✦ Luna Orbit — Cloud & Infrastructure

Engineering Lead, Systems Operations

at Chess.com

📍 Remote, US Remote Posted March 06, 2026
Type Full-Time
Experience lead
Exp. Years 5+ years
Education Not specified
Category Cloud & Infrastructure

This role leads the systems operations team responsible for managing scalable, secure, and efficient cloud infrastructure for a global gaming platform.

  • Lead and mentor system operations team
  • Define multi-year infrastructure strategy
  • Oversee hybrid cloud migration
  • Implement monitoring and observability systems
  • Ensure security and cost efficiency

Focuses on Linux internals, Kubernetes, hybrid cloud architecture, monitoring, incident response, and infrastructure automation.

The ideal candidate is a senior cloud infrastructure engineer with extensive experience managing Linux-based systems, Kubernetes, and hybrid cloud environments. They possess strong leadership skills, a proactive approach to monitoring and incident response, and a focus on cost and performance optimization.

Linux internalsCloud ecosystemsKubernetesInfrastructure as CodeMonitoring and observabilityIncident responseCapacity planningSecurity protocols
Multi-regional infrastructureHybrid cloudBare-metal datacenterGlobal data centersCost efficiency
KubernetesCloud platformsMonitoring toolsAlerting systemsDeployment pipelines
LinuxKubernetesCloudInfrastructure as CodeMonitoringObservabilityIncident responseCapacity planningLoad testingPerformance optimizationSecurity protocolsCost optimization
LinuxKubernetesCloudCloud/KubernetesInfrastructure as CodeMulti-region infrastructureMonitoringObservabilityIncident responseCapacity planningLoad testingPerformance optimizationSecurity protocolsCost optimization
LeadershipMentoringTeam managementCommunicationHumilityHumorContinuous learningProblem-solvingTime management
Industry Technology / SaaS / Gaming
Job Function Lead cloud infrastructure and systems operations for a global gaming platform
LinuxKubernetesCloudInfrastructure as CodeMonitoringObservabilityIncident responseCapacity planningLoad testingPerformance optimizationSecurity protocolsCost optimizationHybrid cloudMulti-region infrastructureGlobal data centers

Lack of experience with Linux internals, No cloud or Kubernetes experience, Unable to work remotely in US, No experience with infrastructure automation

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