issues raised by support teams

  • Manage incidents, service requests, problems, and change requests following ITIL best practices

  • Perform detailed log, metrics, and root-cause analysis to identify and prevent recurring issues

  • Collaborate with internal teams and third-party providers to ensure service reliability and performance

All About You:

We are looking for an experienced Infrastructure Engineer with strong Linux, cloud, and Kubernetes expertise, combined with excellent troubleshooting and operational support capabilities.

You will bring:


  • Strong experience working within Linux-based environments

  • Excellent troubleshooting and root-cause analysis skills

  • Experience supporting and maintaining production infrastructure

  • Strong networking knowledge and diagnostic capabilities

  • Experience with Kubernetes in production environments (preferably GKE)

  • Experience with cloud platforms including Google Cloud, AWS, Azure, or OpenShift

  • Strong knowledge of monitoring and observability tools such as Grafana, Prometheus, Zabbix, APM, or similar

  • Experience with logging and analytics tools such as Splunk or EFK

  • Experience working with GitHub, GitLab, CI/CD pipelines, and DevOps methodologies

  • Strong communication skills with the ability to engage both technical and non-technical stakeholders

  • Ability to work independently and collaboratively within a team environment

Highly Desirable:


  • Experience within online gaming, sportsbook, or high-availability environments

  • Exposure to cybersecurity monitoring and threat analysis

  • Experience working with DNS, HTTPS certificates, and infrastructure automation

  • Experience supporting large-scale cloud-native environments

  • Knowledge of ITIL processes and best practices

Additional Information


  • Cape Town-based opportunity

  • Hybrid working model (on-site Tuesdays and Thursdays)

  • Opportunity to join a leading international gaming and technology business

  • Work with modern cloud-native infrastructure and technologies

  • Discovery Medical Aid

  • 21 days annual leave

  • Discretionary company performance bonus

  • Collaborative and high-performing engineering culture

If you are an Infrastructure Engineer looking to work on large-scale gaming platforms within a fast-growing and innovative technology environment, we would love to tell you more.

Initiate International

About Initiate International

Initiate International is first & foremost the leading Recruiter to the iGaming & Fintech industry across the African Continent, having been formed in South Africa back in 2007. Since we joined The Conexus Group in 2023, we now have the ability to offer global recruitment assistance to our clients & candidates through our sister recruitment brand, Pentasia, with their network of offices spanning every other continent. The Conexus Group portfolio also consists of an M&A Advisory, Payments Consultancy, Training Academy & Marketing Services business enabling us to offer a full-service consulting arm.

Initiate International is a team of specialist recruitment consultants who share a passion for recruitment. We ascribe to a more modern approach to recruitment where we, our clients and candidates form one team. It's through working as a team that we are able to identify a perfect match for both clients and candidates.

Exceptional service and quality delivery lie at the heart of the company, we therefore believe in taking a personalised approach to recruitment by striving to understand not only the requirements of our Clients but the nature and corporate culture of their business. In doing so we are not only able to identify the perfect match for your employment needs but are able to provide an employee who will make an immediate impact and begin to add value to your company from day one.

One of the keys to Initiates success is the wealth of industry knowledge its diversified staff of recruitment specialists have acquired throughout their personal experience and acquired networks in their relevant fields. Each division is headed by a qualified senior consultant who will personally consult and advice on the best solution for your recruitment needs.

Industry
HR & Recruiting
Company Size
11-50 employees
Headquarters
Johannesburg, ZA
Year Founded
2007
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