Senior Cloud Systems Engineer II: AWS, Automation & Resilience

RX Brasil; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive Pension Plan

Generous vacation and sabbatical

Family leave

Job summary

Elsevier is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer II to design, operate, and continuously improve cloud-based enterprise environments. You will drive reliability, security, and performance, contributing to automation and DevOps practices across teams.

You will work on AWS-based infrastructure, implement IaC, and support incident resolution while maintaining clear documentation and strong collaboration with developers and vendors.

Qualifications

• Strong AWS experience managing cloud environments.
• Solid knowledge of Linux/UNIX systems.
• Experience with IaC tools (Terraform, CloudFormation).
• Scripting and automation (Bash, Python).
• Understanding of CI/CD and DevOps practices.

Responsibilities

• Diagnose and resolve complex system and performance issues in cloud environments.
• Monitor system health and address risks to stability, performance, and security.
• Design, implement, and automate system configurations and improvements.
• Support change management and automation efforts in a DevOps context.
• Collaborate with teams to deliver reliable cloud-based solutions.

Skills

AWS expertise

Linux/Unix

CI/CD

Automation

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

Bash

Python

CloudWatch

NewRelic

Job description

Elsevier is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer II to design, operate, and continuously improve cloud-based enterprise environments. You will drive reliability, security, and performance, contributing to automation and DevOps practices across teams.

You will work on AWS-based infrastructure, implement IaC, and support incident resolution while maintaining clear documentation and strong collaboration with developers and vendors.