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# Senior DevOps/Systems Engineer

- **Company:** Pearson Whiffin Recruitment Ltd
- **Location:** Dundee, UK (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** £65,000.0 - £75,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Amazon Web Services, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud, Apache HTTP Server, Systems Engineering, Bash Shell, Cloud Engineering, Linux, DevOps, Elasticsearch, Python (Programming Language), PostgreSQL, Linux System Administration, MariaDB, Network Service, Nginx, Redis, Ansible, Akamai, Zabbix, Load Balancing, Sysadmin, Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC), Cloudflare, Bitbucket, Cloudwatch, Terraform, New Relic (SaaS)
- **Published:** September 8, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.adzuna.co.uk/jobs/details/5874908764

## About the Role

* 5 years' experience in a DevOps, Systems Engineer or SysAdmin role.
 * Strong Linux systems administration experience in a production environment.
 * Strong AWS and cloud architecture experience, including EC2, load balancers and VPC.
 * Hands-on experience with nginx, Apache, Redis, MariaDB/RDS, PostgreSQL and OpenSearch/Elasticsearch.
 * Strong Terraform and infrastructure-as-code experience.
 * Experience with Python and Bash automation.
 * Experience managing CDN/WAF solutions, particularly Akamai.
 * Experience with CI/CD pipelines and production incident management.
 * Strong problem-solving and communication skills, with the ability to work independently and under pressure.
 * Willingness to participate in a rotating 24/7 on-call rota.

## Description

* Manage and improve a production AWS estate, including EC2, load balancers, VPC and related networking services.
 * Maintain Linux infrastructure, including nginx, Apache, Redis, MariaDB/RDS, PostgreSQL and OpenSearch/Elasticsearch.
 * Manage and optimise CDN and WAF solutions across Akamai and Cloudflare.
 * Maintain infrastructure as code using Terraform and Ansible.
 * Support and improve CI/CD pipelines using Bitbucket Pipelines.
 * Monitor and maintain infrastructure using Zabbix, CloudWatch, Pingdom and New Relic.
 * Investigate production incidents, identify root causes and implement improvements.
 * Automate operational tasks using Python and Bash.
 * Participate in the rotating 24/7 on-call rota.


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