Senior Systems Engineer II

RELX Group; Royal Borough of Greenwich; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive Pension Plan

Generous vacation entitlement

Maternity, Paternity, Adoption and 1

Family Care leave

Internal communities and networks

Various employee discounts

Recruitment introduction reward

Employee Assistance Program (global)

Job summary

Elsevier seeks a Senior Systems Engineer to design, operate and improve cloud-based enterprise environments. You will drive reliability, security, performance and automation in a DevOps context, collaborating across teams and vendors to deliver resilient solutions.

You will shape change processes, write infrastructure as code, and contribute to monitoring, alerting, and incident response. This role supports scalable AWS architectures and robust documentation.

Qualifications

• Strong experience with AWS cloud services and Linux/UNIX environments.
• Proficient in infrastructure as code and scripting for automation.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, monitoring and incident handling.
• Knowledge of security best practices and disaster recovery strategies.
• Ability to document systems and procedures clearly.

Responsibilities

• Diagnose and resolve complex cloud system issues and performance bottlenecks.
• Monitor health, implement improvements, and automate configurations.
• Lead change management activities and assess impacts.
• Develop and maintain infrastructure as code and automation scripts.
• Collaborate with teams and vendors to deliver reliable solutions.
• Guide junior engineers and improve monitoring, alerts, and reporting.
• Assist with capacity planning and AWS scalability, ensure security.

Skills

AWS services

Linux/UNIX

Infrastructure as Code

Scripting Bash/Python

CI/CD/DevOps

Monitoring tools

Incident & Change mgmt

Security basics

Disaster recovery

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., 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.

• 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

• 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

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.

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)