Humand Talent
Operations Engineer Up To £67,000 ID49812
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Do you enjoy solving complex infrastructure challenges before anyone else notices them?
Passionate about keeping critical systems secure, reliable and performing at their best?
Looking for a role where you'll take ownership of modern infrastructure while expanding your cloud expertise?
If you're an experienced Operations Engineer or Infrastructure Engineer who enjoys working across databases, Linux, virtualisation and cloud technologies, this could be the opportunity you've been waiting for.
Our client is looking for an Operations Engineer to join their Technology team, playing a key role in maintaining and evolving the infrastructure that supports large-scale digital platforms used by thousands of organisations and millions of users.
This is a varied, hands-on position where you'll help ensure critical systems remain secure, available and resilient while contributing to continuous improvements across databases, infrastructure, monitoring and automation. Whether you're already experienced with AWS or looking to build your cloud expertise, you'll have the opportunity to develop your skills while working with modern technologies in a collaborative engineering environment.
Why You'll Love This Opportunity
As an Operations Engineer, you'll have the opportunity to:
- Take ownership of a diverse infrastructure estate spanning on-premises environments and AWS cloud services.
- Manage and optimise MySQL, Microsoft SQL Server and PostgreSQL database environments.
- Ensure critical systems remain highly available, secure and performing at their best.
- Build confidence in disaster recovery by managing robust backup and recovery solutions.
- Improve monitoring, observability and alerting across infrastructure and services.
- Work across Linux, Windows and VMware environments to maintain stable and resilient platforms.
- Develop automation that reduces manual effort and improves operational efficiency.
- Gain hands-on experience with AWS services and modern cloud infrastructure, with training and support provided.
- Contribute to infrastructure improvements that directly support product delivery and customer experience.
- Collaborate with Software Engineers, Product Engineers and Technology teams to deliver reliable platforms that enable innovation.
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About You
You'll enjoy this role if you're naturally curious, methodical and take pride in building reliable systems that people can depend on.
Ideally, you'll bring experience with:
- Database administration across MySQL, Microsoft SQL Server or PostgreSQL.
- Linux systems administration within production environments.
- Managing clustered databases or high-availability infrastructure.
- Monitoring platforms and operational observability.
- VMware virtualisation technologies.
- Networking fundamentals including DNS, routing and firewall technologies.
- Backup, disaster recovery and business continuity processes.
- Bash, Python or other scripting and automation tools.
- Infrastructure documentation and change management practices.
Experience with AWS services such as RDS, Aurora, Route 53, S3, Lambda or CloudFront would be beneficial, but it's certainly not essential. If you're keen to develop your cloud skills, our client is committed to supporting your learning and professional growth.
If you don't meet every requirement but have transferable infrastructure experience and a genuine passion for operations engineering, we'd still encourage you to apply.
Technologies You'll Work With
You'll have the opportunity to build experience across a modern technology stack, including:
- Ubuntu Linux
- MySQL, Microsoft SQL Server and PostgreSQL
- VMware
- AWS services including Aurora, RDS, Route 53, Lambda, S3, CloudFront, Load Balancers and DMS
- Terraform, CloudFormation and Puppet
- Prometheus, Grafana, Loki and CheckMK
- GitLab
- Cisco Meraki and pfSense
- Microsoft Entra ID / Active Directory
- Bash and Python scripting
What Success Looks Like
In this role, you'll make a meaningful impact by:
- Maintaining secure, highly available and high-performing database platforms.
- Ensuring backup and disaster recovery processes remain reliable and regularly tested.
- Expanding monitoring and observability to improve operational visibility.
- Identifying and resolving infrastructure issues before they affect customers.
- Improving automation, operational efficiency and platform resilience.
- Helping create a stable technology environment that enables development teams to deliver with confidence.
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Why Join?
This is an excellent opportunity to join a technology-focused organisation that values reliability, continuous improvement and technical excellence.
You'll work with experienced engineers across infrastructure, cloud and software development while gaining exposure to modern operational practices, cloud technologies and automation tools.
If you enjoy taking ownership, solving technical challenges and continuously developing your skills, you'll find plenty of opportunities to grow your career here.
Additional Information
- Permanent position
- Full-time (37.5 hours per week)
- Monday to Friday
- Participation in an out-of-hours support rota for critical incidents and planned maintenance is required.
- Background screening forms part of the recruitment process.
Diversity & Inclusion
Our client is committed to creating an inclusive workplace where everyone has the opportunity to thrive. Applications are welcomed from candidates of all backgrounds, experiences and communities. They believe diverse perspectives strengthen teams, encourage innovation and help create better outcomes for everyone. Reasonable adjustments are available throughout the recruitment process where required.
Ready to Help Build Reliable Technology That Makes a Difference?
If you're looking for an Operations Engineer role where you'll work with modern infrastructure, develop your cloud expertise and play a key role in keeping business-critical platforms running smoothly, we'd love to hear from you.
Apply today and take the next step in your infrastructure and operations career.
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