# Senior System Engineer

**Company:** [Neo Group](https://jobs.workable.com/companies/ei632Axwd5x4FZRkFMR4K9.md)
**Location:** Belgrade, Serbia
**Workplace:** hybrid
**Department:** Engineering

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## Description

As part of our continued growth, **Neo Group is recruiting on behalf of one of our local partners**, leveraging our network of 1,400 talented professionals across 10+ countries. Together, we are committed to delivering innovative, data-driven solutions that empower our clients and foster professional growth within a dynamic and collaborative workplace.

We are on the lookout for **a Senior System Engineer** to join our **Engineering Team.**

**Key Responsibilities**

-   **Platform Engineering & Transformation:** Help evolve Infrastructure & Operations toward a platform engineering model.
-   **Workflow Automation & Standardization:** Standardize and automate infrastructure workflows and reduce manual provisioning.
-   **Core Capabilities & Provisioning:** Build reusable infrastructure capabilities for databases, messaging, secrets, DNS, compute, monitoring, and application environments.
-   **Internal Tooling & Lifecycle Management:** Develop internal tooling, APIs, and declarative workflows for infrastructure lifecycle management.
-   **Ecosystem & Tooling Integration:** Improve integration between Kubernetes, CI/CD, networking, secrets management, databases, and observability systems.
-   **Architectural & Technical Design:** Participate in architecture and technical design of platform and infrastructure services.
-   **Reliability & Performance Engineering:** Improve reliability, scalability, and operational simplicity of production infrastructure.
-   **Troubleshooting & Incident Investigation:** Investigate complex infrastructure and production issues across Linux, networking, applications, and distributed systems.
-   **Observability & Diagnostics:** Improve observability, diagnostics, and troubleshooting capabilities.
-   **Cross-Functional Collaboration:** Work closely with Development, DevOps, SRE, DBA, Security, and Infrastructure units.
-   **Documentation & Best Practices:** Standardize common infrastructure solutions and document how they should be implemented and used.
-   **Technology Innovation & Developer Experience:** Evaluate and introduce technologies that improve developer experience and infrastructure efficiency.

## Requirements

-   5+ years of hands-on experience in Infrastructure Engineering, Systems Engineering, SRE, DevOps, Production Engineering or similar roles.
-   Strong Linux administration and troubleshooting skills.
-   Good understanding of production infrastructure, networking and distributed systems.
-   Hands-on experience operating **Kubernetes in production**.
-   Practical experience with **Infrastructure as Code and configuration management**, using Terraform, Ansible or similar tools.
-   Experience with **CI/CD** and infrastructure automation workflows.
-   Programming or strong scripting skills in Python, Go, Java, Bash or similar.
-   Experience with monitoring and observability systems.
-   Understanding of secrets management and secure infrastructure access patterns.
-   Experience integrating infrastructure systems through APIs.
-   Ability to design reusable infrastructure solutions instead of one-off automation.
-   Strong systems thinking and ability to troubleshoot complex cross-system issues.
-   Ability and willingness to learn new infrastructure and platform technologies.

**Nice to Have  
**

-   Experience with **GitOps** approaches and tools.
-   Experience with **Crossplane, Kubernetes operators or controllers**.
-   Experience with **Vault** or similar secrets management platforms.
-   Experience with **Kafka, PostgreSQL, Redis or ClickHouse**.
-   Experience with **Proxmox, VMware or public cloud platforms**.
-   Experience developing **internal infrastructure tools, APIs or self-service capabilities**.

**Soft Skills  
**

-   Strong analytical thinking and technical curiosity.
-   Ownership and responsibility.
-   Pragmatic approach to automation and engineering.
-   Ability to work independently on ambiguous technical problems.
-   Good communication and documentation skills.
-   Willingness to remain hands-on and share technical knowledge.

## Benefits

-   Recharge your batteries with 20 paid working vacation days annually to explore, relax, and rejuvenate.
-   Kick off your birthday month with a bang! Not only do you get heartfelt birthday wishes from your team, but you also enjoy a fully-paid day off.
-   Get legal support for obtaining a local work/residence permit.
-   Prioritize your health with compensation for wellness activities.
-   Experience an international work environment with a passionate, motivated, and professional team.
-   We support your health by partially or fully reimbursing medical insurance costs, depending on the chosen plan.
-   Invest in your growth using professional development compensation.
-   Boost your energy and morale with complimentary snacks available in the office.
-   Foster camaraderie and celebrate achievements through engaging in corporate events throughout the year.