Systems Engineer – Senior

Softswiss; Georgia; On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private health insurance

Sports benefits

Free English lessons (online)

Local language courses

Paid time off

Maternity leave support

Referral program rewards

Upskilling, internal workshops

Job summary

SOFTSWISS is seeking a seasoned Systems Engineer to design, deploy and operate scalable infrastructure for our sportsbook platform. The role focuses on Kubernetes-based platforms, GitOps, and IaC, with on-call duties and collaboration with product teams.

Ideal candidates bring 5+ years in system engineering, strong Linux skills, and hands-on experience with Kubernetes, cloud providers, and CI/CD tooling. This role offers growth and exposure to enterprise-grade infrastructure projects.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience as a System Engineer, SRE, DevOps or Platform Engineer.

Responsibilities

• Communication and collaboration with product development team and stakeholders.
• Design, deployment and management of Kubernetes platform based on Cluster API (bare-metal and cloud providers).
• Setup and maintenance of infrastructure for production/staging environments.
• Design, deployment and management of GitLab CI pipelines, GitOps and Infrastructure as Code.
• React to monitoring events (periodic on-call duties day/night).
• Optimization of infrastructure maintenance and support processes.
• Participation in the design of complex IT systems.

Skills

Linux administration

Incident response

English (B1+)

Russian (B1+)

Communication

Automation mindset

Tools

Kubernetes

Terraform

Pulumi

Ansible

GitLab/GitHub CI/CD

Cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, OCI)

GitOps (Flux, ArgoCD)

Cluster API (CAPI)

Crossplane

Job description

Counting down to Tech Race Summit in Warsaw.

SOFTSWISS is looking for a skilled Systems Engineer to join our team and help build, maintain, and evolve reliable infrastructure for our platform.

The Sportsbook team develops a powerful software platform that enables clients to launch and manage successful online sports betting businesses. We are looking for a motivated professional who is passionate about infrastructure, automation, and building scalable solutions.

Key responsibilities:

• Communication and collaboration with product development team and stakeholders
• Design, deployment and management of Kubernetes platform based on Cluster API (bare-metal and cloud providers)
• Setup and maintenance of infrastructure for production/staging environments
• Design, deployment and management of GitLab CI pipelines, GitOps and Infrastructure as Code
• React to monitoring events (periodic on-call duties day/night)
• Optimization of infrastructure maintenance and support processes
• Participation in the design of complex IT systems

Required Experience:

• 5+ years of experience as a System Engineer, SRE, DevOps or Platform Engineer
• Deep understanding of Linux-like operating systems (administration and troubleshooting)
• Practical experience with Kubernetes
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, OCI)
• Experience with bare-metal infrastructure (various hosting providers)
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Pulumi, Crossplane)
• Experience with GitOps approach (Flux, ArgoCD)
• Experience with GitLab/GitHub CI/CD pipelines setup and maintenance
• Experience with configuration management systems (Ansible, Saltstack)
• Experience with cdn, traffic and domain management (CloudFlare, Fastly, Akamai, AWS CloudFront/Route53)
• Experience with monitoring systems (Prometheus, Grafana and similar)
• Practical experience with PostgreSQL cluster (Patroni, CNPG)
• Practical experience with Kafka management (Kafka, Strimzi)
• English and Russian language B1+ level (Intermediate+)

Nice to have:

• Experience with Cluster API (CAPI) and fleet controllers (Sveltos, Fleet)
• Experience with Crossplane
• Experience with Oracle OCI
• Understanding of distributed systems
• Programming skills in Bash, Python or Go
• Experience working in Agile methodologies (Kanban, Scrum)
• Demonstrated ability to leverage AI-powered tools and platforms to optimize workflows
• Kafka / Strimzi
• Redis
• GitLab
• Vault / ESO
• ELK Stack
• Gateway API / Envoy gateway

Main Advantages

• Private health insurance
• Sports benefits
• Free English lessons (online)
• Local language courses
• Paid time off
• Maternity leave support
• Referral program rewards
• Upskilling, internal workshops, and participation in professional conferences and corporate events

SOFTSWISS recruitment communication is conducted only through official company channels. We never ask candidates to make payments, purchase equipment, share financial details, or transfer money as part of the hiring process. If you receive a suspicious message using the SOFTSWISS name, please verify it via [emailprotected]

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