Pearson Carter
Senior System Engineer
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Senior DevOps / Systems Engineer
Pearson Carter are currently working with a market-leading organisation that is investing heavily in its in-house technology and infrastructure teams. Due to continued growth, they are looking to appoint an experienced Senior DevOps / Systems Engineer to support and improve their production infrastructure, cloud estate and deployment platforms.
This is an excellent opportunity to join a well-established business where technology plays a key role in its future. You'll work across AWS infrastructure, Linux systems, networking, automation, CDN and WAF technologies, and CI/CD pipelines, while collaborating closely with development and wider technology teams.
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Responsibilities
- 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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Experience
- 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.
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Salary
Salary is dependent on experience and will go up to £75k.
Location
This role is fully remote but have an office in Scotland. Applicants must have the legal right to work in the UK.
Benefits
- Annual performance bonus.
- Employee profit share.
- Company pension.
- Health & wellbeing programme.
- Casual dress.
- Company events.
- Cycle to Work scheme.
- Free on-site parking.
- Referral programme.
- Sick pay.
- Ongoing training and professional development.
- Supportive and collaborative working environment.
How to Apply
Please apply ASAP with your CV to be considered for this position. You can also get in touch with me on alexandra@pearsoncarter.com or 0191 406 6111.
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