Senior Systems Engineer

Madiff; Town of Poland (NY); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Long-term B2B contract

Stable project pipeline

Job summary

Madiff is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer to support a high-scale cloud infrastructure in the payments domain. This role involves designing, implementing, and maintaining cloud infrastructure on AWS and GCP, and also requires expertise in Infrastructure as Code, Kubernetes, and security compliance.

The ideal candidate will bring strong hands-on experience in production-critical systems, with a focus on optimization, automation, and operational excellence. A long-term B2B contract with stable projects is available.

Qualifications

• Strong hands-on experience as a Systems Engineer or Cloud Infrastructure Engineer.
• Commercial experience with AWS and GCP.
• Advanced knowledge of Terraform and Infrastructure as Code practices.
• Solid experience with Ansible for automation and configuration management.
• Strong Linux and networking fundamentals.
• Experience with Docker and Kubernetes.
• Scripting skills in Bash or Python.
• Experience working with CI/CD pipelines and cloud automation.
• Confident English for daily cooperation with international teams.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain cloud infrastructure on AWS and GCP.
• Build and manage Infrastructure as Code using Terraform.
• Develop and maintain Ansible playbooks for configuration management and automation.
• Support Kubernetes-based environments and containerised workloads.
• Implement security controls, access management, and compliance-related configurations.
• Monitor infrastructure, optimise performance and cost, and improve reliability.
• Maintain clear technical documentation and operational runbooks.

Skills

Cloud Infrastructure

Terraform

AWS

GCP

Ansible

Kubernetes

Linux

Networking

Bash

Python

Job description

We are looking for a Senior Systems Engineer to support a high-scale, cloud infrastructure environment operating in the payments and financial services domain. This is a delivery-focused role requiring strong hands‑on execution in mature, production‑critical systems with strict requirements around security, availability, and performance.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain cloud infrastructure on AWS and GCP
• Build and manage Infrastructure as Code using Terraform
• Develop and maintain Ansible playbooks for configuration management and automation
• Support Kubernetes-based environments and containerised workloads
• Design and manage networking components including VPCs, subnets, load balancers, and connectivity
• Implement security controls, access management, and compliance‑related configurations
• Monitor infrastructure, optimise performance and cost, and improve reliability
• Automate operational tasks using scripting and tooling
• Support incident response and troubleshooting in production environments
• Maintain clear technical documentation and operational runbooks

Requirements

• Strong hands‑on experience as a Systems Engineer or Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
• Commercial experience with AWS and GCP
• Advanced knowledge of Terraform and Infrastructure as Code practices
• Solid experience with Ansible for automation and configuration management
• Strong Linux and networking fundamentals
• Experience with Docker and Kubernetes
• Scripting skills in Bash or Python
• Experience working with CI/CD pipelines and cloud automation
• Confident English for daily cooperation with international teams

Nice to have

• Experience working in regulated or payments environments
• Knowledge of cloud security frameworks and compliance standards
• Exposure to monitoring and observability tooling
• Understanding of cost optimisation and FinOps practices
• Work in multinational environment on international projects
• Long‑term B2B contract with stable project pipeline