Closing Gap
Senior DevOps & Systems Engineer (UK Remote)
Remote•UK•Full-time
£40,000 - £55,000 annually
£40,000 - £55,000 annually
About the Job
We are looking for a Senior DevOps & Systems Engineer to join the Infrastructure team of a leading UK Q-commerce platform.
The role combines modern DevOps with strong, hands-on Linux Systems Administration. We are specifically looking for someone who has real production systems experience and is comfortable troubleshooting infrastructure issues at both the cloud and operating-system level.
Key Responsibilities:
- Manage, monitor and improve AWS infrastructure and Linux production environments.
- Troubleshoot complex production issues across Linux, networking and applications.
- Maintain and optimise Nginx, Redis and OpenSearch/Elasticsearch.
- Build and maintain Infrastructure as Code using Terraform.
- Manage configuration and automation using Ansible.
- Maintain and improve CI/CD pipelines.
- Write and manage WAF rules across Akamai and Cloudflare.
- Work with CDN and networking technologies.
- Monitor infrastructure using tools such as Zabbix, CloudWatch, Pingdom and New Relic.
- Investigate production incidents, perform root-cause analysis and implement permanent fixes.
- Automate repetitive operational tasks using Python and Bash.
- Participate in the on-call rota after completing onboarding.
What We’re Looking For:
- Strong hands-on Linux Systems Administration experience in business-critical production environments.
- Strong AWS infrastructure and networking experience.
- Solid experience with Terraform and Infrastructure as Code.
- Experience with Ansible and configuration management.
- Strong CI/CD experience.
- Good Python and Bash scripting skills.
- Hands-on experience with Nginx, Redis and OpenSearch/Elasticsearch.
- Experience with CDN and WAF technologies.
- Strong production troubleshooting and incident management experience.
- Experience with monitoring and observability platforms.
- Comfortable taking ownership of production issues from investigation through to resolution.
- Able to work closely with Software Engineers and other technical teams.
Important:
This is not purely a cloud/DevOps role. Strong Linux Systems Administration experience in a production environment is a key requirement. Candidates whose Linux experience is limited to basic administration or simply listed as a technical skill may not be suitable.
What We Offer:
- Fully remote UK-based role.
- Monday to Friday working.
- Competitive salary.
- Opportunity to work on a large-scale Q-commerce platform.
- Meaningful infrastructure and reliability challenges.
- Flexible working environment.
- Learning and career development opportunities.
If you have strong Linux systems administration experience combined with AWS and modern DevOps expertise, we would be interested in hearing from you.