Senior Systems Engineer II

Elsevier; City Of London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension Plan

Vacation Allowance

Parental Leave

Employee Discounts

Employee Assistance Program

Job summary

Elsevier in London is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer II to design, operate and continuously improve cloud-based enterprise environments. You will drive reliability, security and performance, contribute to automation and DevOps practices, and guide incident resolution.

The role collaborates with development and support teams, implements IaC with Terraform and CloudFormation, and uses AWS services like EC2, S3, RDS, and EKS to scale infrastructure while maintaining documentation.

Qualifications

• Experience with AWS services EC2, S3, RDS, networking, IAM and EKS.
• Solid knowledge of Linux/UNIX systems.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation).
• Scripting and automation (Bash, Python).
• Understanding of CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices.

Responsibilities

• Diagnose and resolve complex system and performance issues in cloud environments.
• Monitor system health and proactively address risks to stability, performance, and security.
• Design and implement system configurations, improvements, and automation.
• Support and execute change management processes, including impact assessment.
• Develop and maintain infrastructure as code and operational scripts.
• Collaborate with development, support teams, and vendors to deliver reliable solutions.
• Review and guide work from less-experienced engineers.
• Contribute to improving system monitoring, alerting, and reporting.
• Ensure system recovery readiness and effectively handle incident resolution.
• Contribute to capacity planning and infrastructure scalability in AWS.
• Apply security best practices and ensure compliance with internal standards.
• Maintain clear documentation for systems, processes, and procedures.

Skills

AWS knowledge

Linux/Unix

CI/CD

Scripting (Bash/Python)

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

Bash

Python

CloudWatch

New Relic

IAM

EKS

Job description

Senior Systems Engineer II

Are you passionate about designing, building and maintaining reliable, scalable systems that support critical business applications? Do you thrive on solving complex technical challenges, improving system performance and delivering robust infrastructure solutions?

About the team:

A global leader in information and analytics, we help researchers and healthcare professionals advance science and improve health outcomes for the benefit of society. Building on our publishing heritage, we combine quality information and vast data sets with analytics to support visionary science and research, health education, and interactive learning, as well as exceptional healthcare and clinical practice. At Elsevier, your work contributes to the world's grand challenges and a more sustainable future. We harness innovative technologies to support science and healthcare to partner for a better world.

About the role:

This role is responsible for the design, operation, and continuous improvement of cloud-based enterprise system environments. The Senior Systems Engineer contributes to project planning, ensures system reliability, security, and performance, and independently drives the resolution of complex system issues. This role also supports change management processes and promotes automation and operational efficiency in a DevOps-oriented environment.

Key Responsibilities:

• Diagnose and resolve complex system and performance issues in cloud environments
• Monitor system health and proactively address risks to stability, performance, and security
• Design and implement system configurations, improvements, and automation
• Support and execute change management processes, including impact assessment
• Develop and maintain infrastructure as code and operational scripts
• Collaborate with development, support teams, and vendors to deliver reliable solutions
• Review and guide work from less-experienced engineers
• Contribute to improving system monitoring, alerting, and reporting
• Ensure system recovery readiness and effectively handle incident resolution
• Contribute to capacity planning and infrastructure scalability in AWS
• Apply security best practices and ensure compliance with internal standards
• Maintain clear documentation for systems, processes, and procedures

Requirements:

• Strong experience with AWS services (e.g., EC2, S3, RDS, networking, IAM, EKS)
• Solid knowledge of Linux/UNIX systems
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (e.g., Terraform, CloudFormation)
• Scripting and automation (e.g., Bash, Python)
• Understanding of CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices
• Knowledge of system monitoring and performance tuning tools (e.g., CloudWatch, NewRelic)
• Experience with incident, problem, and change management processes
• Understanding of security best practices (IAM, patching, vulnerability management)
• Knowledge of system recovery and disaster recovery strategies

Why Join Us?

Join our team and contribute to a culture of innovation, collaboration, and excellence.

Work in a way that works for you

We promote a healthy work/life balance across the organization. We offer an appealing working prospect for our people. With numerous wellbeing initiatives, shared parental leave, study assistance and sabbaticals, we will help you meet your immediate responsibilities and your long-term goals.

• Working flexible hours - flexing the times when you work in the day to help you fit everything in and work when you are most productive.

Working for you

We know that your well-being and happiness are key to a long and successful career. These are some of the benefits we are delighted to offer:

• Comprehensive Pension Plan
• Generous vacation entitlement and option for sabbatical leave
• Maternity, Paternity, Adoption and Family Care leave
• Internal communities and networks
• Various employee discounts
• Recruitment introduction reward
• Employee Assistance Program (global)

About the business

A global leader in information and analytics, we help researchers and healthcare professionals advance science and improve health outcomes for the benefit of society. Building on our publishing heritage, we combine quality information and vast data sets with analytics to support visionary science and research, health education, and interactive learning, as well as exceptional healthcare and clinical practice. At Elsevier, your work contributes to the world's grand challenges and a more sustainable future. We harness innovative technologies to support science and healthcare to partner for a better world.

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