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# Senior Systems Engineer

- **Company:** Al Jazeera Media Network
- **Location:** Greater London, UK
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Systems Engineering, Cyber Security, System Configuration, Monitoring of Systems, Cloud Services, Virtualization Technology, Windows Desktop, System Availability, Information Technology
- **Published:** September 8, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.collegerecruiter.com/job/2840672685-senior-systems-engineer

## About the Role

* Bachelor or higher in IT, Computer Science or related field or exceptional prior experience
 * Tertiary qualifications in IT systems related Industry Standard Certifications preferred. Advanced Certifications is a plus., * 6+ years in IT and Technology domain
 * Proven working experience in installing, configuring, and troubleshooting Windows / UNIX / Linux based environments.
 * Experience with back office products
 * Architecture & design of information and operational support systems
 * Experience with Virtualization and cloud Services
 * Experience with Enterprise backup & monitoring systems

## Description

As a Senior Systems Engineer at Al Jazeera Media Network, you will play a key role in keeping our core systems and storage infrastructure running seamlessly, securely, and at scale. You will work within a fast-paced, highly collaborative environment where your expertise will be critical in maintaining high availability and resilience across our platforms. From resolving system and storage incidents-including outages, failures, and security threats-to proactively monitoring performance and system health, you will be at the forefront of ensuring operational excellence. In this role, you will take a hands-on approach to configuring, maintaining, and deploying enterprise servers, storage solutions, and associated infrastructure. You will also support ongoing optimisation efforts, ensuring our systems remain stable, secure, and future-ready. We are looking for someone who thrives under pressure, takes ownership, and brings a proactive, solutions-driven mindset. Flexibility is key, as you
will be part of an on-call and shift rotation to support our 24/7 operations., * Monitor and maintain AJMN's IT Infrastructure systems stability and performance, and resolve any impact to service, ensure key performance indicators, and service-level agreements are met.

 * Provision new servers and systems as required.
 * Identify and resolve faults, incidents, problems, service requests and change requests from the AJMN Service Desk in a professional manner to agreed service levels.
 * React to security incidents by performing sink-holing, applying security patches and other security operations.
 * Ensure that problems are documented with detailed diagnosis that is accurate and compliant with existing processes.


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