Senior Systems Engineer II

Elsevier; Greater London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous vacation entitlement

Sabbatical leave

Maternity/Paternity/ Adoption leave

Family care leave

Employee Assistance Program (global)

Internal communities and networks

Job summary

Elsevier in London is seeking a skilled Cloud/DevOps engineer to diagnose and resolve complex system and performance issues in AWS environments. You will monitor health, implement automation, and design configurations to deliver reliable, scalable infrastructure.

You will collaborate with development, support teams, and vendors, contribute to capacity planning, security, incident response, and maintain clear documentation.

Qualifications

• Strong experience with AWS services (e.g., EC2, S3, RDS, networking, IAM, 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.
• Knowledge of system monitoring and performance tuning tools (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.

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 services

Linux/UNIX

Infrastructure as Code

Bash/Python

CI/CD/DevOps

System monitoring

Incident & change management

Security best practices

Disaster recovery

Documentation

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

CloudWatch

New Relic

Job description

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:

• 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:

• Generous vacation entitlement and option for sabbatical leave
• Maternity, Paternity, Adoption and Family Care leave
• Internal communities and networks
• 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.