Systems Engineer III

LexisNexis Risk Solutions; London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A global analytics organization in London is seeking a Systems Engineer III to support cloud systems' build, operation, and automation. The role involves collaborating with cross-functional teams to enhance infrastructure reliability and security. Ideal candidates have strong skills in cloud environments, configuration management, and system administration. Opportunity to work with cutting-edge technologies in risk analytics.

Benefits

Opportunity to work with cutting-edge technologies

Career development support

Collaborative culture

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience with configuration management tools.
• Solid experience operating in public cloud environments.
• Strong Linux and Windows system administration capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Deliver resilient infrastructure and application stacks.
• Monitor and support mission-critical services in production.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams.

Skills

Configuration management tools (e.g., Ansible, Puppet, Chef)

Public cloud environments (Azure preferred)

Linux system administration

Monitoring and observability tooling (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana)

Version control systems (e.g., Git)

Design and implement scalable architectures

Mentoring peers

Education

BSc in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience

Tools

Terraform

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

About Team

LexisNexis Risk Solutions Group is a global organisation providing innovative technology, analytics, and data services across multiple industries. As part of RELX (LSE: REL/NYSE: RELX), we help customers make better decisions, manage risk, and improve outcomes. We are headquartered in the UK and operate globally with offices in major regions. Visit risk.lexisnexis.com/group and www.relx.com for more information.

Role Summary

We are looking for a highly skilled Systems Engineer III to join our platform engineering function. This role will support the build, operation, and automation of our cloud-hosted systems, with a focus on reliability, scalability, and security. You will work collaboratively with cross-functional teams to enable modern infrastructure, deployment automation, and support critical business applications.

Responsibilities

• Deliver resilient infrastructure and application stacks using Infrastructure as Code and DevOps best practices.
• Monitor and support mission-critical, high-throughput services in production.
• Diagnose and resolve complex system and application performance issues.
• Collaborate with Development, QA, Security, IT Operations, and Project Management teams.
• Maintain accurate, well-written documentation for systems and services.
• Contribute to cloud platform maturity, security automation, and deployment strategies.

Essential Skills and Attributes

• Hands-on experience with configuration management tools (e.g., Ansible, Puppet, Chef).
• Solid experience operating in public cloud environments (Azure preferred, AWS or GCP a plus).
• Strong Linux and Windows system administration and troubleshooting capabilities.
• Experience with modern monitoring and observability tooling (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog).
• Familiarity with version control systems (e.g., Git, Bitbucket).
• Proven ability to design and implement scalable, secure system architectures.
• Strong communicator, able to convey technical concepts to a variety of stakeholders.
• Able to mentor peers and contribute to technical knowledge sharing across teams.
• Experience maintaining infrastructure code in versioned repositories and pipelines.

Desirable Skills

• Infrastructure as Code experience with tools such as Terraform, Bicep, or CloudFormation.
• Experience with cloud migration projects from on-premises to public cloud.
• Familiarity with blue-green, rolling, and canary deployment patterns.
• CI/CD pipeline experience using GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, or Jenkins.
• Working knowledge of containers and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Experience with centralised log management solutions (e.g., ELK, Graylog, Splunk).
• Knowledge of relational databases such as MySQL, PostgreSQL, or SQL Server.
• Familiarity with change management processes and ITIL practices.
• Use of secrets management tools (e.g., HashiCorp Vault, Azure Key Vault).
• Ability to write scripts or utilities in a high-level language (e.g., Python, Bash, PowerShell).

Qualifications

• BSc in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.

What We Offer

• Opportunity to work with a wide range of cutting-edge technologies solving meaningful problems in the risk analytics space.
• Influence and modernise our technology stack, driving continuous improvement and platform innovation.
• A collaborative culture with real impact on products, customers, and society.
• Career development support and exposure to cloud, automation, security, and modern infrastructure practices.