Every day, Global Payments makes it possible for millions of people to move money between buyers and sellers using our payments solutions for credit, debit, prepaid and merchant services. Our worldwide team helps over 3 million companies, more than 1,300 financial institutions and over 600 million cardholders grow with confidence and achieve amazing results. We are driven by our passion for success and we are proud to deliver best-in-class payment technology and software solutions. Join our dynamic team and make your mark on the payments technology landscape of tomorrow.
Every day, Global Payments makes it possible for millions of people to move money between buyers and sellers using our payments solutions for credit, debit, prepaid and merchant services. Our worldwide team helps over 3 million companies, more than 1,300 financial institutions and over 600 million cardholders grow with confidence and achieve amazing results. We are driven by our passion for success and we are proud to deliver best-in-class payment technology and software solutions. Join our dynamic team and make your mark on the payments technology landscape of tomorrow.
Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
Summary of This Role
We are seeking a highly skilled Infrastructure Engineer to join our Technology Operations group in Warsaw. This is a hands-on engineering role with strong elements of operational engagement and technical ownership.
The successful candidate will provide expertise across Google Cloud Platform (GCP), VM Infrastructure, Terraform, Kubernetes, and configuration management tools (Ansible or equivalent), while helping to define and drive Infrastructure standards, resilience, and reliability.
The role spans build, run and operations of our cloud & vm environment, supporting the full lifecycle from infrastructure-as-code through to day-to-day operations, on-call, and continuous improvement initiatives.
What Part Will You Play?
Implements and operates GCP infrastructure using Terraform (IaC) and Kubernetes (GKE / container orchestration).
Owns infrastructure configuration management (Ansible or equivalent).
Ensures security, scalability, and high availability across infrastructure platforms.
Supports cloud cost optimisation and capacity planning.
Participates in the on-call rotation, providing tier-3/4 support for critical infrastructure services.
Participates in incident response and root-cause analysis for infrastructure and cloud issues.
Drives automation of monitoring, alerting, and remediation workflows.
Partners with cross functional teams to align delivery models (Kanban for BAU, Agile for projects).
Jira governance for Infrastructure projects — workflow / agile methodology
Produces technical assessments / documentation upholding standards and providing recommendations for management.
Deploys and maintains Kubernetes clusters (GKE).
Configures namespaces, RBAC, ingresses controllers, and services mesh as required.
Builds and deploys containerised workloads; manages scaling, upgrades, and patching.
Troubleshoots pod, node, and networking issues in production clusters.
Writes and maintains Ansible playbooks and roles for VM and cluster configuration.
Automates patching, security hardening, and system updates.
Standardises environment builds and enforce consistency across dev/test/prod.
Minimum Qualifications
Bachelor's Degree
3+ years’ experience as an Infrastructure Engineer, SRE, or Cloud Engineer in enterprise environments.
Proven expertise in Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
Strong skills in VM workloads, Terraform (IaC) and Kubernetes (GKE or equivalent).
Hands-on with Ansible (or equivalent configuration management).
Broad knowledge of networking, databases, Linux systems, and hybrid infrastructure.
Experience with monitoring, observability, and incident response tooling.
Polish (at least B1+ - both spoken and written) and English (at least C1)
Preferred Qualifications
GCP Professional Cloud Architect or equivalent certification or Hands on Experience.
Experience in regulated environments (PCI-DSS, ISO, SOC2, etc.) an advantage
DevOps / SRE hands on experience
Strong communicator — able to influence both technical engineers and senior stakeholders.
Organised and pragmatic, with strong ownership and accountability.
Collaborative style — balances governance with delivery speed.
Demonstrated success implementing Kanban and Agile delivery within Infra/Cloud Ops.
Ability to document and enforce technical standards.
Proven track record of improving operational performance and cross-team delivery.
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