Principle Software Engineer DevOps

Role: Staff Software Engineer

Location: Gurugram, India (In-Office)

Department: SRE (Engineering)

About Walker Digital Table Systems (WDTS) Walker Digital Table Systems (WDTS) Headquartered in Las Vegas, with teams across India, Macau, Australia, and the US, WDTS is known for its industry-leading  Perfect Pay Baccarat Table Network  and proprietary  PJM RFID technology  — a proven RFID protocol designed for the speed, volume, and complexity of live casino environments.

WDTS builds digital table game technology for the global gaming and casino industry. Our platforms power live and electronic table games at casinos worldwide, combining real-time systems, distributed architecture, and player-facing technology at scale. Our India team in Gurugram is a core engineering hub building the products that run on casino floors globally.

WDTS is a global gaming technology company building intelligent, secure, and high-performance table game solutions for the casino gaming industry.

Website: https://www.wdtablesystems.com

LinkedIn Page: https://in.linkedin.com/company/walker-digital-table-systems

Role Summary

Architects enterprise Kubernetes and cloud platforms spanning AWS multi-account environments, networking, security, and cost governance. Designs highly available, fault-tolerant infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code, container orchestration, and GitOps-based CI/CD automation. Builds self-service developer platforms and observability solutions that improve engineering productivity, reliability, and deployment velocity.

What You’ll Do

Cloud & Platform Architecture (Leading)

• Architect enterprise cloud infrastructure on AWS, including multi-account strategy, networking, security, identity management, governance, and cost optimization.

• Design highly available, fault-tolerant, disaster-recovery-ready infrastructure supporting mission-critical applications.

• Define DevOps architecture standards, platform engineering practices, security controls, and operational governance across engineering teams.

Hands-On Platform Engineering (Doing)

• Design enterprise DevOps platforms using Infrastructure as Code (Terraform), Docker, CI/CD pipelines, and GitOps.

• Manage and optimize Kubernetes clusters, Kafka platforms, PostgreSQL databases, NGINX, and other critical infrastructure services in production.

• Build self-service developer platforms, reusable deployment frameworks, and automation that improves reliability and velocity.

Observability & Reliability

• Establish observability, monitoring, logging, and alerting using Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, Splunk, and distributed tracing.

• Own Linux administration, Python/Shell automation, and API integrations at scale.

Leadership & Governance (Leading)

• Lead platform modernization initiatives, technology evaluation, and architecture reviews.

• Mentor engineers and enable secure, reliable, and efficient software delivery across teams.

Qualifications

Education: Computer Science or related degree, or a combination of education and relevant experience

Experience:

• 12+ years in platform engineering, DevOps, or infrastructure architecture.

• Strong experience architecting AWS cloud infrastructure at enterprise scale.

• Proven experience with Kubernetes, Terraform, Docker, CI/CD, and GitOps.

• Strong Linux administration and scripting (Python/Shell) skills.

Technical Skills

• Deep expertise designing and operating enterprise Kubernetes platforms across cloud and on-prem environments.

• Strong AWS architecture skills including multi-account strategy, networking, and security.

• Expertise in Terraform, Docker, CI/CD, GitOps, and infrastructure automation at scale.

• Proficiency with computer applications relevant to the role (MS Office/Google Workspace, ticketing systems, and internal collaboration tools).

• Working proficiency with AI tools, including generative AI, used as a daily work-productivity tool (e.g., research, drafting, coding assistance, summarization, workflow acceleration).

Preferred Qualifications

• Multi-cloud experience (Azure or GCP) in addition to AWS.

• Kubernetes or cloud architecture certifications.

• Experience building self-service internal developer platforms.

Soft Skills

• Professional-level written English sufficient for documentation, reporting, and cross-team communication.
• Professional-level spoken English sufficient for meetings, presentations, and stakeholder collaboration.
• Strong analytical, prioritization, and time management skills
• Comfortable operating in a fast-paced, high-stakes production environment