Role: SysOps / DevOps Engineer Newcastle – Hybrid Office & Home
We’re mkodo — a tech company at the forefront of digital innovation in the iGaming, sports betting, and lottery industries. Our team creates world-class digital products and apps, and we’re the creators of GeoLocs — the industry-leading geolocation technology that’s powering seamless, compliant play for operators across regulated markets worldwide.
This partnership brings us the stability, resources, and global reach of an established industry giant — while we continue to operate with the agility and innovation of a tech-first company.
We’re proud to be a people-first, inclusive, and high-performance workplace. Our culture is built on trust, collaboration, and a shared passion for innovation — and we’ve been officially recognised as a Great Place to Work®, with a 94% employee satisfaction score, well above the industry benchmark.
At mkodo, we celebrate diversity, champion personal and professional growth, and believe that the best technology is built by empowered, supported teams. As a SysOps / DevOps Engineer, you will be a member of the IT Operations function, providing technical and operational contributions across mkodo’s infrastructure and platform services. Be part of the team managing the operational health, reliability, and performance of mkodo infrastructure across cloud and on‑prem environments. Contribute to the design, implementation, and evolution of CI/CD pipelines, automation, and Infrastructure as Code practices. Uphold technical standards and best practices for system configuration, security, monitoring, and resilience. Work closely with development teams to enable effective DevOps practices across development, test, and production environments. Ensure systems and services are well‑documented, with clear runbooks and knowledge base content.
Security, Compliance & Risk
Take responsibility for operational support of ISO27001 ISMS implementation and ongoing compliance. Adhere to all relevant mkodo ISO27001 Information Security Management System (ISMS) policies, procedures and requirements at all times. Complete any reasonable tasks relating to the mkodo ISO27001 Information Security Management System (ISMS). Ensure security, backup, monitoring, and data protection controls are consistently applied and reviewed. Proactively identify, communicate, and mitigate operational and security risks.
Undertake proactive monitoring, alerting, and incident response processes. Participate in the on‑call rota. The successful candidate is expected to be present in the office once a week (minimum of four times per month) for team meetings and collaboration. Inter-office travel is at times expected as part of this role between our Newcastle, and London offices.
Hands‑on experience with Linux systems (CentOS / RHEL / Ubuntu). Practical knowledge of cloud platforms (AWS, Azure) and Kubernetes. Experience with Infrastructure as Code (preferably Terraform) and automation / configuration management (e.g. Comfortable taking ownership of outcomes and decisions, not just implementation tasks.
Networking knowledge. Experience administering Office 365 / collaboration tooling. AWS Billing experience
Hybrid Working Generous Holiday Allowance (increasing with service) Gifted day over Christmas period Birthday off! Performance Bonus & Profit Share Scheme Life Insurance Tech Loan Scheme Cycle to Work Scheme Contributory Pension Employee Assistance Programme Home working expense payment Friday beers provided in each office! Relevant individual training budget. Digital Nomad Policy Generous refer a friend scheme….