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Elsevier
Senior Systems Engineer I
AWS
DevOps
Terraform
Edtech.com's Summary
Elsevier is hiring a Senior Systems Engineer I to design, build, and operate secure, scalable, and highly available AWS infrastructure that enables multiple product engineering teams to deliver software reliably. The role partners closely with software engineers to troubleshoot production issues and improve developer experience. It also continuously modernizes the cloud platform while maintaining high standards for security, reliability, and operational excellence.
Highlights
- Designs, builds, and maintains Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, following modular, reusable, and scalable practices
- Operates and supports production AWS environments across multiple accounts and regions
- Develops, maintains, and troubleshoots GitHub Actions CI/CD pipelines supporting application and infrastructure deployments
- Builds and manages containerized workloads on Amazon ECS Fargate
- Administers Amazon RDS PostgreSQL environments, ensuring availability, performance, backup, and recovery readiness
- Responds to production incidents, performs root cause analysis, and implements preventive improvements
- Partners with multiple development teams to enable self-service infrastructure while reducing operational bottlenecks
- Requires 6-9 years of experience in DevOps, Cloud Engineering, or Systems Engineering, with advanced Terraform expertise across modules, providers, state management, and drift detection
- Calls for hands-on experience across ECS, RDS, ALB, VPC, IAM, Route53, ECR, S3, Lambda, DynamoDB, SQS, Secrets Manager, KMS, and CloudWatch
- Requires a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or an equivalent discipline, plus strong Linux and Git fundamentals with Bash/Python scripting
- Based in Bengaluru, India (Helios Business Park)
Senior Systems Engineer I Full Description
About the Role
Elsevier is hiring a Senior Systems Engineer I to design, build, and operate secure, scalable, and highly available AWS infrastructure that enables multiple product engineering teams to deliver software reliably. You'll partner closely with software engineers, troubleshoot production issues, improve developer experience, and continuously modernize the cloud platform while maintaining high standards for security, reliability, and operational excellence.
What You'll Do
- Design, build, and maintain Infrastructure as Code using Terraform following modular, reusable, and scalable practices
- Operate and support production AWS environments across multiple accounts and regions
- Develop, maintain, and troubleshoot GitHub Actions CI/CD pipelines supporting application and infrastructure deployments
- Build and manage containerized workloads on Amazon ECS Fargate
- Administer and support Amazon RDS PostgreSQL environments, ensuring availability, performance, backup, and recovery readiness
- Respond to production incidents, perform root cause analysis, and implement preventive improvements
- Partner with multiple development teams to enable self-service infrastructure while reducing operational bottlenecks
What You'll Need
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or an equivalent discipline
- Typically 6-9 years of experience in DevOps, Cloud Engineering, or Systems Engineering
- Proven experience operating and supporting production AWS environments in enterprise-scale organizations
- Advanced Terraform expertise, including modules, providers, state management, and drift detection
- Hands-on experience across ECS, RDS, ALB, VPC, IAM, Route53, ECR, S3, Lambda, DynamoDB, SQS, Secrets Manager, KMS, and CloudWatch
- Strong Linux and Git fundamentals with Bash/Python scripting for automation and CI/CD
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