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.

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.

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 [email protected] or 0191 406 6111.