Senior Infrastructure Operations Engineer

IP Fabric

Prague

RemoteCareer-pivot friendly

Who this role is best for

A natural match if you have experience with Linux infrastructure and configuration management tools.

Best fit for

Candidates with a history of proactive infrastructure improvements and automation experience
— “A track record of owning improvements proactively, not just executing tickets”
Professionals skilled in Linux administration and scripting for operational efficiency
— “Strong Linux administration and troubleshooting skills in production environments”
Individuals who thrive in small, founder-led teams with a culture of impact and ownership
— “everyone is hands-on and has a chance to make a tangible impact”

Things to consider

EU citizenship or eligibility is required for remote EU positions
— “EU citizenship or other eligibility to work in the EU”
On-call responsibilities are limited to business hours only
— “weekly, business-hours on-call rotation”

How to stand out

Highlight end-to-end project ownership and automation success stories in your resume
— “Own and deliver significant infrastructure projects end to end”
Demonstrate your ability to communicate and collaborate with internal engineering teams
— “We see internal engineers as our customers. Communication, ownership and a proactive, helpful attitude matter here as much as technical skill.”
Showcase experience with Puppet, Ansible, and Linux environments in your portfolio or interview responses
— “using Puppet and Ansible”
Emphasize your background in improving monitoring and alerting systems for proactive issue resolution
— “Improve monitoring, alerting and observability so issues are caught before engineers notice them”
Demonstrate your ability to create and share documentation and runbooks for team knowledge sharing
— “Share knowledge through documentation, runbooks and pairing, to raise the team's bus factor”

Pace · SteadyCollaboration · HighAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · Team

Derived from job-description analysis by Serendipath's career intelligence engine.

What success looks like

Support engineering as our customer
Own and deliver significant infrastructure projects end to end
Improve monitoring, alerting and observability

Typical background

Strong Linux administration and troubleshooting skills in production environmentsConfiguration management tool experience

Skills & requirements

Required

Linux AdministrationTroubleshootingConfiguration ManagementMonitoring And AlertingOn-call ResponsibilityCommunication

Preferred

Hetzner Or Other Dedicated/bare-metal HostingProxmox Or Other Kvm-based VirtualisationGitlab Ci/cd Pipelines And Runners

Stack & domain

Linux AdministrationTroubleshootingConfiguration ManagementBashPythonMonitoringAlertingOn-callPuppetAnsibleHetznerProxmoxGitlab Ci/cdCommunicationOwnershipProactiveCalmStructuredKnowledge SharingNetwork AutomationInfrastructureEngineering

About the role

Original posting from IP Fabric

About IP Fabric
Join a pioneering force in network automation!
At IP Fabric, we enable people to uncover the truth about their networks. Built by network professionals and industry experts, our innovative solutions are transforming how enterprises manage their networks. As a post-Series B company, we're expanding rapidly across Europe, the U.S., and beyond.
About the Role
At IP Fabric, we help the world's largest enterprises understand and assure their networks. Behind our product is a platform our engineering teams rely on every day, and that is where you come in.
As an Infra Ops Engineer, you'll join a small, hands-on infrastructure team that runs our internal platform: Hetzner infrastructure, Linux servers, hypervisors, all managed as code with Puppet and Ansible. You'll keep things reliable, share on-call (business hours only), and above all make things better: leading infra projects that make engineering faster, automating repetitive work and increasing resiliency.
We see internal engineers as our customers. Communication, ownership and a proactive, helpful attitude matter here as much as technical skill.
What You'll Do
Support engineering as our customer, with the infrastructure they need.
Own and deliver significant infrastructure projects end to end, from proposal and planning through rollout and documentation
Bring fresh ideas and challenge the status quo constructively
Operate and improve our Linux-based infrastructure across Hetzner VMs (together with Proxmox hypervisors, bare-metal machines etc), using Puppet and Ansible.
Take part in a weekly, business-hours on-call rotation: handle requests from engineers, respond to monitoring alerts and run upgrades
Improve monitoring, alerting and observability so issues are caught before engineers notice them
Share knowledge through documentation, runbooks and pairing, to raise the team's bus factor
What You'll Need
A service-minded attitude towards the engineers you support
A track record of owning improvements proactively, not just executing tickets
Strong Linux administration and troubleshooting skills in production environments
Configuration management tool experience - SaltStack, Chef, Ansible, Puppet
Solid scripting in Bash and Python for automation
Experience with monitoring and alerting tools
Experience with on-call or operational responsibility, and a calm, structured approach to incidents
Clear communication in English (spoken and written)
EU citizenship or other eligibility to work in the EU
Bonus Points
Experience with Hetzner or other dedicated/bare-metal hosting
Ansible
Proxmox or other KVM-based virtualisation
GitLab CI/CD pipelines and runners
Benefits & Perks
25 days of holidays + 5 flexi-days.
Pluxee Flexi Card (up to 16 000 CZK per year - valid only for Czech employees)
Anniversary rewards.
Collaboration with diverse, international teams.
A pet-friendly office in the center of beautiful Prague.
Complementary and yummy snacks, coffee, brew and refreshments in the office.
Regular team and company events.
Join us to experience the unique culture of a founder-led startup, where from top to bottom everyone is hands-on and has a chance to make a tangible impact on influential enterprises worldwide. Being part of IP Fabric means being part of a flexible environment that prioritizes work-life balance and growth opportunities.

Source: IP Fabric careers