Senior Cloud Infrastructure Engineer

Elsevier; Greater London; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Elsevier’s Mendeley Infrastructure team is seeking a Systems Engineer to design, operate, and continuously improve cloud-based enterprise infrastructure. You’ll work onAWS/Azure/GCP environments, automate with IaC, and collaborate across development, support, and platform teams to deliver reliable, scalable systems.

You’ll contribute to monitoring, security, and CI/CD practices while supporting operational excellence and change processes in a dynamic, globally distributed environment.

Qualifications

• Cloud infrastructure experience within cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP) and automation.
• Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, CloudFormation, or similar tools.
• Linux administration and scripting using Bash or Python.
• Familiarity with Docker and Kubernetes containerization.
• Understanding of CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices.
• Familiarity with monitoring tools such as New Relic.
• Knowledge of change and incident management processes.
• Good oral and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to design and implementation of cloud infrastructure solutions within established architectural guidelines.
• Respond to and diagnose system management alerts and operational exceptions, escalating where appropriate.
• Apply and advocate infrastructure best practices within the team.
• Contribute to scripts, automation, and Infrastructure as Code development.
• Participate in change management processes, ensuring changes are properly documented, tested, and executed.
• Collaborate closely with development, support, and platform teams.
• Assist in daily support of assigned systems and products through proactive monitoring and early detection of issues.
• Configure, troubleshoot, and maintain cloud infrastructure components across multiple environments.

Skills

Cloud infra experience

CI/CD understanding

Linux administration

Scripting (Bash/Python)

Containerization (Docker/Kubernetes)

DevOps practices understanding

Incident management knowledge

Tools

AWS

Azure

GCP

Terraform

CloudFormation

Docker

Kubernetes

New Relic

Job description

Elsevier’s Mendeley Infrastructure team is seeking a Systems Engineer to design, operate, and continuously improve cloud-based enterprise infrastructure. You’ll work onAWS/Azure/GCP environments, automate with IaC, and collaborate across development, support, and platform teams to deliver reliable, scalable systems.

You’ll contribute to monitoring, security, and CI/CD practices while supporting operational excellence and change processes in a dynamic, globally distributed environment.