Cloud & Application Monitoring Engineer

About the Position

We are an international company operating in the gaming and software development sector, with a strong presence in Africa and Europe. Our platforms handle millions of transactions daily, and system reliability is absolutely critical. We are looking for a proactive Cloud & Application Monitoring Engineer to join our Barcelona office and take full responsibility for monitoring, performance optimization, and fast incident response.

Responsibilities

• Monitor system performance and application health across AWS (Aurora RDS, EC2, CloudWatch), New Relic, and Cloudflare.
• Identify and resolve anomalies (e.g., query locks, traffic spikes, scraping attempts) in real time.
• Configure and maintain dashboards, alerts, and automated responses.
• Analyze SQL queries and database performance (Aurora MySQL) to detect slow queries and optimize indexes.
• Act as first line of defense for incidents, ensuring fast detection and resolution 24/7 (via on-call rotation or alerting tools).
• Collaborate with DevOps, Developers, and Security teams to implement preventive measures.
• Provide clear reports on incidents and system health to management.

Requirements

• Solid experience with AWS (Aurora RDS, EC2, CloudWatch).
• Hands-on knowledge of APM tools (New Relic, Datadog, Grafana, etc.).
• Experience with Cloudflare (traffic analysis, WAF rules, bot management).
• Strong SQL skills: query optimization, deadlock analysis, index management.
• Background in incident response and real-time troubleshooting.
• Good communication skills in English (Spanish is a plus).

Nice to Have

• Experience in gaming/iGaming, fintech, or other high-traffic environments.
• Knowledge of automation scripting (Python, Bash, Terraform).
• Familiarity with security monitoring and fraud prevention.

Apply for Position

Join our team! Email your CV to [email protected] and add the position in the subject line.