Lead DevOps Engineer in Scottsdale, Arizona at Design Works Studios LLC

Job Title: Lead DevOps Engineer

Location: Scottsdale, AZ

Job Type: Full Time

No C2C or Third Parties. Must be local to U.S. Sponsorship for employment visa status (e.g. H-1B visa status) is not available.

What we are looking for…

Design Works Gaming is looking for a Lead DevOps Engineer to join our Scottsdale team. We operate a hybrid infrastructure environment consisting of regulated on-premises and hosted systems alongside Azure-based frontend and non-production environments.

The ideal candidate is adaptable and comfortable operating across a diverse infrastructure stack, including both regulated on-premises systems and cloud-hosted environments. This role partners with software engineers, platform engineers, and IT operations to improve deployment workflows, infrastructure reliability, automation, and operational efficiency. Strong communication, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills are essential.

This role reports directly to the Director of Engineering and is structured as a senior individual contributor with a near-term opportunity to grow into a team lead, building and leading a DevOps team of up to three people as the function scales.

Your Role and Impact

• Provide technical leadership across infrastructure and platform engineering initiatives, including defining standards, guiding architecture, and supporting engineering teams in adopting best practices
  
  
• Design, implement, and operate containerized infrastructure and orchestration platforms
  
  
• Implement and maintain CI/CD pipelines, including continuous testing and deployment automation
  
  
• Incorporate infrastructure and application security best practices across systems and deployment workflows
  
  
• Improve reliability, scalability, and operational consistency across hybrid infrastructure environments
  
  
• Build and maintain infrastructure tooling, deployment workflows, and CLI-based automation
  
  
• Support observability, uptime, and incident response processes using tools such as Pingdom and PagerDuty
  
  
• Participate in operational audits and support regulatory compliance initiatives
  
  

Required Qualifications:

• Proficiency with GitHub Actions and CI/CD pipeline development
• Proficiency in one or more scripting or automation languages such as Bash, PowerShell, Python, or Go
• Experience with infrastructure in Azure, VMware, or similar hosted/cloud environments
• Experience operating container orchestration platforms such as Nomad or Kubernetes
• Strong experience with containerization technologies such as Docker
• Experience with monitoring and incident response tooling
  

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with infrastructure automation and configuration management tools such as Terraform and Ansible — strongly preferred for this role
• Knowledge of general programming languages, such as Javascript, C#, or comparable
• Experience with Windows/Linux virtual environments and VM management tools
• Experience with observability, monitoring, and logging platforms such as DataDog, Splunk, Elasticsearch, Grafana, or similar technologies
• Familiarity with regulated or compliance-driven environments

About Design Works Gaming

As a highly recognized 3rd party game development company, Design Works Gaming builds top-performing casino games for the industry’s biggest names across three verticals: Land-Based Gaming, Real-Money Gaming Online and our own Social Games. To accomplish this, we’ve worked with some of the biggest names in the industry and are expanding rapidly which is why we want you to apply!

Founded in 2005, DWG is privately held with operations in the US. If you’re looking for a new and exciting opportunity with exponential growth, inquire more about how you can grow with DWG today!

Design Works Gaming is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive due consideration for employment without any discrimination. All applicants will be evaluated solely based on their ability, competence and their proven capability to perform the functions outlined in the corresponding role.

We promote and support a diverse workforce across all levels in the company. In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the required employment eligibility verification form upon hire.

Why come work with us?
Design Works Gaming Offers You!

• Competitive Salary
• Hybrid work schedule
• Health, Dental & Vision insurance
• Complimentary snack and drink bar
• 401k Retirement Plan
• Gym membership reimbursement
• Fun company culture
• Short workdays on Fridays
• Covered parking