Infrastructure Engineer
SOFTETA
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: Remote • 🇵🇱 Poland
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Mid-LevelSenior
Tech Stack
AnsibleCloudDNSElasticSearchFirewallsKafkaKubernetesLinuxMicroservicesPrometheusPythonRedisSaltStackTCP/IP
About the role
- Design, build and maintain Kubernetes clusters on dedicated servers to support high‑throughput scraping APIs.
- Develop and manage infrastructure‑as‑code using Ansible or SaltStack to provision servers, deploy services and automate routine tasks.
- Deploy and tune Redpanda (or similar Kafka‑compatible streaming) clusters, Valkey caches and Elasticsearch indexes to ensure low latency and high availability.
- Implement monitoring and alerting with Prometheus, VictoriaMetrics and related tools; build dashboards and respond to incidents.
- Plan capacity and optimise resource utilisation across hundreds of servers; participate in scaling decisions based on traffic patterns and new features.
- Collaborate with developers to design new microservices and ensure infrastructure meets performance and security requirements.
- Troubleshoot complex system issues, from network bottlenecks to container runtime problems, and implement durable fixes.
- Contribute to documentation, post‑mortems and continuous improvement of our DevOps practices.
Requirements
- Solid Linux system administration skills and proven experience operating large‑scale infrastructures.
- Hands‑on experience with Kubernetes and container orchestration in production environments (on cloud or bare‑metal).
- Proficiency with configuration management and automation tools such as Ansible, SaltStack or similar.
- Familiarity with at least some of our stack (Redpanda/Kafka, Valkey/Redis, Elastic, Prometheus/VictoriaMetrics);
- Ability to script in Bash or Python and a good understanding of networking concepts (TCP/IP, DNS, firewalls).
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills; you enjoy partnering with developers and other teams to deliver reliable systems.
Benefits
- Diverse and technically challenging projects;
- Flexible working hours and hybrid or remote workplace model;
- Flexible schedule and Agile/SCRUM environment;
- Technical equipment which you can choose.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
KubernetesAnsibleSaltStackRedpandaKafkaValkeyElasticsearchPrometheusVictoriaMetricsBash
Soft skills
communicationcollaboration