About Us
We're the world's leading provider of secure financial messaging services, headquartered in Belgium. We are the way the world moves value across borders, through cities and overseas. No other organisation can address the scale, precision, pace and trust that this demands, and we're proud to support the global economy.
We're unique too. We were established to find a better way for the global financial community to move value a reliable, safe and secure approach that the community can trust, completely. We're always striving to be better and are constantly evolving in an ever-changing landscape, without undermining that trust. Five decades on, our vibrant community reflects the complexity and diversity of the financial ecosystem. We innovate diligently, test exhaustively, then implement fast. In a connected and exciting era, our mission has never been more relevant. Swift now has a presence in 200+ countries and legal territories to serve a community of more than 12,000 banks and financial institutions.
We are seeking a skilled and proactive Linux Systems Engineer to join our Site Reliability Engineering team. The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience in Linux system administration and application troubleshooting. You will be responsible for maintaining system reliability, automating repetitive activity, ensuring high availability of applications services, and improve systematic solution on collect matrix data.
Key Responsibilities:
- Administer and maintain Linux servers across development, staging, and production environments.
- Implement CI/CD pipelines for containerized applications.
- Monitor system performance and troubleshoot issues across Linux and Kubernetes environments.
- Automate infrastructure provisioning using tools like Ansible(preferably) or Terraform.
- Ensure security best practices are followed in Linux and Kubernetes configurations.
- Collaborate with development teams to support scalable application deployments.
- Maintain documentation for system configurations, procedures, and troubleshooting guides.
- Demonstrated ability to collaborate with distributed teams across multiple time zones.
- Analyze production issues and identify root causes.
- Organize an efficient handover through high quality documentation and training.
- Participate in on-call rotations, conduct blameless postmortems, and drive continuous learning.
Required Qualifications:
- Minimum 6 years of experience in Site Reliability Engineering or software development within an international company.
- Proven experience in Linux system administration (Ubuntu, CentOS, RHEL).
- Familiarity with container technologies such as Docker.
- Proficiency in scripting languages (e.g., Bash, Python) or programming language like Java.
- Experience and having good understanding of OOP like Java
- Knowledge of monitoring tools like Prometheus, Grafana, or ElasticSearch.
- Exposure reporting tools like PowerBI is a plus.
- Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools.
- Familiarity or experience with CICD development & deployment tools such as Ansible, Jenkins, Git, and Docker.
What We Offer
We put you in control of career
We give you a competitive package
We help you perform at your best
We help you make a difference
We give you the freedom to be yourself
We give you the freedom to be yourself. We are creating an environment of unique individuals like you with different perspectives on the financial industry and the world. A diverse and inclusive environment in which everyone's voice counts and where you can reach your full potential.
If you believe you require a reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, please contact us to request accommodation.
Don't meet every single requirement At Swift, we are dedicated to building a workplace where people can bring their full selves and ideas to the team, so if you are excited about this role, we encourage you to apply even if you do not meet every single qualification. 
