Summary
Fanatics Momentum is building a regulated commercial gaming business in the UAE. The TechOps Engineer will operate and improve Azure-hosted platforms, support Java microservices, troubleshoot production incidents, and lead root-cause analysis and security remediation. The role also involves Terraform-based infrastructure, deployments with GitHub Actions and Ansible, centralized ELK observability, backup and disaster recovery readiness, and participation in a 24/7 on-call rotation. Applicants should have 8+ years of relevant experience and strong production experience with Azure, RHEL, Java microservices, Elasticsearch, and infrastructure automation. The role is located in Abu Dhabi.
The posting
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About Fanatics Momentum
Fanatics Momentum is building the UAE's leading regulated commercial gaming operator. Licensed by the General Commercial Gaming Regulatory Authority (GCGRA), we operate across lottery, iGaming, sportsbook, and digital content, combining Momentum's regional foundation with Fanatics' global product, technology, and scale. The business is ambitious, well-resourced, and moving fast. If you want to help build a category-defining operator in one of the world's most exciting regulated gaming markets, this is the right time to join.
Job Summary
We are looking for a TechOps Engineer to operate, stabilize and modernize our Azure-hosted platforms (Java/Spring Boot microservices on RHEL). The role covers 24/7 operations, incident management, hands-on troubleshooting and security remediation, and helps build out a codified platform: Terraform, GitHub Actions + Ansible, and centralized ELK.
Responsibilities
- Build and support environments on Azure; hands-on RHEL administration (hardening, patching, tuning)
- Act as escalation for L2/L3 incidents, driving RCA and permanent fixes
- Debug issues hands-on across the stack (OS, network, middleware, JVM, database) using logs, metrics, thread/heap dumps and packet captures
- Support Java/Spring Boot microservices and the middleware they run on; diagnose JVM issues (memory, GC, threads, latency)
- Drive security vulnerability remediation across OS, middleware and cloud
- Collaborate with Security/SOC/NOC on incident response and post-incident reviews
- Deliver changes as code: infrastructure in Terraform, deployments via GitHub Actions running Ansible
- Help build and run a centralized ELK platform as the logging and observability standard
- Own backup, restore testing and DR failover readiness
- Participate in 24/7 on-call rotation
- Manage incidents/problems/changes via Jira Service Management
- Maintain runbooks, dashboards and documentation
Technical Skills
- Cloud/Network: Azure VMs, VNet, NSG, Load Balancer, App Gateway/WAF, Firewall, Virtual WAN, Key Vault, private endpoints, VPN; Azure Front Door, Cloudflare, Nginx, TLS
- Data: Azure MySQL Flexible Server (HA, replicas, point-in-time restore), Redis, Blob Storage; Canal (MySQL CDC), MongoDB
- OS: RHEL (enterprise production), Azure Update Manager; Docker engine on hosts
- Java/Middleware: Spring Boot, Dubbo, Nacos, ZooKeeper, XXL-Job, Kafka, RabbitMQ
- Observability: Elastic Stack (Elasticsearch cluster ops, ILM, Logstash, Kibana); Prometheus, Alertmanager, Grafana, Azure Monitor; Micrometer/JVM observability; PagerDuty
- Access/Security: Entra ID, RBAC, PIM; Azure Bastion, JumpServer (PAM), Zscaler ZPA
- Backup/DR: Azure Backup, DR region failover
- IaC/CI/CD: Terraform, GitHub Actions, Ansible, GitHub Packages, GitOps; Python, Bash
- Tooling: Jira Service Management, Confluence
Requirements
- 8+ years in TechOps/Infrastructure/SRE/Production Operations
- Strong hands-on Azure and RHEL experience in production
- Proven support of Java microservices/middleware in production
- Strong hands-on debugging and analytical skills; comfortable working an unfamiliar problem from symptoms to root cause
- Advanced Elasticsearch and JVM observability skills
- Hands-on Terraform, GitHub Actions and Ansible; Python/Bash scripting
- Strong incident management/RCA capability; ITIL familiarity
- Comfortable with 24/7 operations; strong communication
- Plus: experience working in regulated gaming environments
At Fanatics Momentum, we’re proud to be a fair, transparent, and inclusive employer. We value diversity, collaboration, and innovation, and we’re committed to creating an environment where every team member can thrive. If you’re ready to grow your career and help us build Momentum, we’d love to hear from you.