Systems Engineer - Middle

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 Originally posted on Himalayas