RELX
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About the role: This role is responsible for the design, operation, and continuous improvement of cloud-based enterprise system environments.
Senior Systems Engineer II
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?
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
Join our team and contribute to a culture of innovation, collaboration, and excellence. If you are ready to advance your career and make a significant impact, we encourage you to apply.
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:
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)
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. 





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