Senior DevOps / Systems Engineer | up to £80,000 | Fully Remote

Pearson Carter are working with a growing and innovative technology business that is strengthening its engineering function with the appointment of an experienced Senior DevOps / Systems Engineer.

You’ll take ownership of a range of critical infrastructure and platform services, helping to ensure the reliability, security and performance of a live AWS environment. The position is highly hands-on, covering cloud infrastructure, automation, monitoring, security, CDN/WAF technologies and deployment pipelines.

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced infrastructure professional looking for a technically varied role with genuine ownership and responsibility.

• Take responsibility for the day-to-day operation, reliability and ongoing development of AWS production infrastructure
• Build, manage and optimise cloud infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code, primarily Terraform and Ansible
• Configure, maintain and enhance CDN and Web Application Firewall solutions across Akamai and Cloudflare
• Develop, maintain and troubleshoot CI/CD processes supporting software engineering teams
• Administer and optimise key infrastructure services including nginx, Redis and OpenSearch/Elasticsearch
• Use monitoring and observability platforms including Zabbix, AWS CloudWatch, Pingdom and New Relic to identify and resolve issues
• Lead investigations into production incidents, carrying out root-cause analysis and implementing preventative improvements
• Develop automation and tooling with Python and Bash to improve operational efficiency and reduce manual processes
• Work closely with development and technical teams to improve system availability, performance and resilience
• Contribute to infrastructure improvements, security initiatives and general platform engineering projects
• Take part in a shared 24/7 on-call rota and provide support for critical infrastructure incidents

• At least 5 years’ experience working within DevOps, Infrastructure or Systems Administration positions
• Extensive hands-on experience administering Linux systems in a live production environment
• Strong understanding of AWS infrastructure and cloud architecture, including EC2, VPCs and load balancing
• Practical experience managing web and application infrastructure such as nginx, Apache and Redis
• Good knowledge of relational database technologies including MariaDB, PostgreSQL and AWS RDS
• Proven ability to develop and maintain infrastructure through Terraform
• Experience supporting and managing OpenSearch or Elasticsearch environments
• Confident writing automation and operational tooling using Python and Bash
• Previous experience working with CDN and WAF technologies, with Akamai experience particularly desirable
• Solid understanding of modern CI/CD practices and experience supporting deployment pipelines
• Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills, with the ability to work effectively during production incidents
• Comfortable working collaboratively with development, infrastructure and wider technical teams

They offer a strong salary of up to £80,000, plus a strong benefits package.

This is a fully remote position, based in the UK.

The role includes participation in a rotating 24/7 on-call schedule, currently two weeks in every four, moving to two weeks in every six once the successful candidate is fully established in the role.

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