Senior Systems Engineer – 4th Line & High Availability

Rise Technical Recruitment Limited; Reading; Vor Ort; GBP 75.000 - 85.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Bonus

Healthcare

Pension

On-call allowance

Zusammenfassung

Rise Technical Recruitment Limited is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer for a client-based role in Basingstoke/Reading. You’ll provide 4th line support across Linux, Java, VMware, SQL, and distributed systems within a high‑availability, 24/7 environment.

You will work with Software, Hardware, Firmware and R&D teams to improve monitoring, diagnostics and self-healing capabilities, and you will act as a technical SME across the stack, ensuring robust, secure infrastructure for mission-critical

Qualifikationen

• Active SC Clearance or eligibility to obtain SC Clearance required.
• Senior Systems Engineer / Systems Engineer / Infrastructure Engineer with strong troubleshooting, debugging and root‑cause analysis capability.
• Experience with Redis/NoSQL, Apache ActiveMQ, server load balancing, F5/Alteon/Cisco ACE, RHCSA/RHCT, VCP or CCNA would be advantageous.
• Strong technical knowledge of Linux, VMware, SQL and IP networking, with scripting experience using Bash and/or Python.
• Strong object‑oriented programming, coding and debugging skills; Java strongly preferred, alongside experience with SQL Server/PostgreSQL, stored procedures and complex systems.
• Experience supporting high‑performance, high‑availability, distributed or mission‑critical systems, ideally within a secure or 24/7 environment.
• Strong customer-facing and stakeholder management skills, with a proactive approach to problem solving, ownership and continual improvement.

Aufgaben

• Provide 4th line technical support across Linux, Java, SQL, VMware and distributed systems.
• Analyse system data, logs and performance information to identify root causes and resolve incidents.
• Develop and implement improvements across monitoring, diagnostics, troubleshooting, automation and self-healing.
• Collaborate with R&D, Software, Hardware, Firmware and IT teams on system design, releases and improvement initiatives.
• Maintain defect records, documentation and support for high-availability, fault-tolerant systems in a 24/7 environment.

Kenntnisse

Java

Linux

VMware

SQL

PostgreSQL

Bash

Python

IP Networking

DNS

Distributed Systems

Performance Monitoring

Troubleshooting

Debugging

ITIL

Configuration Management

SC Clearance

High Availability

Ausbildung

SC Clearance eligibility

RHCSA/RHCT

VCP or CCNA advantageous

Tools

RHCSA/RHCT

VCP/CCNA

Jobbeschreibung

Rise Technical Recruitment Limited is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer for a client-based role in Basingstoke/Reading. You’ll provide 4th line support across Linux, Java, VMware, SQL, and distributed systems within a high‑availability, 24/7 environment.

You will work with Software, Hardware, Firmware and R&D teams to improve monitoring, diagnostics and self-healing capabilities, and you will act as a technical SME across the stack, ensuring robust, secure infrastructure for mission-critical