Lead Systems Engineer (Corporate Infrastructure)

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Job description

Team Summary

Our Systems Engineering team is growing, and we're looking for a Lead Systems Engineer to guide our expansion beyond our current capacity. We're a results-focused group with a friendly, open atmosphere, dedicated to collaborating on complex challenges and constantly improving our infrastructure. We believe in strong communication and readily share knowledge to achieve our goals.

Job Summary

This role is perfect for a technical expert with deep knowledge of corporate infrastructure management—servers, networks, and cloud environments. In this role you'll use your expertise to mentor others, standardize our processes, and lead the team toward achieving common goals.

Responsibilities and Duties

  • Deploy, configure, and maintain corporate IT infrastructure (servers, storage, networks, virtualization, cloud)
  • Ensure high availability, scalability, and performance of critical systems and services
  • Mentor junior engineers, conduct technical training, and promote professional growth and knowledge sharing within the team.
  • Manage and optimize on-premise and hybrid cloud environments (e.g., VMware, AWS)
  • Define and enforce infrastructure standards, documentation, and operational procedures
  • Oversee infrastructure security measures in collaboration with the Information Security team
  • Act as a technical lead and escalation point for complex system incidents
  • Drive automation initiatives to improve efficiency and reduce repetitive work
  • Plan and execute system upgrades, migrations, and lifecycle management

Qualifications and Skills

  • Proven experience with hybrid infrastructure (macOS/Windows/Linux administration)
  • Good knowledge of networking (Cisco Meraki), virtualization platforms
  • Hands-on experience with cloud environments (AWS), and MDM (e.g., Jamf, Workspace ONE or similar)
  • Hands-on experience with monitoring (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana) and backup

Nice to have

  • Good knowledge of scripting languages (PowerShell, Bash, Python), IaC tools (Terraform, Ansible), and containerization (Docker, Kubernetes) will be a significant advantage
  • Hands-on experience with identity management (e.g., Okta, SSO) tools

We offer multiple benefits that include

  • The environment of equal opportunities, transparent and value-based corporate culture and an individual approach to each team member
  • Competitive compensation and perks. Annual performance review
  • Gig-contract
  • 21 paid vacation days per year, paid public holidays according to the Ukrainian legislation
  • Development opportunities like corporate courses, knowledge hubs, and free English classes as well as educational leaves
  • Medical insurance is provided from day one. Sick leaves and medical leaves are available
  • Remote working mode is available within Ukraine only
  • Free meals, fruits, and snacks when working in the office.

Required profile

Experience

Spoken language(s):
English
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Other Skills

  • Mentorship
  • Teamwork
  • Communication
  • Problem Solving

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