SENIOR DATABASE RELIABILITY ENGINEER

We are scaling our Platform Engineering function to give our Product Engineers a faster, safer, more self-service infrastructure foundation - and we are hiring a Senior Database Reliability Engineer to strengthen the PostgreSQL and RabbitMQ golden paths at the heart of it.

YOUR ROLE

Treat relational data and messaging as code. Make storage and transport invisible - in the best way.

You will sit at the intersection of database engineering and platform engineering, embedded in our Platform Engineering Area. You will own the PostgreSQL golden path on CloudNativePG, operate RabbitMQ alongside the team, and build self-service capabilities with guardrails so Product Engineers can ship without database or messaging becoming a bottleneck.

Your primary technical anchor is PostgreSQL on CloudNativePG. The team also owns RabbitMQ collectively, and you will contribute to operating and evolving it.

• Own the PostgreSQL golden path on CloudNativePG - Provisioning, upgrades, backup/restore, HA, replication, observability - all as code, exposed to product teams as self-service.
• Operate RabbitMQ alongside the team - Clustering, routing, HA, troubleshooting; build reusable messaging patterns Product Engineers can adopt without filing a ticket.
• Build self-service capabilities with guardrails - Scoped, safe data and transport primitives Product Engineers can consume without depending on you for routine work. Surface adoption signals and friction, and iterate - the capability isn’t done when it’s built, it’s done when teams use it without asking you.
• Translate security and compliance into capability flavors - Implement and enforce access controls and encryption standards (ISO27001 baseline); translate regulatory requirements into capability variants so compliance is default-on for consumers.
• Make it observable - Implement and maintain telemetry (Datadog) so reliability is measurable, not assumed.
• Elevate the team - Mentor peers structurally on PostgreSQL and Kubernetes-stateful patterns; raise the bar on automation and operational rigor.

Do you have experience in VMware?, * 5+ years of professional experience operating PostgreSQL in production at scale, including HA, replication, backup/restore, and performance tuning

• At least 2 years in a platform or IaC-oriented role
• Hands-on experience with Kubernetes for stateful workloads (operators, storage, lifecycle)
• Hands-on experience with Terraform and Ansible for infrastructure automation
• CI/CD and GitOps - Git, GitLab CI, pipelines
• Familiarity with at least one production-grade message broker (RabbitMQ preferred)
• Hands-on experience with Datadog or equivalent observability tooling
• Working knowledge of cybersecurity standards (ISO27001 or equivalent) and secure-configuration practices
• Strong sense of when to work autonomously and when to collaborate

NICE-TO-HAVE (REAL DIFFERENTIATORS)

• Strong production RabbitMQ operations experience - clustering, routing, HA, troubleshooting
• CloudNativePG (CNPG) - operating PostgreSQL on Kubernetes
• Operating PostgreSQL in regulated environments (gaming, finance, health) under audit constraints
• MongoDB / MongoDB Atlas operations
• VMware or Nutanix for compute/storage in the context of stateful workloads
• Migrating relational workloads from VM-based to Kubernetes-native operation
• Prometheus / Grafana observability
• Software development background beyond scripting (Python, Go for tooling)

As well as having a unique experience - centered around our values of pleasure, team spirit, performance, boldness and integrity - alongside 1.600 employees around the world, we offer:

• the opportunity to contribute to the international development of a family company from Liège
• the chance to take part in a human and entrepreneurial adventure within a solid group
• a friendly work environment that is adapted to reaching optimal performance

• leadership by talents, values, trust and autonomy the opportunity to progress and specialize with our internal mobility system

• a competitive salary package with several perks
• the possibility to work remotely up to 50% for a good work-life balance

With 30 years of history, today Gaming1 is one of the international leaders in both land-based and online games of chance (casino games, sports betting and poker). Its evolution at the heart of innovation is accompanied by a diversification and specialization of positions, with the creation of new cutting-edge jobs.