Head of Cloud DevOPs

Location:

Warsaw, PL, 00-807

Requisition ID: 18661

Brightstar is an innovative, forward-thinking global leader in lottery that builds on our renowned expertise in delivering secure technology and producing reliable, comprehensive solutions for our customers. As a premier pure play global lottery company, our best-in-class lottery operations, retail and digital solutions, and award-winning lottery games enable our customers to achieve their goals, fulfill player needs and distribute meaningful benefits to communities. We have a longstanding commitment to Responsible Gaming (RG) that is engrained within our core business and the products we offer to customers and players worldwide. Brightstar has a well-established local presence and is a trusted partner to governments and regulators around the world, creating value by adhering to the highest standards of service, integrity, and responsibility. Brightstar has approximately 6,000 employees. For more information, please visit www.brightstarlottery.com.

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Brightstar Lottey is seeking an experienced and visionary leader to become our Head of Cloud DevOps. This role is for a highly technical, strategic, and hands-on leader who can define the future of our cloud infrastructure and deployment processes. The ideal candidate will bridge the gap between our development and operations teams to create a culture of continuous delivery, operational excellence, and innovation.

Responsibilities

Strategic Leadership: Develop and execute a comprehensive cloud and DevOps strategy that aligns with overall business objectives and supports long-term growth and innovation.
Team Leadership: Lead, mentor, and grow a team of high-performing DevOps, Cloud, and SRE engineers, fostering a culture of technical excellence, accountability, and continuous improvement.
Infrastructure Management: Architect and manage cloud infrastructure across our multi-cloud environments (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP) to ensure high availability, scalability, and performance.
CI/CD Pipeline Ownership: Oversee the governance and optimization of our Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) pipelines to enable fast, secure, and reliable software releases.
Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Drive the adoption and maturity of IaC practices using tools like Terraform, Ansible, or CloudFormation to automate infrastructure provisioning and management.
Cloud Governance & FinOps Alignment: Operate in close alignment with existing Cloud Governance and FinOps frameworks to ensure compliance, cost transparency, and operational efficiency. This role will actively collaborate with Governance and FinOps teams to support and enhance established processes.
Security and Compliance: Partner with security teams to embed security best practices (DevSecOps) into all cloud and deployment processes, ensuring compliance with relevant industry standards and regulations (e.g. RAMP, NIST).
Stakeholder Collaboration: Work with Engineering, Product, and executive leadership to align deployment workflows with business delivery timelines and represent DevOps metrics and decisions at the leadership level.
Innovation: Stay current with emerging cloud technologies and automate operational processes to drive innovation and efficiency within the organization.

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
10+ years of experience in IT, with at least 5 years in a senior leadership role focused on cloud operations or DevOps.
Deep expertise in major public cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP), including a track record of successfully managing and scaling complex, multi-cloud environments.
Proven experience in building, managing, and optimizing CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure using modern DevOps tooling.
Hands-on experience with IaC tools such as Terraform or Ansible.
Proficiency in containerization and orchestration technologies like Docker and Kubernetes.
Strong understanding of monitoring, observability, and incident management practices.
Exceptional leadership, communication, and cross-functional collaboration skills.
Relevant cloud certifications (e.g., AWS Certified Solutions Architect, Microsoft Azure certifications) are highly desirable.
This position will report into the Head of Software Product Development, Retail Lottery Technology

This information reflects Brightstar Lottery’s good-faith estimate of compensation for this position at the time of publication. Actual compensation will be determined in accordance with the applicable collective agreement and internal compensation policies. Factors that we consider include, but are not limited to, role, career level, performance, skills, level of expertise, experience, location, market competitiveness, and internal equity. The estimated starting compensation range is 246,480 zł – 379,200 zł. The Company will comply with all local pay requirements and collective bargaining agreements, where applicable.

In addition to base salary, employees may be eligible for an annual performance-based bonus with a set target (20% of salary) aligned with individual and company performance. Eligibility and payout may be prorated based on date of hire and service during the performance period or sales commission.

Other Benefits Offered:

Paid time off
Health insurance, life insurance, and disability insurance
Opportunities to volunteer your time to company-driven initiatives, employee networks or organizations of your choice
Variety of well-being programs
Retirement benefits
Additional benefits available depending on the seniority of the role

This position is governed by collective bargaining agreement, which regulates the main terms and conditions of employment, including minimum salary levels, classification, working hours, leave, and other employment rights.

Our hiring process is conducted in line with principles of pay transparency and equal pay. We do not request or rely on candidates’ salary history during the selection process.

All Brightstar employees have a role in information security. Annual training will be assigned and required as appropriate.

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