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💰 Salary: $5,000–10,000/month 📍 Location: Cyprus (relocation after probation period)

About the Role

We are looking for an experienced Infrastructure Lead / Team Lead System Administrator to take ownership of the company’s entire infrastructure landscape, ensuring the reliability, scalability, security, and performance of mission-critical fintech services.

This is a leadership role combining deep hands-on technical expertise with team management responsibilities.

Requirements

5+ years of experience as an Infrastructure Lead, DevOps Engineer, or System Administrator Proven experience managing infrastructure teams (5–15+ engineers) and building 24/7 support processes Strong Linux administration expertise (Ubuntu/Debian), including kernel, I/O, networking, and advanced troubleshooting Hands-on experience with VMware ESXi/vSphere (clusters, HA, DRS, storage, networking) Experience designing and operating bare-metal infrastructure and private on-premise cloud environments Experience supporting high-load, highly available production systems Strong expertise with Nginx (reverse proxy, rate limiting, geo-routing, ACLs, caching) Deep understanding of PostgreSQL (replication, failover, performance tuning, backup strategies) Experience with Redis and RabbitMQ Hands-on experience building CI/CD pipelines using GitLab CI and/or Bitbucket Pipelines Automation experience using Ansible, Bash, and Python Experience building monitoring and observability platforms using Prometheus, Grafana, ELK/OpenSearch, and alerting systems Strong networking knowledge: VLANs, LACP, routing, VPNs, firewalls, and network segmentation Experience with Cloudflare services (WAF, Zero Trust, CDN, rate limiting) Experience implementing Zero Trust and secure VPN access models Strong experience with Windows Server (2016/2019/2022) Practical experience deploying and maintaining RDS (Remote Desktop Services) environments Experience with Active Directory administration Experience balancing workloads across RDS hosts Ability to effectively manage critical incidents, including production outages and data loss risks Strong analytical mindset and result-oriented approach

Responsibilities

Design, develop, and manage the company’s entire infrastructure ecosystem (on-premise and partially cloud-based) Lead and mentor a team of System Administrators and DevOps Engineers (L1–L3) Organize and maintain 24/7 support operations, including SLA management, on-call schedules, and escalation processes Ensure uninterrupted operation of critical fintech platforms and services Design and implement High Availability and Disaster Recovery solutions, including failover, replication, and backup data centers Maintain the stability and performance of VMware clusters and virtualized infrastructure Build and manage backup and recovery systems, including ransomware protection strategies Continuously optimize system performance across compute, storage, networking, and databases Develop and improve CI/CD processes for both infrastructure and backend services Implement and maintain monitoring, logging, and alerting solutions Establish and enforce infrastructure security policies, access controls, segmentation, and Zero Trust architecture Manage network infrastructure, including VLANs, VPNs, load balancing, and traffic isolation Collaborate closely with development teams to improve system reliability, scalability, and deployment efficiency Maintain infrastructure documentation, operational procedures, and technical standards