Senior Systems Engineer - Self-hosted Infrastructure

Qabird; Rotterdam; On-site; EUR 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus

25 vacation days

Travel allowance

Solid pension plan

Access to in-house gym

Lifetime access to Ubisoft’s game library

Job summary

Qabird is looking for a Senior Systems Engineer to enhance the stability and performance of its infrastructure. In this hybrid role based in Rotterdam, you will design and automate systems using cutting-edge technologies while collaborating with teams to align strategies with business goals.

The ideal candidate has strong Linux expertise, a deep understanding of CI/CD practices, and experience managing infrastructures at scale. Excellent benefits include a flexible work setup, annual bonuses, and access to an in-house gym.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience managing Linux systems.
• Experience with Private Cloud platforms.
• Proven use of Ansible and Terraform in production.

Responsibilities

• Design and build scalable platform features.
• Automate and optimize infrastructure management.
• Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines.

Skills

Linux systems management

Infrastructure-as-Code practices

CI/CD pipeline management

Kubernetes orchestration

Observability tools experience

Collaboration and mentorship

Education

4+ years in systems engineering or similar

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Prometheus

Grafana

GitHub Actions

Job description

At i3D.net, we provide world-class global coverage with one of the most interconnected networks in the world. Our solutions focus on low latency, zero packet loss, and unmatched scalability, enabling seamless experiences for millions of users worldwide. With dedicated support, bespoke solutions, and cutting-edge technology, we deliver reliable, cost-efficient infrastructure that empowers game developers and businesses to scale effortlessly. Partnering with major names likeNvidia, DuckDuckGo, and Ubisoft, we are shaping the future of gaming and network technology.

Why your role matters

As a Senior Systems Engineer, you’ll take ownership of the stability, automation, and performance of our internal systems infrastructure. You’ll work across CI/CD pipelines, container tooling, system tuning, and infrastructure-as-code to support real-time workloads on a global scale. The infrastructure you'll be automating is running in i3D.net’s own data centers, so you will have the opportunity to work with the whole vertical stack of hardware, hypervisors, Linux management, Kubernetes clusters and other private cloud offerings.

The role spans the full lifecycle, from deploying and automating services to maintaining and improving the reliability of systems running in our bare-metal and hybrid environments.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and Build Platform Features: You’ll co-architect new platform features, making sure they’re scalable, reliable, and work smoothly across middleware components like ProxMox and Kubernetes.

• Automate and Optimize Infrastructure: You’ll automate the setup and management of infrastructure using tools like Terraform and Ansible, improving the performance and efficiency of systems like databases, web servers, and message queues.

• CI/CD Pipeline Development: You’ll create and maintain CI/CD pipelines that help keep our development process smooth and efficient, enabling continuous integration and delivery across different environments.

• Monitor and Log Systems Health: You’ll implement and manage monitoring and logging solutions to make sure everything is running smoothly, using tools like Nagios, Prometheus, Grafana, and others.

• Collaborate on Systems Engineering Strategy: You’ll work closely with other teams to make sure the systems engineering strategies align with business goals and the overall product roadmap.

• Ensure Security and Compliance: You’ll put security best practices into action and ensure that we meet all relevant standards and regulations to keep our platform safe and sound.

• Promote SRE and GitOps Practices: You’ll advocate for Reliability and GitOps practices, helping create a culture of continuous improvement and operational excellence across the team.

• Mentorship and Knowledge Sharing: You’ll mentor junior engineers and share your knowledge with the team, encouraging best practices and a focus on learning and growth.

Tech stack

At i3D.net, you’ll work with:

• Infrastructure & Tools: Linux (mainly Debian and Alpine), containers & Kubernetes, Terraform, Ansible, GitHub Actions workflows, ArgoCD

• Middleware: nginx, OpenSearch, RabbitMQ

• Databases: MySQL/MariaDB, PostgreSQL, Redis/Keydb

• Observability: Nagios, Grafana, Prometheus, OpenTelemetry

What success looks like in the first year

• You’ve made the systems engineering platform more reliable, scalable, and easier to maintain

• You’ve automated infrastructure tasks and reduced manual overhead

• You’ve improved CI/CD pipelines to support faster, safer deployments

• You’ve strengthened observability and security across the platform

• You’ve contributed to the platform roadmap and supported your teammates through mentoring and collaboration

About you

• Strong Linux Expertise: Deep hands-on experience managing Linux systems in bare-metal or hybrid environments, beyond purely cloud-native setups, including container-optimized or minimal distributions.

• Systems Engineering Experience: At least 4 years working with highly available, distributed, high-traffic systems such as game servers, media platforms, or global APIs, with strong uptime and performance requirements across staging and production. Design experience is a plus.

• Private Cloud exposure: Experience deploying and operating Private Cloud platforms, for example OpenStack, with responsibility for production stability and lifecycle management.

• Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC): Proven use of Ansible and Terraform to provision and manage infrastructure at scale.

• CI/CD & GitOps: Proven use of Ansible and Terraform to provision infrastructure at scale, and solid experience building and maintaining GitHub Actions workflows, pipelines with GitOps tooling such as Argo CD.

• Observability experience: Hands-on experience with Prometheus and Grafana in production environments, ideally within multi-tenant or regulated contexts.

• Collaboration & Mentorship: Experience working in SRE, DevOps, or platform teams, mentoring engineers through code reviews and incident retrospectives, and contributing to internal tooling and documentation.

• Remote vs Onsite: This is a hybrid role, so you'll spend some time working onsite at our Rotterdam office. If you're already in the Netherlands, great. If not, we're happy to support your move with our relocation services (a valid EU work permit is required).

Why join us?

• Global Impact: Help build and operate our internal platform on our own hardware, deployed across multiple data centers worldwide, with a focus on performance, scalability, and reliability.

• Innovation at Scale: Drive the orchestration and automation of our bare-metal platform, ensuring full control, scalability, and high performance across global deployments.

• Hybrid Work Setup: Enjoy the flexibility of a hybrid role with a work-from-home budget and top-tier tools.

• Career Growth: Access education reimbursement, career guidance, and opportunities to upskill.

• Competitive Perks: Annual bonus, 25 vacation days (excluding national holidays), travel allowance, and a solid pension plan.

• Stay Active: Free access to our in-house gym in Rotterdam.

• Free Games: Enjoy lifetime access to Ubisoft’s game library