Senior Cloud Systems Engineer

Senior Cloud Systems Engineer

AWS, VMWare, Windows

Hybrid - 2 days per week in the Southampton Office

Are you ready to join a global tech leader driving transformation in public safety and digital justice? This is your opportunity to join a company with an international presence, a fast-growing client base, and an innovative platform already disrupting the UK and US criminal justice systems.

We're looking for an experienced Senior Cloud Systems Engineer to lead the management, deployment, and maintenance of our production and lab environments. You'll play a key role in optimising virtualisation and public cloud infrastructure - driving efficiency and reliability across global operations.

Responsibilities:

• Deploy and maintain servers, both on-prem and in the cloud (AWS)
• Configure and manage virtualisation (VMWare) and physical storage (SAN)
• Perform OS patching, upgrades, and performance optimisation
• Ensure system and file security across environments
• Maintain documentation and work with vendors to troubleshoot and resolve issues
• Deploy and manage Linux servers
• Participate in an on-call rotation

Skills Required:

• AWS (ideally in a public cloud environment)
• Managing VMWare and virtualised systems
• Managing Windows servers, Active Directory, DHCP, DNS, and IIS
• Hands-on experience with SAN, enterprise compute, and OS patching
• Strong understanding of DNS, HTTP, SMTP, and SNMP
• Excellent communication, attention to detail, and problem-solving skills

This is a great time to be part of a forward-thinking team driving innovation in cloud infrastructure. We value ownership, technical excellence, and a collaborative spirit - and offer the opportunity to shape high-impact systems at scale.

If you have the skills and experience required please send your CV to (url removed)

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