Platform Engineer - Cloud Networking (AWS) - Powering Gaming Experiences

About INTRALOT

At INTRALOT, we shape the future of gaming through innovation and technology. Our global presence, diverse culture, and dynamic teams set the foundation for a people-first strategy. We’re looking for a Platform Engineer - Cloud Networking (AWS).

At Intralot Canada we're transforming the gaming industry with scalable, reliable, and cutting-edge systems. Here’s your chance to make a difference and grow with a dynamic team that thrives on innovation and collaboration.

Your Role

As a Platform Engineer with a focus on Cloud Networking, you’ll be responsible for the backbone that keeps our gaming platforms fast, secure, and always online. You will operate, and optimize low-latency, high-availability AWS network architectures that serve millions of players and real-time transactional systems.

You will help ensure that our platforms scale instantly, withstand traffic spikes, meet strict regulatory requirements, and respond in milliseconds-because in gaming, every millisecond matters.

Responsibilities

Operate & Design High-Performance Gaming Networks:

• Build and maintain AWS VPC architectures supporting real-time gaming workloads.
• Optimize routing paths, connectivity, and integrations to reduce latency.

Secure & Govern Traffic at Scale:

• Implement network security controls using Security Groups, NACLs, WAF, Firewall Manager, and PrivateLink.
• Enforce gaming-industry compliance and data protection through segmented network architectures.

Connect Services, Players & Data:

• Manage connectivity for cloud services, transactional gaming systems, and real-time game event streaming using:
  • Transit Gateway
  • Direct Connect
  • Load Balancers (ALB/NLB/Gateway LB/ F5-BIG IP LTM)

Automate Cloud Networking (IaC):

• Manage networking infrastructure using Terraform, Ansible, CloudFormation, and GitOps workflows.
• Build reusable network modules and enforce version control and peer reviewed deployments.

Observe, Measure & Troubleshoot Traffic:

• Implement deep network monitoring using:
  • VPC Flow Logs
  • CloudWatch
  • ELK/EFK
  • Grafana & Prometheus
• Troubleshoot network latency, packet drops, routing inefficiencies, and scaling bottlenecks affecting real-time gameplay.

Collaborate Across Platform & Game Teams:

• Work closely with DevOps, SRE, platform, and security engineers to ensure fast connections, secure communication, and uninterrupted gameplay.

What You’ll Bring

Education

• A College Degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics, or a related technical field.

Core Experience

• 3+ years in Network Engineering, Cloud Engineering, DevOps, or similar.
• Practical experience running production systems in AWS.

Technical Skills

• AWS Networking Services: VPC, TGW, DX, Global Accelerator, Route53, NAT, ENI, Load Balancers.
• Network Protocols: DNS, BGP, TLS, VPN, IPsec, HTTP/2+, TCP/UDP optimization.
• Security & Traffic Control: WAF, SG/NACL, Firewall Manager, IAM, PrivateLink.
• IaC & Automation: Terraform, Ansible, CloudFormation, Git, CI/CD.
• Monitoring & Diagnostics: CloudWatch, VPC Flow Logs, ELK, Grafana, X-Ray.
• AWS certifications (e.g., AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate, AWS Certified SysOps Administrator - Associate, AWS Certified Advanced Networking - Specialty).

Mindset Fit for Gaming

• Passion for low latency, global scalability, and highly available systems.
• Thrives on solving complex traffic, routing, and performance challenges.
• Commitment to automation, observability, and operational excellence.
• Fluent in English and French (optionally), able to coordinate across teams delivering thrilling player experiences.

Ready to make your next career move?

Apply now and help us build the future of talent at INTRALOT.