Systems Engineer - Senior

Openkrill; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

SOFTSWISS is seeking a skilled Systems Engineer to build and evolve reliable infrastructure for our platform. The role focuses on Kubernetes, CI/CD pipelines, GitOps, and scalable IT systems across production and staging environments.

Ideal candidates have 5+ years in System Engineering/SRE/DevOps, strong Linux administration, and hands-on experience with cloud and on-prem infrastructure, Terraform, Ansible, and monitoring with Prometheus/Grafana.

Qualifications

• 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.
• 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, Route53).
• Experience with monitoring systems (Prometheus, Grafana).
• Practical experience with PostgreSQL cluster (Patroni, CNPG).
• Practical experience with Kafka management (Kafka, Strimzi).
• English and Russian language B1+ level (Intermediate+).

Responsibilities

• 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

English language

Russian language

Tools

Kubernetes

Cluster API (CAPI)

Sveltos

SaltStack

PostgreSQL

Patroni

CNPG

Kafka

Strimzi

Redis

GitLab

Vault

Terraform

Pulumi

Crossplane

Prometheus

Grafana

Envoy/Gateway API

HAProxy/Nginx

Job description

Overview

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

Technology Stack

• Kubernetes
• Cluster API (CAPI)
• Sveltos
• Saltstack / salt API
• PostgreSQL / Patroni / CNPG
• Kafka / Strimzi
• Redis
• GitLab
• Vault / ESO
• Terraform / Pulumi / Crossplane
• ELK Stack
• Prometheus + Grafana
• Gateway API / Envoy gateway
• Haproxy / Nginx