Platform Engineer III Infrastructure, Compute & Networking

Platform Engineer III - (Infrastructure, Compute & Networking) Overview

As Fanatics Betting & Gaming (FBG) accelerates Fanatics' mission to build the ultimate digital sports platform, the Platform Engineer III (Infrastructure, Compute & Networking) role empowers our engineering teams by delivering rock‑solid cloud foundations. Joining our Odds Factory division, you’ll focus on Azure best practices, networking, cluster/compute operations, and secure connectivity.

Odds Factory powers in‑play features at massive scale (billions of simulations/month). Today we run Windows services on Service Fabric in Azure; we’re accelerating Kubernetes + Git Ops (Argo CD) and exploring dual‑cloud opportunities.

• Provision and operate compute foundations: VM Scale Sets, Service Fabric clusters (Windows nodes), and Kubernetes clusters (Windows/Linux node pools), including upgrades, node image/patching, and custom autoscaling solutions.
• Implement secure‑by‑default and Zero Trust patterns across network and runtime (segmentation, least privilege, workload identity/OIDC, egress controls, policy‑as‑code).
• Build reusable IaC modules and guardrails (RBAC, Azure Policy) that standardize landing zones and paved paths for product teams.
• Collaborate with application/platform teams on connectivity patterns (service endpoints, private access, ingress/egress), documentation, and enablement.
• Establish SLOs and deep observability for infra/network (Datadog), including metrics, traces, logs, flow logs, dashboards, alerts, and actionable runbooks.
• Partner with teams to onboard to golden paths; provide enablement, examples, and reference implementations.
• Contribute to capacity planning, cost optimization (Fin Ops), and operational readiness.
• Participate in an on‑call rotation, ensuring platform stability and providing critical support for operational incidents.
• Occasionally travel for essential offsite meetings, special events, or collaborative team sessions.

• 5+ years in platform engineering, SRE, or infrastructure roles operating 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.
• Demonstrated proficiency in Infrastructure as Code (Terraform; Terragrunt preferred; ARM/Cloud Formation a plus).
• Proficiency with programming/scripting (Power Shell & .NET preferred; familiarity with Go or Python is a bonus).
• Experience with observability (e.g., Datadog), chaos testing, and incident management.
• Strong problem‑solving and collaboration skills; comfortable partnering across international teams.
• Outcome‑oriented and data‑driven; balance reliability, security, and delivery speed.
• Effective communication skills, with experience collaborating across diverse teams.
• Positive, flexible attitude comfortable working in a dynamic, fast‑paced environment.

• Resilience & Continuity:
  Multi‑AZ/region architectures; automated failover; defined RTO/RPO with regular DR/chaos exercises and recovery runbooks.
• Traffic & Policy Plane:
  Service mesh awareness (mTLS, policy) and edge/CDN/WAF patterns;
  Cloudflare integrations (WAF, Workers/Queues, Access/Zero Trust, CDN).
• Packaging & Delivery:
  Helm and/or kustomize for cluster add‑ons;
  Argo CD progressive delivery; multi‑cluster promotion; app‑of‑apps patterns.
• Secrets & Identity:
  External Secrets patterns;
  Azure Key Vault/AWS KMS; workload identity/OIDC; least‑privilege RBAC; policy‑as‑code (OPA/Gatekeeper or Kyverno).
• Familiarity or previous experience within the sports betting industry or strong interest in sports.
• Experience supporting scalable, real‑time, or event‑driven systems.
• Experience in fast‑paced or start‑up environments.

Ready to build the future of sports betting? If you possess some of these skills but not all of them, we still encourage you to apply!

Please note that visa sponsorship is not available for this position. We are open to fully remote candidates based in the United Kingdom
, but we strongly encourage those who can join us on campus two days per week
.

Launched in 2021, Fanatics Betting and Gaming is the online and retail sports betting subsidiary of Fanatics, a global digital sports platform. The Fanatics Sports book is available to 95% of the addressable online sports bettor market in the U.S. Fanatics Casino is currently available online in Michigan, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and West Virginia. Fanatics Betting and Gaming operates twenty‑two retail sports betting locations, including the only sports book inside an NFL stadium at Northwest Stadium.

Fanatics Betting and Gaming is headquartered in New York with offices in Denver, Leeds and Dublin.