Linux Systems Operations Engineer - AWS

Applause IT Recruitment Ltd

📍 Crewe, Cheshire, United Kingdom

Full-time computer-and-mathematical Posted March 03, 2026

Job Description

Linux Systems Operations Engineer - AWS

Hybrid - Crewe (3 days onsite)
£Competitive + bonus & benefits

Applause IT are working with a large, product-led technology business to hire a Linux Systems Operations Engineer into their growing Technology & Data function.

This is a hands-on infrastructure role focused on Linux, AWS and automation, supporting both internal platforms and customer-facing systems at scale.

You'll sit within a collaborative infrastructure team, working closely with DevOps and Software Engineering to keep platforms secure, scalable and reliable.

The role

You'll take ownership across the Linux estate while supporting and improving cloud infrastructure in AWS. Day-to-day, you'll be:

Supporting and maintaining a Linux server environment (Ubuntu, Apache/Nginx, MySQL/Postgres)
Supporting and developing AWS infrastructure (EC2, ECS, Lambda, VPC, Route53, S3, RDS, CloudWatch)
Automating builds, scaling, patc...