Senior Infrastructure Operations Engineer

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Czechia.

📋 Description

• Provide engineering support by delivering the necessary infrastructure to our customers.

• Take ownership of substantial infrastructure projects from inception and planning to execution and documentation.

• Introduce innovative ideas and constructively challenge existing practices.

• Manage and enhance Linux-based infrastructure utilizing Hetzner VMs, Proxmox hypervisors, and bare-metal servers with Puppet and Ansible.

• Engage in a weekly on-call rotation during business hours, address engineer inquiries, respond to monitoring alerts, and perform upgrades.

• Enhance monitoring, alerting, and observability capabilities.

• Disseminate knowledge through documentation, runbooks, and collaborative work.

• Increase the reliability of infrastructure, boost engineering efficiency, automate repetitive tasks, and enhance resilience.

⛳️ Requirements

• Proficient in Linux administration and troubleshooting within production environments.

• Experience with configuration management tools such as SaltStack, Chef, Ansible, or Puppet.

• Strong scripting skills in Bash and Python for automation purposes.

• Familiarity with monitoring and alerting tools.

• Background in on-call or operational roles, maintaining a calm and structured approach during incidents.

• Excellent communication skills in English, both verbal and written.

• EU citizenship or eligibility to work within the EU.

• A service-oriented mindset towards the engineers you support.

• Proven track record of proactively driving improvements.

• Bonus: Experience with Hetzner or other dedicated/bare-metal hosting solutions.

• Bonus: Proficiency in Ansible.

• Bonus: Experience with Proxmox or other KVM-based virtualization technologies.

• Bonus: Familiarity with GitLab CI/CD pipelines and runners.

🏝️ Benefits

• 25 days of annual leave plus 5 flexible days.

• Pluxee Flexi Card (up to 16,000 CZK per year - applicable only for Czech employees).

• Rewards for anniversaries.

• Opportunity to collaborate with diverse, international teams.

• A pet-friendly office located in the heart of beautiful Prague.

• Complimentary snacks, coffee, beverages, and refreshments available in the office.

• Regular team and company events.

• Flexible work environment that prioritizes work-life balance and opportunities for growth.