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

Main Advantages

Private health insurance
Sports benefits
Comprehensive Mental Health Program
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

Systems Engineer