Systems Engineer - Senior

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:

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Communication and collaboration with product development team and stakeholders
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Design, deployment and management of Kubernetes platform based on Cluster API (bare-metal and cloud providers)
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Setup and maintenance of infrastructure for production/staging environments
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Design, deployment and management of GitLab CI pipelines, GitOps and Infrastructure as Code
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React to monitoring events (periodic on-call duties day/night)
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Optimization of infrastructure maintenance and support processes
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Participation in the design of complex IT systems
Required Experience:
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5+ years of experience as a System Engineer, SRE, DevOps or Platform Engineer
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Deep understanding of Linux-like operating systems (administration and troubleshooting)
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Practical experience with Kubernetes
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Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, OCI)
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Experience with bare-metal infrastructure (various hosting providers)
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Experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Pulumi, Crossplane)
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Experience with GitOps approach (Flux, ArgoCD)
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Experience with GitLab/GitHub CI/CD pipelines setup and maintenance
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Experience with configuration management systems (Ansible, Saltstack)
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Experience with cdn, traffic and domain management (CloudFlare, Fastly, Akamai, AWS CloudFront/Route53)
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Experience with monitoring systems (Prometheus, Grafana and similar)
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Practical experience with PostgreSQL cluster (Patroni, CNPG)
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Practical experience with Kafka management (Kafka, Strimzi)
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English and Russian language B1+ level (Intermediate+)
Nice to have:
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Experience with Cluster API (CAPI) and fleet controllers (Sveltos, Fleet)
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Experience with Crossplane
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Experience with Oracle OCI
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Understanding of distributed systems
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Programming skills in Bash, Python or Go
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Experience working in Agile methodologies (Kanban, Scrum)
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Demonstrated ability to leverage AI-powered tools and platforms to optimize workflows
Technology Stack:
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Kubernetes
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Cluster API (CAPI)
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Sveltos
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Saltstack / salt API
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PostgreSQL / Patroni / CNPG
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Kafka / Strimzi
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Redis
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GitLab
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Vault / ESO
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Terraform / Pulumi / Crossplane
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ELK Stack
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Prometheus + Grafana
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Gateway API / Envoy gateway
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Haproxy / Nginx