Senior Systems / Platform Engineer

Moofwd; Dublin; Hybrid; EUR 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Moofwd in Ireland seeks a Senior Systems / Platform Engineer with 10+ years of experience to lead platform engineering, automation, and 24x7 production support for a Golang-based proxy platform in a global FinTech and payments environment.

You will engineer, deploy and operate the proxy platform and Ansible automation across global sites, collaborating with Software Engineering, Network, Infrastructure, Security and Operations teams to ensure production readiness and scale.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in Systems/Platform/SRE roles, with seniority across Build and Run.
• Strong Linux experience in large-scale production environments.
• Advanced Ansible experience and infrastructure automation.
• Golang experience is highly desirable for platform work.
• Experience deploying and operating globally distributed infrastructure.
• Strong networking, proxy, DNS, load balancing and secure connectivity knowledge.
• Experience with CI/CD, Git and modern platform engineering practices.
• Understanding of Infrastructure-as-Code and repeatable deployment patterns.
• Experience with monitoring, logging and automated remediation.
• Excellent communication across cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Engineer, deploy and operate the platform across global sites.
• Develop and enhance Ansible automation for deployment and lifecycle management.
• Collaborate with software engineers to ensure production readiness and scalability.
• Lead large-scale global deployments, upgrades, and maintenance.
• Design solutions for high availability, resilience and security.
• Provide senior-level production support for a 24x7 global environment.
• Develop observability and remediation capabilities to preempt issues.
• Establish production-readiness standards and runbooks.
• Work with Network, Security, Cloud and Infrastructure teams on end-to-end solutions.
• Identify recurring issues and drive automation-driven improvements.
• Mentor engineers and act as escalation point for complex platform issues.

Skills

Golang

Ansible

Linux

SRE

CI/CD

Networking

Observability

Automation

Tools

Git

Terraform

Job description

Senior Systems / Platform Engineer with 10+ years of experience to lead platform engineering, automation, and 24x7 production support for a Golang-based proxy platform in a global FinTech and payments environment.

We are looking for a Senior Systems / Platform Engineer with 10+ years of experience to join a major multi-year technology transformation program within a global FinTech and payments environment. You will engineer, deploy and operate a Golang-based proxy platform and Ansible automation framework across global sites with a 24x7 production support model.

This is a senior engineering role spanning Build and Run, with a strong focus on platform engineering, automation, production readiness, global deployment and operational resilience. You will work closely with Software Engineering, Network, Infrastructure, Security and Operations teams to take the platform from engineering through production and operate it reliably at global scale.

Key Responsibilities

• Engineer, deploy and operate the platform across global sites.
• Develop and enhance Ansible automation for deployment, configuration, upgrades and lifecycle management.
• Partner with Software Engineers developing the Golang-based proxy platform to ensure production readiness and operational scalability.
• Drive Infrastructure-as-Code and automation-first engineering, reducing manual intervention and improving deployment consistency.
• Lead large-scale global deployments, upgrades, rollouts and maintenance activities.
• Engineer solutions for high availability, resilience, scalability, security and performance.
• Provide senior-level production support within a 24x7 global operating environment, including incident response, troubleshooting and root-cause analysis.
• Develop automated monitoring, observability and remediation capabilities to proactively identify and resolve platform issues.
• Establish technical standards, deployment patterns, operational runbooks and production-readiness requirements.
• Work closely with Network, Security, Cloud, Infrastructure and Software Engineering teams to deliver secure end-to-end solutions.
• Identify recurring operational issues and drive permanent engineering solutions through automation and platform improvements.
• Mentor engineers and act as a senior technical escalation point for complex platform issues.

Experience & Technical Skills

• 10+ years of experience in Systems Engineering, Platform Engineering, Infrastructure Engineering, SRE or similar roles.
• Strong hands-on experience with Linux-based enterprise platforms in large-scale production environments.
• Advanced experience with Ansible, configuration management and infrastructure automation.
• Strong scripting and automation skills; experience with Golang is highly desirable.
• Experience deploying and operating large-scale, globally distributed infrastructure.
• Strong understanding of networking, proxy technologies, TCP/IP, DNS, routing, load balancing and secure connectivity.
• Experience with CI/CD, Git and modern software/platform engineering practices.
• Strong understanding of Infrastructure-as-Code, automation and repeatable deployment patterns.
• Experience with monitoring, logging, observability and automated remediation.
• Strong production troubleshooting and root-cause analysis capabilities.
• Experience designing and supporting platforms for high availability, scalability, resilience and disaster recovery.
• Strong understanding of enterprise security, vulnerability management, access controls and secure engineering practices.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to work across Software Engineering, Infrastructure, Network, Security and Operations teams.

Preferred Experience

• Experience with Golang, Ansible at enterprise scale, proxy platforms, network infrastructure, Cloud technologies, containerization and large-scale global deployment automation.

Eligibility Requirements

• Candidates must have a payments industry background, with experience in payments technology, FinTech, financial services, banking, or a closely related payments environment.
• Candidates must be currently based in the Republic of Ireland.
• Relocation assistance is not available for this position.
• EEA nationals with the right to work in Ireland are eligible to apply.
• Non-EEA applicants must already hold a valid Stamp 4 permission allowing them to work in Ireland.
• Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.
• Candidates must have the appropriate right to work in Ireland for the duration of their employment.
• Candidates must be available to commence employment within 30 days of selection, subject to completion of the required recruitment and employment processes.