Company Description
About Playtech
Founded in 1999, the company has a premium listing on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange and is focused on regulated and regulating markets across its B2B and B2C businesses. Both divisions leverage Playtech’s proprietary technology to deliver innovative products and services to ensure a safe, engaging and entertaining betting and gaming experience.
Playtech is the gambling industry's leading technology company delivering business intelligence-driven gambling software, services, content, and platform technology across the industry's most popular product verticals, including, casino, live casino, sports betting, bingo and poker. Read more about who we are and what we do here: www.playtech.com & www.playtechpeople.com
Here at Playtech, we genuinely believe that people are our biggest asset. Diverse thoughts, experiences, and individual characteristics enrich our work environment and lead to better business decisions. Recognizing differences and ensuring our processes are transparent is the core of Playtech’s overall commitment to responsible business practices.
Ready to level up your career?
Playtech‘s IT unit is looking for a proactive System Administrator with great problem-solving skills.
Job Description
Your influential mission. You will...
- Monitor System Performance: Keep an eye on system performance and troubleshoot any issues that arise to ensure minimal downtime
- Perform System Maintenance: Install, configure, and maintain applications within the IT infrastructure
- Collaborate with Teams: Interact with developers and analysts to develop the necessary infrastructure troubleshooting
- Provide 2nd Level Support: Offer technical support to end-users and the IT Helpdesk to resolve issues for systems, applications, and services
- Manage Upgrades: Plan and execute application upgrades and security patches
- Maintain Documentation: Keep records of system configurations, processes, and procedures up to date
Qualifications
Components for success. You…
- Have 4+ years of experience in an IT Application Support role with proven work as a System Administrator
- Hold a bachelor’s degree or relevant professional certification
- Possess strong technical expertise in IT infrastructure, particularly in Linux environments
- Have a deep understanding of IT infrastructure technologies, including:
- Web services: Tomcat, Nginx, Apache, WordPress
- Email services
- Databases: PostgreSQL, MariaDB
- Linux clusters
- Bring experience with AWS, MacOS, networking, Bash scripting automation, Git, Papercut printing, and documentation.
- Are detail-oriented, self-motivated, and able to prioritize tasks effectively
- Have strong problem-solving skills and can manage time well to meet deadlines
- Communicate effectively with excellent verbal and written English skills
Thrive in a culture that values...
- Empowerment, support, and mentoring
- Constant learning and development opportunities
- Active lifestyle and mental well-being in an international environment
- Fun company events
Additional Information
IT TEAM
The IT Services team ensures the smooth operation of critical systems, focusing on system performance, troubleshooting, maintenance, and upgrades. They provide technical support, collaborate with developers and analysts, and contribute to infrastructure improvements and security enhancements.
Playtech is an equal opportunities employer. Our mission is to welcome everyone and create inclusive teams. We celebrate differences and encourage everyone to join us and be themselves at work.
Top Skills
What We Do
Founded in 1999 and premium listed on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange, Playtech is a technology leader in the gambling industry with over 7300 employees in 19 countries
Playtech is the gambling industry’s leading software and services supplier and partners with many of the world’s leading regulated online, retail and mobile operators, land-based casino groups, government sponsored entities such as lotteries, and new entrants opening operations in newly-regulated markets. Its business intelligence-driven gambling software offering includes casino, live casino, bingo, poker and sports betting.
We are the pioneers of Omni-channel gambling which, through Playtech ONE, offers operators and their customers, a seamless, anytime, anywhere experience across any product, any channel (online, mobile, retail) and any device using a single account and single wallet. It provides marketing expertise, sophisticated CRM solutions and other services for operators seeking a full turnkey solution.
The company has won numerous awards including the prestigious Gaming Intelligence Game of the Year award 2018 for its Age of the Gods games that includes slots, table games and live casino.
Alongside our own cutting-edge gaming studios and content we license some of the world's most popular brands from Hollywood studios including Warner Bros. Consumer Products on behalf of DC Entertainment, Paramount, Fox, NBC Universal, MGM and many more.
Playtech Financials operates both on a B2C and B2B basis. Our B2C focused offering is an established and growing online CFDs broker, operating the brand markets.com. Our B2B offering includes the division's proprietary trading platform, CRM and back-office systems, as well as its liquidity technology platform which provides retail brokers with multi-asset execution, prime brokerage services, liquidity and complementary risk management tools.
If you are an ambitious, creative thinker and would like to work for us we want to hear from you!
