Senior Cloud Systems Engineer – Scale & Automation

Amazon Web Services (AWS); Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

AWS is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer to lead design and operation of our cloud infrastructure. You will diagnose issues, optimize performance, and drive automation and runbooks to keep services highly available and secure.

This role requires strong Linux expertise, DevOps tooling, and a track record of delivering scalable solutions in a fast-paced environment. You will collaborate across teams, own deployment plans, and mentor engineers while delivering reliable, scalable solutions for

Qualifications

• Experience with Linux systems administration.
• Scripting experience in PowerShell, Python, Bash, Perl, Ruby or similar.
• Understanding of network fundamentals (DNS, DHCP, TCP/IP, routing, HTTP).

Responsibilities

• Lead design and implementation of scalable cloud infrastructure for customers.
• Analyse root causes, metrics trends, and provide engineering solutions with cross-team collaboration.
• Drive operational excellence, automation, and runbooks for reliability.

Skills

Linux systems administration

Scripting (PowerShell, Python, Bash, (

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

CI/CD tooling

Puppet

Chef

Job description

AWS is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer to lead design and operation of our cloud infrastructure. You will diagnose issues, optimize performance, and drive automation and runbooks to keep services highly available and secure.

This role requires strong Linux expertise, DevOps tooling, and a track record of delivering scalable solutions in a fast-paced environment. You will collaborate across teams, own deployment plans, and mentor engineers while delivering reliable, scalable solutions for