Cloud Network Engineer

Location – Leeds

Reports to: Cloud Engineering Manager
Hybrid working

Permanent

About function:

In Flutter COO we work with experts across Flutter to build, deploy and communicate the Flutter Edge. Together we cover Product & Payments, Technology, Sportsbook Product & Trading, People, Property, Corporate Communications and Strategic Partnerships & Transformation.  

Role purpose:

Flutter Technology are recruiting a Cloud Network Engineer to drive the implementation, automation, and operation of our AWS cloud network platform. The platform will underpin the global services consumed by the groups well-known betting brands.

In this capacity, you won't just engineer but will play a pivotal role in crafting the technological trajectory for Flutter’s cloud network infrastructure, working with all brands across the group to migrate and modernise their services, deliver technology to meet their needs, and promote knowledge sharing across the engineering community. The role will contribute to the evaluation and selection of AWS services, code and configuration management tooling and the variety of components required to achieve our group strategic objectives.

You must be effective at articulating technology requirements, promoting cloud enablement, migrations and the methodologies required to reduce risk and achieve desired outcomes. You should be comfortable working with multi-functional global teams in dynamic organisations, as the role will have interdependencies with teams in AWS, our partners, and our own engineering teams across various functions in various brands.

The right candidate will have experience in network engineering and working with enterprise organisations on large scale migration/modernisation transformation projects. This will have involved a customer-obsessed and collaborative approach, coupled with a strong technical understanding to provide confidence and answer questions, an ability to engage and help crystallise business benefits of migrations, demonstrate an excellent technical understanding of network and cloud solutions, and a passion for helping to transform using cloud technologies.

What you’ll do

• Build and operate a secure, performant, and cost-effective AWS Cloud Network Platform.

• Orchestrate the transformation of system deployment and operations using Infrastructure as Code methodologies and employing top-tier configuration management tools.

• Assume guardianship of source code and artefact repositories, ensuring they adhere to standard methodologies.

• Drive the technical review process, providing strategic insights and guidance to elevate code quality.

• Enable and support engineering teams with the adoption of cloud services.

• Triage incidents, problems, and risks impacting Flutter cloud services.

• Author and oversee a library of technical documents.

• Define, curate, and champion Low-Level Designs (LLDs) for our cloud services.

• Support cloud architecture and function leads with developing the cloud technology roadmap and strategy.

• Act as a trusted SME offering advice and knowledge sharing to the broader technology team and internal customers.

• Forge, evangelise, and ensure alignment to best-in-class operating procedures, policies, and operational manuals, setting a gold standard for operational precision.

• Cultivate and nurture relationships with other pivotal Flutter group functions, consistently identifying and seizing opportunities for strategic collaboration.

• Liaise with Third Party vendors and partners.

• On-call is likely to be introduced in the future.

What you’ll need:

• Experience in Network Engineering is a must.

• Building and operating network, Infrastructure and Cloud platforms, ideally within highly available AWS environments.

• Proven experience in Cloud network technologies and hybrid connectivity

• Proven experience in not just relocating but also strategically rehosting, refactoring, and rearchitecting services, ensuring they seamlessly integrate into AWS.

• Proficiency with source control management tools (like Git, GitHub) coupled with extensive hands-on experience with CI/CD pipeline optimisation.

• Proven expertise in curating, managing, and optimising deployment assets, including AMIs, container images, and artefacts.

• Demonstrated proficiency in employing Infrastructure as Code methodologies using tools such as CDK, Terraform, and CloudFormation at scale.

• Orchestration and management of container platforms, preferably using Kubernetes.

• Extensive experience in delivering and operating systems within stringent security-compliant environments, ensuring both compliance and performance.

• Producing and overseeing comprehensive, clear, and actionable technical documentation.

• Sharing knowledge with your peers and across the wider engineering community.

• Working in an agile environment.

• Incident, change, problem, and risk management.

• Bonus points for previous software engineering experience, coding, and automation

Competencies:

• Building Support: We establish close relationships with our partners, underpinned by trust, integrity, and respect. We are able to build awareness, understanding, and positive momentum behind the group technology strategy, often without being in a position to assert authority.

• Objective: We are impartial and unbiased, ensuring equal treatment for all and that decisions are based on objective criteria.

• Collaborative: We work effectively and in partnership with our collaborators on shared goals that align towards the achievement of the group strategy. We foster a collaborative environment and assume the role of leader when required.

• Adaptable: We understand and appreciate different and opposing perspectives on an issue and are able to adapt our approach in order to achieve a successful outcome.

• Critical Thinking: We think about the big picture and use that perspective to support our divisions to achieve competitive advantage through greater agility, faster time to market and a better customer experience.

• Critical Communication: We are proactive and considered in our approach to partner communications. We actively listen, provide constructive feedback and help others to consider new perspectives.

What’s in it for you
We are a flexible employer; whether you have personal commitments or a hobby that brings you joy, we want you to bring your best self to work and feel empowered to do so. We also like to share our success; after all you make it happen. We have an excellent benefits package that can be personalised to you:

• Bonus scheme

• Uncapped holiday allowance

• Enhanced pension scheme

• Private healthcare

• Life assurance

• Income protection

• £1,000 annual self-development learning fund

• Invest via the Flutters Sharesave Scheme

• Enhanced parental leave

About Flutter

We are a world leader in online sports betting and iGaming, with a market leading position in the US and across the world.

We have an unparalleled portfolio of the most innovative, diverse and distinctive brands including FanDuel, Sky Betting & Gaming, Sportsbet, PokerStars, Paddy Power, Sisal, tombola, Betfair, MaxBet, Junglee Games and Adjarabet.

With our global scale and challenger attitude, through which we excite and entertain our customers, in a safe and sustainable way. Using our collective power, the Flutter Edge, we aim to disrupt the sector, learning from the past to create a better future for our customers, colleagues and communities.

We’re working to be an inclusive employer, and we encourage people from all backgrounds, ways of thinking and working to apply. Everyone brings different perspectives and experiences; you don't have to meet all the requirements listed to apply for this role.

If you need any adjustments to make this role work for you let us know, and we’ll see how we can accommodate them.