DevOps Engineer

We are expanding our Tech team with a DevOps Engineer role to help scale our Cloud Ops at Fast Track!

As a DevOps Engineer at Fast Track, you will play a crucial role in ensuring the scalability and efficiency of our tech operations. Your primary focus will be on building and deploying highly reliable infrastructure to support the growth of our environments cost-effectively and robustly. This includes leveraging highly automated infrastructure and implementing best practices for product delivery.

As a DevOps Engineer at Fast Track, your key responsibilities will be:

Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

• Keeping Infrastructure as Code (IaC) modules up to date, leveraging the latest features.

• Maintaining infrastructure version control to ensure consistency and repeatability.

• Collaborating closely with CloudOps to continuously improve the automation of infrastructure, applications, and monitoring systems.

• Collaborating with Cloud Engineers to standardize infrastructure, architecture, and configuration-as-code automation pipelines.

• Enhancing infrastructure and preparing automation scripts for failovers and disaster recovery scenarios in close collaboration with CloudOps.

CI/CD Processes & Automation (scripting)

• Analyzing and working with various technical departments to enhance CI/CD processes, ensuring rapid and reliable delivery.

• Integrating security practices into the CI/CD pipelines to ensure compliance with security standards.

• Addressing performance bottlenecks in CI/CD

• Securing & Upkeeping of Secret Management

• Designing rollback strategies

• Enhancing release strategies

• Automating fail overs & disaster recovery processes

• Working with Developers and Integration Managers to simplify and automate processes

Performance and Cost Efficiency

• Designing and reconfiguring Kubernetes deployments to achieve optimal performance and cost efficiency.

• Adjusting and ensuring that load balancers and client-facing integration points are highly performant and highly available.

• Identifying and addressing performance bottlenecks in applications and infrastructure.

• Implementing optimizations to improve system efficiency and scalability.

Monitoring and Stability

• Working with the CloudOps and Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) teams to understand processes and develop state-of-the-art monitoring tools and proactive indicators to prevent failures.

• Identifying, setting up, and managing monitoring systems to track system health and performance.

• Ensuring consistencies and stability across different environments.

• Monitoring tools to identify bottlenecks in applications; i.e Identifying heavy database queries that are causing bottlenecks

• Minimum of 3 years of industry experience: Proven expertise in software development and DevOps practices, with a solid background in developer roles and a strong track record of implementing successful DevOps patterns.
• DevOps Advocate: We are looking for a candidate who will advocate for DevOps as a transformative organizational culture shift, emphasizing continuous learning and improvement. The ideal candidate will drive team autonomy, expedite feedback loops, and foster a high-trust environment characterized by empathy and effective cross-team collaboration.
• Strong sense of ownership: Fully committed to taking responsibility for tasks and projects, ensuring they are driven to successful completion with a focus on excellence, accountability, and delivering high-quality outcomes.
• Automation mindset: Proficient in identifying automation opportunities and designing comprehensive automation solutions from inception to implementation, ensuring high efficiency and streamlined processes.
• Team-centric mindset: A genuine team player who infuses enthusiasm, energy, and a positive attitude into our dynamic and collaborative team environment, contributing to a culture of shared success.
• Highly analytical thinker: Outstanding problem-solving skills with sharp attention to detail and a deep passion for unraveling complex challenges and finding innovative solutions.
• Expertise in Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment (CI/CD): Proficiency in CI/CD practices, with experience in GitHub Actions being highly advantageous.
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC) Tools: Strong command of IaC practices, with hands-on experience in Terraform being essential.
• Proficiency in Cloud Platforms and Services: Deep understanding of cloud platforms, with familiarity with AWS being a significant plus.
• Containerization Experience: Solid experience in containerization technologies, with expertise in Docker being an added advantage.
• Version Control Expertise: Strong proficiency in Git for version control.
• Linux Experience: Comprehensive experience working with Linux environments.
• Experience with Logging and Monitoring Tools: Proficiency with monitoring and logging tools such as Grafana and Prometheus.
• Certifications: AWS and Kubernetes certifications are highly desirable.
• Kubernetes Proficiency: Extensive experience with Kubernetes, particularly in:

• Application Design and Development
• Architecture as Code
• Application Deployment and Release Management
• Application Monitoring and Maintenance
• Environment Management, Configuration, and Security
• Services and Network Management
• Performance Optimization
• Helm package management

Development at Fast Track

At Fast Track, we provide a dynamic environment for high-performance individuals who are ready to elevate their skills. Our tech stack is cutting-edge and constantly evolving. We utilise continuous integration and deployment with GitHub Actions, incorporating relevant workflows and approval processes. Our code runs on Docker with Kubernetes orchestration, and all our infrastructure is managed with Terraform, embracing infrastructure as code principles. We leverage Kafka and RabbitMQ for our queue systems and ClickHouse for data storage, complemented by advanced monitoring through Grafana. Our microservice architecture is designed for optimal performance and scalability. To further digitalise our development efforts and optimise efficiency, we have developed internal build servers and monitoring tools to ensure reliability and continuous improvement.

Working at Fast Track

Fast Track is a disruptive technology company, recognised as the iGaming industry CRM leader. Fast Track provides a new way of working, enabling teams to focus on innovation and growth. We are a tight unit with a strong culture and our leadership in tech and the product has attracted high-performance individuals. Fast Track works with hundreds of companies worldwide, with offices in Malta, Sweden, Spain, and the United States, and has been certified as a Great Place To Work®️ for the second consecutive year.

Applicants from abroad
Relocation program included (if required); we pay for your flights for you and your family, shipping, and accommodation for the first 2 weeks.

Perks and Benefits of Working at Fast Track in Sliema, Malta

• Great Place to Work® Certified – Officially recognised for our commitment to building an engaging high-trust culture.

• Collaborative Onsite Work Environment – Be part of a dynamic, innovation-driven team in an open, inspiring workspace.

• Best office on the Island - Work in Sliema with an amazing terrace and sea view

• Be part of our yearly Growth Summit – Join our global team for an inspiring event to connect, collaborate, and celebrate together.

• Parking - Enjoy hassle-free commuting with complimentary parking

• Wellbeing Benefit – We sponsor your well-being activities such as gym memberships or fitness classes to support your health and feel free to join our internal fitness communities including (Yoga, Football Padel, and Running)

• Private Health Insurance – Comprehensive coverage for you through Atlas.

• Mental Wellbeing – 24/7 access to mental health support, to support your mental well-being needs.

• Top-of-the-line Equipment – Best-in-class MacBooks and all the tools you need to excel.

• Breakfast Every Day – Start your morning with a complimentary, healthy breakfast at the office.

• Mobile Plan - We cover your mobile plan

• Fast Track discounts - Get different discounts from nearby shops and restaurants