Systems Engineer I

RX Brasil; Amsterdam; On-site; EUR 40,000 - 67,000; Full time

Job summary

Elsevier is hiring a Systems Engineer I to support reliable, scalable cloud infrastructure across teams in the Netherlands and beyond. You will focus on automation, monitoring, and performance tuning to ensure resilient services used by researchers and clinicians worldwide.

Ideal candidates have 1–3 years in DevOps or SRE, hands-on AWS, IaC, and containerization experience, plus scripting skills. This is an entry-to-mid-level role with growth potential and flexible work patterns.

Qualifications

• 1–3 years in Systems Engineering, DevOps, or similar.
• Hands-on with AWS services and cloud infrastructure.
• Familiarity with IaC tools and CI/CD workflows.

Responsibilities

• Monitor and improve reliability, availability, and performance of production systems on AWS.
• Respond to incidents and drive root cause analyses and postmortems.
• Build automation for deployment, monitoring, and infrastructure management.
• Collaborate to improve observability with logging, metrics, and tracing.

Skills

AWS services

Terraform

Docker

Kubernetes

Python

Go

Bash

CI/CD

Monitoring

Prometheus

Grafana

Datadog

CloudWatch

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

Ansible

Chef

Puppet

SLO/SLI

Tools

Ansible

Chef

Puppet

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

GitLab CI

CloudFormation

Job description

## Systems Engineer IApply: London Wall: Amsterdam: Full time: Posted Today: R117985**Are you passionate about building reliable cloud infrastructure and automating systems that power products used around the world?** **Do you enjoy solving operational challenges, improving observability, and collaborating with engineers to deliver resilient, scalable platforms?** **About our Team**Join a collaborative and supportive engineering team powering Scopus, working closely with colleagues across the Netherlands, London, and India. We are passionate about reliability, automation, and cloud technologies, and we provide a strong mentorship environment where early-career engineers can learn, grow, and build rewarding long-term careers. **About the Role**Elsevier is looking for a Systems Engineer I to join our TIO team. In this role, you'll help ensure the reliability, scalability, and performance of the systems that power Elsevier's products, working closely with software engineers, platform teams, and other systems engineers. This is an entry-to-mid-level position, ideal for engineers early in their career who want to grow their skills in cloud infrastructure, automation, and operational excellence. **Responsibilities*** Monitor, maintain, and improve the reliability, availability, and performance of production systems running on AWS* Respond to incidents and help drive root cause analysis and postmortems* Build and maintain automation for deployment, monitoring, and infrastructure management (Infrastructure as Code)* Collaborate with development teams to improve system observability (logging, metrics, tracing, alerting)* Contribute to capacity planning, performance tuning, and cost optimization efforts* Write and maintain runbooks, documentation, and operational procedures* Support CI/CD pipelines and help improve deployment safety and velocity **Requirements*** 1–3 years of experience in a Systems Engineering, DevOps, Site Reliability Engineering, or similar role* Hands-on experience with AWS services (e.g., EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, CloudWatch, IAM)* Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code tools (Terraform, CloudFormation, or similar)* Working knowledge of containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes)* Scripting/programming experience in one or more languages (Python, Go, Bash, etc.)* Understanding of monitoring/observability tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, CloudWatch)* Familiarity with CI/CD tools and practices (Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, etc.)* Experience with configuration management tools (Ansible, Chef, Puppet)* Exposure to SLO/SLI/error budget frameworks **Work in a Way That Works for You**We promote a healthy work/life balance across the organisation. 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 Pattern**Working flexible hours - flexing the times when you work in the day to help you fit everything in and work when you are the most productive. **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.If performed in NLD Amsterdam (Radarweg), the base pay range is €40,400 - €67,400.This job may be subject to a collective labor agreement in the Netherlands. Please consult with the hiring team for further details.