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Fanatics · 2 hours ago

Platform Engineer III - (Infrastructure, Compute & Networking)

United States

Full-time

Remote

Senior Level

$162K/yr - $212K/yr

5+ years exp

Fanatics is building a leading global digital sports platform, and they are seeking a Platform Engineer III to empower their engineering teams by delivering robust cloud foundations. The role focuses on Azure best practices, networking, and cluster/compute operations to support the OddsFactory division's mission.

eSportsManufacturingRetailSporting GoodsSports

No H1B

Responsibilities

Provision and operate compute foundations: VM Scale Sets, Service Fabric clusters (Windows nodes), and Kubernetes clusters (Windows/Linux node pools), including upgrades, node image/patching, and custom autoscaling solutions

Implement secure‑by‑default and Zero Trust patterns across network and runtime (segmentation, least privilege, workload identity/OIDC, egress controls, policy‑as‑code)

Build reusable IaC modules and guardrails (RBAC, Azure Policy) that standardize landing zones and paved paths for product teams

Collaborate with application/platform teams on connectivity patterns (service endpoints, private access, ingress/egress), documentation, and enablement

Establish SLOs and deep observability for infra/network (Datadog), including metrics, traces, logs, flow logs, dashboards, alerts, and actionable runbooks

Partner with teams to onboard to golden paths; provide enablement, examples, and reference implementations

Contribute to capacity planning, cost optimization (FinOps), and operational readiness

Participate in an on-call rotation, ensuring platform stability and providing critical support for operational incidents

Occasionally travel for essential offsite meetings, special events, or collaborative team sessions

Qualification

Azure production environmentsAzure networkingSecurityInfrastructure as CodeKubernetes administrationService Fabric operationsProgramming/scriptingObservability toolsProblem-solving skillsCollaboration skillsEffective communicationPositive attitude

Required

5+ years in platform engineering, SRE, or infrastructure roles operating Azure production environments

Hands‑on expertise in Azure networking and security services (VNets, routing, NSGs/ASGs, Firewall, WAF/AGW, Private Link/Endpoints, DNS, load balancing)

Operations experience with Service Fabric and/or Kubernetes cluster administration in production

Demonstrated proficiency in Infrastructure as Code (Terraform; Terragrunt preferred; ARM/CloudFormation a plus)

Proficiency with programming/scripting (PowerShell & .NET preferred; familiarity with Go or Python is a bonus)

Experience with observability (e.g., Datadog), chaos testing, and incident management

Strong problem‑solving and collaboration skills; comfortable partnering across international teams

Outcome‑oriented and data‑driven; balance reliability, security, and delivery speed

Effective communication skills, with experience collaborating across diverse teams

Positive, flexible attitude comfortable working in a dynamic, fast-paced environment

Preferred

Resilience & Continuity: Multi‑AZ/region architectures; automated failover; defined RTO/RPO with regular DR/chaos exercises and recovery runbooks

Traffic & Policy Plane: Service mesh awareness (mTLS, policy) and edge/CDN/WAF patterns; Cloudflare integrations (WAF, Workers/Queues, Access/Zero Trust, CDN)

Packaging & Delivery: Helm and/or kustomize for cluster add‑ons; Argo CD progressive delivery; multi‑cluster promotion; app‑of‑apps patterns

Secrets & Identity: External Secrets patterns; Azure Key Vault/AWS KMS; workload identity/OIDC; least‑privilege RBAC; policy‑as‑code (OPA/Gatekeeper or Kyverno)

Familiarity or previous experience within the sports betting industry or strong interest in sports

Experience supporting scalable, real-time, or event-driven systems

Experience in fast-paced or start-up environments