Senior Systems Engineer

fueledcareers; United States; Remote; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Fueled Careers is seeking a Senior Platform Engineer to own the design and operation of cloud and systems infrastructure supporting workloads from small services to enterprise scale. You will work across AWS and Azure, Kubernetes, Linux, data services, automation, observability, and production support, aligning infrastructure work with application teams.

The role involves developing IaC, operating EKS/AKS clusters, building automation, and driving security and reliability.

Qualifications

• Senior-level platform engineering or DevOps experience with scale or multi-tenant environments.
• Strong hands-on AWS and Azure experience; familiarity with Terraform, Ansible, Helm, or CDK from initial setup through operation.
• Deep Linux administration, performance tuning, troubleshooting, and security hardening skills.
• Production experience with EKS or AKS and the listed database, cache, and search technologies.
• Advanced Python and/or Bash skills, CI/CD pipeline experience, and knowledge of observability and security practices.
• Clear technical writing and ability to work across client and application teams, plus on-call availability.

Responsibilities

• Architect, deploy, and maintain highly available cloud environments using infrastructure as code, and operate production Kubernetes clusters including upgrades, networking, and autoscaling.
• Build, tune, secure, and troubleshoot Linux systems and core services such as NGINX, MariaDB, and Redis.
• Operate and scale database, cache, and search services, including MariaDB/Galera, Redis, Memcached, and Elasticsearch.
• Develop CI/CD pipelines and replace recurring manual tasks with Python or Bash automation.
• Improve monitoring across metrics, logs, and traces; lead load testing, harden infrastructure, and support incident response.
• Participate in a 24/7 on-call rotation and document systems, operational procedures, and platform changes.

Skills

AWS

Azure

Kubernetes

Linux

Terraform

Ansible

Helm

CDK

Python

Bash

CI/CD

Observability

Security

On-call

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Helm

CDK

Kubernetes

EKS

AKS

Job description

Role overview

Own the design and operation of cloud and systems infrastructure supporting workloads from smaller services to enterprise-scale environments. This senior platform engineering role spans AWS and Azure, Kubernetes, Linux, data services, automation, observability, and production support, while connecting infrastructure work with application teams.

Responsibilities

• Architect, deploy, and maintain highly available cloud environments using infrastructure as code, and operate production Kubernetes clusters including upgrades, networking, and autoscaling.
• Build, tune, secure, and troubleshoot Linux systems and core services such as NGINX, MariaDB, and Redis.
• Operate and scale database, cache, and search services, including MariaDB/Galera, Redis, Memcached, and Elasticsearch.
• Develop CI/CD pipelines and replace recurring manual tasks with Python or Bash automation.
• Improve monitoring across metrics, logs, and traces; lead load testing, harden infrastructure, and support incident response.
• Participate in a 24/7 on-call rotation and document systems, operational procedures, and platform changes.

Requirements

• Senior-level platform engineering or DevOps experience, ideally operating infrastructure at scale or in multi-tenant environments.
• Strong hands-on AWS and Azure experience; familiarity with Terraform, Ansible, Helm, or CDK from initial setup through ongoing operation.
• Deep Linux administration, performance tuning, troubleshooting, and security hardening skills.
• Production experience with EKS or AKS and the listed database, cache, and search technologies.
• Advanced Python and/or Bash skills, CI/CD pipeline experience, and knowledge of observability and security practices.
• Clear technical writing, ability to work across client and application teams, and availability for on-call support.

Nice to have

Experience with GCP or Oracle Cloud, as well as high-scale WordPress or headless hosting environments.

Benefits and work setup

The position is remote and open to applicants located in Pacific or Central US time zones. Competitive salary and benefits are offered; compensation depends on experience, qualifications, location, and business needs.