Senior System Engineer

Team: Infrastructure

Location: Istanbul

Commitment: Full-time

Workplace Type: hybrid

Key Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, and maintain robust production/test environments across enterprise Linux and public Cloud platforms.
• Manage and automate system configurations, provisioning, and environment builds using tools such as Terraform and Ansible.
• Oversee enterprise storage solutions, define lifecycle policies, and manage reliable backup and disaster recovery strategies.
• Help architect and maintain resilient system infrastructure optimized for AI agentic workflows and automated execution pipelines.
• Support development teams by managing, automating, and maintaining CI/CD environments and application deployment pipelines.
• Enforce server/network security policies, maintain proactive patch management, track CVEs, and apply system hardening standards.
• Ensure 24/7 high availability using monitoring, centralized logging, and proactive incident response tooling.

Qualifications & Experience

• Minimum 5 years of experience as a System Engineer, Systems Administrator, or Infrastructure Engineer.
• Strong background in Linux-based environments, system administration, kernel tuning, and troubleshooting.
• Hands on experience with at least one major public cloud provider (Google Cloud, AWS, Azure or Tencent Cloud).
• Practical experience with Terraform for infrastructure management and Ansible (or Puppet/Chef) for configuration automation.
• Solid knowledge of storage systems (SAN/NAS/Object Storage) and enterprise backup/restore operations.
• Experience with container technologies (Docker, Podman) and orchestration engines (Kubernetes or Docker Swarm).
• Familiarity with observability and logging stacks (Prometheus, Grafana, Zabbix, Elasticsearch, Splunk) and messaging systems (RabbitMQ, Kafka, etc.).

Nice to Have

• Interest in or exposure to AI agentic architectures, workflow automation, and LLM deployment infrastructure.
• Understanding of load balancing and caching mechanisms (Nginx, HAProxy, Redis).
• Knowledge of VCS tools (Git/GitLab) and deploying Java/modern applications within CI/CD pipelines.
• Strong documentation discipline and a structured, security-first approach to systems engineering.

What We Offer

• A culture of continuous development: conferences, in-house events & Tech Talks to stay up-to-date on current research and technology. P.S.:You do not need to wait to get on the stage and share your expertise with you teammates and the community

• Online Training Platform (Free access to Udemy, Harvard ManageMentor, Get abstract, etc.),

• Freedom under responsibility is our common mindset. That’s how we designed our flexible working model called,

• iyzico Homequarters. Our homequarters is in Altunizade,

• Meal & Internet Allowance,

• Transportation Allowance,

• A gift voucher to meet tech needs and ergonomic workspace at home,

• Macbook (and monitor if needed),

• Employee support program: free psychological counseling, legal advice, financial advice etc.

• Private health insurance,

• 1 day birth day leave,

• An iyzicoMate is assigned to help you with anything you may need on your onboarding,

• A detailed orientation program designed for you to fully grasp the iyzico culture.