Cloud engineer (data platform infrastructure engineer)

About the team

The Data Platform Infrastructure team is part of the Data division and is responsible for building, maintaining, and evolving the infrastructure that powers evoke's modern data platform. The team owns and supports critical platform capabilities across AWS, MSK, Kafka Connect, Kubernetes/EKS, GitLab CI/CD, infrastructure-as-code, Flink deployments, OpenSearch, observability, cost optimization, and operational support. We enable engineering teams to deploy and operate data workloads safely, reliably, and efficiently across environments.

Our work directly supports real-time data processing, platform resilience, scalable data infrastructure, and strategic data initiatives such as Event Broker. The team works closely with Data Engineering, Framework, Platform, and product-aligned teams to deliver reusable infrastructure patterns, reliable deployment capabilities, and operational excellence. As a hands-on engineering team with strong ownership of production reliability, we value collaboration across teams, proactive problem-solving, knowledge sharing, and high-quality documentation.

What you will be doing

The Cloud Engineer is part of the Data Platform Infrastructure team and is responsible for building, maintaining, and supporting the cloud infrastructure and deployment capabilities that power evoke's Smart Data Platform (SDP). The role contributes to platform capabilities across AWS, Kubernetes/EKS, Terraform/Terragrunt, GitLab CI/CD, Python automation, Apache Flink, OpenSearch, observability, monitoring, alerting, cost optimization, and operational support. The engineer helps ensure that real-time data processing workloads are deployed reliably, monitored effectively, and operated safely across environments.

The role supports platform resilience, scalable data infrastructure, real-time data processing, and strategic data initiatives such as Event Broker. Working closely with Data Engineering, Framework, Platform, and product-aligned teams, the engineer contributes to reusable infrastructure patterns, deployment automation, and operational excellence. The role includes supporting Kubernetes and CI/CD platforms, contributing to the evolution of Flink deployment patterns across AWS Managed Flink and EKS, assisting with OpenSearch infrastructure and security, and continuously improving observability, reliability, and cost efficiency across the platform. The engineer participates in technical discussions, supports the implementation of streaming-based solutions, contributes to documentation and knowledge sharing, and embraces modern AI-assisted engineering practices, leveraging tools such as Codex, Copilot, Claude, or equivalent technologies to improve productivity, delivery quality, automation, and engineering workflows.

Requirements

Who we are looking for

Essential

• Experience working with AWS infrastructure in a production environment.
• Experience with Kubernetes and Amazon EKS.
• Experience using Terraform or Terragrunt to manage infrastructure as code.
• Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines, ideally using GitLab CI/CD.
• Experience scripting or automating tasks using Python.
• Experience supporting real-time or streaming-based data platforms.
• Familiarity with Kubernetes concepts such as autoscaling, node pools, scheduling, and workload optimization.
• Experience with monitoring, alerting, observability, and production troubleshooting.
• Experience supporting production systems and participating in an on-call support rote.
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively across engineering teams and communicate technical information clearly.
• Practical experience using AI-assisted engineering tools such as Codex, Copilot, Claude, or equivalent.

Desirable

• Experience with Apache Flink, Flink Operator, AWS Managed Flink, or similar streaming/data processing technologies.
• Experience with OpenSearch infrastructure and operations.
• Experience with Kafka, Kafka Connect, or event-driven architectures.
• Experience deploying GitLab runners on Kubernetes/EKS.
• Experience contributing to cloud cost optimization initiatives.
• Experience with New Relic or similar observability platforms.
• Experience working on data platform infrastructure in a regulated or high-availability environment.
• Experience contributing to infrastructure standards, documentation, or knowledge sharing.

Behaviours we look for in this role

• Strong ownership mindset and accountability for production-quality outcomes.
• Calm, reliable, and structured approach to operational issues.
• Comfortable working with ambiguity and complex infrastructure problems.
• Proactive in identifying risks, improvement opportunities, and cost optimization options.
• Strong bias for automation, repeatability, and infrastructure-as-code.
• Collaborative and willing to support engineers across teams.
• Clear and pragmatic communicator, able to adapt communication style to different technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Strong documentation and knowledge-sharing mindset.
• Continuously improves engineering practices and adopts modern tools, including AI-assisted development, where they add value.
• Focused on platform reliability, customer impact, and long-term maintainability.
• Demonstrates evoke values: raises our game, wins together, and puts customers first.

More about evoke

We’re a business that embraces change and progress. The power behind big name brands William Hill, 888 and Mr Green, evoke is the new name for 888 Holdings. Marking a new sense of purpose, direction and ambition for the business, there couldn’t be a more exciting time to join us as we accelerate our journey to bring even greater delight to our customers with world-class experiences. That’s the future. That’s evoke.

At evoke, you’ll benefit from flexibility and a culture built on trust. We’ll give you the space to be yourself and the tools you need to protect our customers while they play. We’ll invest in your future to help you develop your unique strengths and build a career that’s right for you.

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