At Champion Data, our dedicated team are united by sport and driven by data. We strive to revolutionise and transform sport data globally by leveraging our cutting-edge technology and expert team, ensuring we deliver the best possible outcomes for our partners and clients.
About the job
Champion Data has an exciting opportunity for an experienced and dedicated Site Reliability Engineer to join our team!
The Site Reliability Engineer plays a critical role in ensuring the reliability, availability, performance and security of Champion Data’s infrastructure and cloud services.
Reporting to the Head of Security & Infrastructure, this role sits within the DevSecOps function and works closely with software engineering teams to ensure the platforms powering our sports data ecosystem operate reliably and efficiently.
The successful candidate will help manage and evolve the infrastructure that underpins Champion Data’s data platforms, internal systems and global operations. This includes monitoring platform health, responding to operational issues, improving automation, and strengthening the security and resilience of our environments.
This is a hands‑on role suited to an engineer who enjoys operating complex systems, improving reliability through automation, and working across both infrastructure and application environments.
Key Responsibilities
* Infrastructure Reliability & Operations: Monitor, maintain and improve the reliability, availability and performance of infrastructure that supports Champion Data’s products and internal systems. Identify potential issues early and proactively implement improvements.
* Cloud Infrastructure Management: Support and maintain cloud environments, primarily within Azure and AWS, with a supporting role in GCP and OCI, ensuring systems are secure, resilient and operating efficiently.
* Monitoring & Observability: Design, implement and maintain monitoring, alerting and logging systems that provide visibility into platform health and performance. Focus on proactive detection of issues before they impact users.
* Automation & Infrastructure as Code: Automate operational tasks wherever possible and support infrastructure-as-code practices to ensure environments are repeatable, maintainable and scalable.
* Systems Administration: Administer and maintain Windows and Linux servers, virtual environments and supporting infrastructure components.
* Network & Connectivity Support: Support core networking components including Firewalls, LAN, WAN, internet connectivity and wireless services used across Champion Data offices and infrastructure environments.
* Security & Patch Management: Stay across emerging security vulnerabilities and ensure systems are patched, maintained and aligned with internal security policies and standards.
* Operational Support: Respond to operational alerts and incidents across infrastructure systems and support engineering teams when platform issues arise.
* Disaster Recovery & Resilience: Participate in backup validation, disaster recovery planning and resilience testing to ensure critical systems can recover effectively from failures.
* Infrastructure Lifecycle Management: Assist with the maintenance, upgrade and decommissioning of infrastructure as systems evolve or reach end‑of‑life.
* Collaboration with Engineering Teams: Work closely with developers and technical leads to bridge the gap between development and operations, ensuring systems are designed and deployed with reliability in mind.
About You
* 3+ years experience working in infrastructure engineering, systems administration, DevOps or Site Reliability Engineering roles
* Hands‑on experience operating and maintaining production infrastructure environments
* Practical experience working with AWS and Azure cloud services
* Experience administering Windows Server and Linux environments
* Strong understanding of monitoring, alerting and operational incident management
* Experience working with networking concepts including managed network devices, routing and wireless environments
* Experience working with automation or scripting to improve operational efficiency
* Familiarity with infrastructure‑as‑code concepts and tooling
* Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills with the ability to diagnose complex technical issues
* Excellent communication and collaboration skills when working with engineering teams and internal stakeholders
* A proactive mindset — focused on preventing problems rather than simply responding to them
* An interest in continuously improving platform reliability, automation and operational efficiency
This role is well suited to an infrastructure engineer or systems administrator who enjoys solving operational challenges and improving the reliability of complex systems.
You may currently be working as a Systems Engineer, Infrastructure Engineer, DevOps Engineer or early‑career SRE and are looking to deepen your experience operating cloud‑native platforms at scale.
You are someone who enjoys understanding how systems behave in production, building better monitoring and automation, and helping engineering teams deliver reliable services.
Tell me more about Champion Data
For over 20 years, Champion data has been at the forefront of delivering sports stats globally. With a global presence in Australia, the USA, the UK, and Asia, we specialise in real‑time data collection, storage, analysis, distribution, and visualisation. We track every play and movement, delivering unbeatable game intel through seamless integration systems. Our unrivalled visual packages, in partnership with leading media outlets, ensure a sensational sports broadcast experience. We work across numerous major sports, including AFL, NRL, Football, Horse Racing, World Netball, LIV Golf, Tennis, and Lacrosse. As we continue to expand globally, we aim to solidify our position as the leading sports data company.
At Champion Data, our people are at the core of our success, driving the innovation and passion that underpin our company culture. By joining our team, you will be part of a motivated group with a ‘can‑do’ attitude, eager to embrace challenges and committed to personal and professional growth. At Champion Data we will enable you to be your own champion.
Our Core Values
To challenge the Playbook / To be an Elite Partner / To Champion Team
Why Join Champion Data?
We offer flexible hybrid working arrangements, financial support for setting up a remote workspace and a strong focus on health and wellbeing. Our team culture is vibrant and supportive, including regular social events, team lunches, and more. We also provide extensive employee benefits, including access to our wellness program and additional leave through Mindful Me Days.
What benefits does Champion Data offer the team in Australia?
* Mindful Me Days: Four days per year dedicated to your wellbeing
* Flexible Working: Our team works globally in a hybrid environment, which includes two weeks per year, during which you can work remotely from anywhere worldwide.
* AUS Office: Access to a newly renovated office in Southbank, Melbourne.
* Our spaces: all of our offices have great end‑of‑journey facilities; including showers, wellness/prayer room & games
* Employee Assistance Programs: 24/7 Access to financial support and counselling
* Wellness Incentive: To help support your home office setup or contribute towards a wellness activity/service of your choosing
* Get to the Game: Funds towards tickets for you and your family/friends to attend sporting events globally.
* Advance You Learning and Development: Annual budget to spend on learning and development activities plus Brain Block Time, this is time set aside monthly to learn or study.
* LinkedIn Learning: Access to an external learning platform LinkedIn Learning
* Social Events: Including an annual Family Day & Volunteer Day
When you join Champion Data, you will have the opportunity to step into a fast‑growing, dynamic business during an exciting period of expansion. Each day brings new challenges and opportunities to collaborate with diverse clients across the sports, technology, and broadcast media industries.
We look forward to hearing from you and welcoming you to Champion Data.
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