Systems Engineer (Email Infrastructure & Automation)

TL;DR

Systems Engineer (Email Infrastructure & Automation): Designing, configuring, and operating reliable, scalable email infrastructure and automation systems with an accent on MTAs, SMTP, and system health. Focus on developing IaC using Terraform and Ansible, automating CI/CD pipelines, and ensuring high availability and security for large-scale customer communications.

Location: Onsite in Bangalore (Gopalan Axis SEZ)

Company

hirify.global is a large e-commerce marketplace committed to helping local businesses succeed by connecting customers with deals and experiences.

What you will do

• Design, configure, and operate Mail Transfer Agents (MTAs) and SMTP servers.
• Build and maintain email notification systems for various services and teams.
• Develop and manage Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform and Ansible.
• Automate system provisioning, configuration, and deployment via CI/CD pipelines, primarily with Jenkins.
• Monitor email delivery and system health to consistently meet a 99.5% SLA.
• Implement and maintain email security best practices, including DNS, SPF, DKIM, and DMARC.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
• 3+ years of hands-on experience in systems engineering, infrastructure, or DevOps roles.
• Strong experience configuring and operating MTAs and SMTP-based systems.
• Solid understanding of SMTP, DNS, TLS certificates, and email deliverability best practices.
• Practical experience with Ansible and Terraform for infrastructure automation.
• Strong experience with Linux systems and shell scripting.
• Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines, especially Jenkins, for build and deployment workflows.
• Experience working with cloud platforms such as AWS, GCP, or Azure, including end-to-end migrations.

Nice to have

• Experience with cloud-based email services such as KumoMTA, Amazon SES, SendGrid, or Mailgun.
• Familiarity with Git-based version control and collaborative workflows.
• Experience using monitoring and observability tools like Prometheus, Grafana, or Nagios.
• Exposure to high-volume or large-scale email delivery systems.

Culture & Benefits

• Culture that inspires innovation, rewards risk-taking, and celebrates success.
• Opportunity for immediate impact due to scale and speed of transformation.
• Company is an AI-First Company, committed to building smarter, faster, and more innovative ways of working.
• Encourages candidates to leverage AI tools during the hiring process.
• Values automation over manual work.
• Team values ownership, long-term reliability, clear communication, and cross-team collaboration.