Are you passionate about building reliable cloud infrastructure and automating systems that power products used around the world?
Do you enjoy solving operational challenges, improving observability, and collaborating with engineers to deliver resilient, scalable platforms?
About our Team
Join a collaborative and supportive engineering team powering Scopus, working closely with colleagues across the Netherlands, London, and India. We are passionate about reliability, automation, and cloud technologies, and we provide a strong mentorship environment where early-career engineers can learn, grow, and build rewarding long-term careers.
About the Role
Elsevier is looking for a Systems Engineer I to join our TIO team. In this role, you'll help ensure the reliability, scalability, and performance of the systems that power Elsevier's products, working closely with software engineers, platform teams, and other systems engineers. This is an entry-to-mid-level position, ideal for engineers early in their career who want to grow their skills in cloud infrastructure, automation, and operational excellence.
Responsibilities
- Monitor, maintain, and improve the reliability, availability, and performance of production systems running on AWS
- Respond to incidents and help drive root cause analysis and postmortems
- Build and maintain automation for deployment, monitoring, and infrastructure management (Infrastructure as Code)
- Collaborate with development teams to improve system observability (logging, metrics, tracing, alerting)
- Contribute to capacity planning, performance tuning, and cost optimization efforts
- Write and maintain runbooks, documentation, and operational procedures
- Support CI/CD pipelines and help improve deployment safety and velocity
Requirements
- 1–3 years of experience in a Systems Engineering, DevOps, Site Reliability Engineering, or similar role
- Hands-on experience with AWS services (e.g., EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, CloudWatch, IAM)
- Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code tools (Terraform, CloudFormation, or similar)
- Working knowledge of containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes)
- Scripting/programming experience in one or more languages (Python, Go, Bash, etc.)
- Understanding of monitoring/observability tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, CloudWatch)
- Familiarity with CI/CD tools and practices (Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, etc.)
- Experience with configuration management tools (Ansible, Chef, Puppet)
- Exposure to SLO/SLI/error budget frameworks
Work in a Way That Works for You
We promote a healthy work/life balance across the organisation. 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 Pattern
Working flexible hours - flexing the times when you work in the day to help you fit everything in and work when you are the most productive.
About the Business
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.
If performed in NLD Amsterdam (Radarweg), the base pay range is €40,400 - €67,400. This job may be subject to a collective labor agreement in the Netherlands. Please consult with the hiring team for further details.We know your well-being and happiness are key to a long and successful career. We are delighted to offer country specific benefits. Click here to access benefits specific to your location.
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Skills Required
- 1-3 years of experience in Systems Engineering, DevOps, Site Reliability Engineering, or a similar role
- Hands-on experience with AWS services including EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, CloudWatch, and IAM
- Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform or CloudFormation
- Working knowledge of Docker and Kubernetes
- Scripting or programming experience with Python, Go, Bash, or similar languages
- Understanding of monitoring and observability tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, or CloudWatch
- Familiarity with CI/CD tools and practices such as Jenkins, GitLab CI, or GitHub Actions
- Experience with configuration management tools such as Ansible, Chef, or Puppet
- Exposure to SLO, SLI, and error budget frameworks
Elsevier Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Elsevier and has not been reviewed or approved by Elsevier.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Feedback suggests paid time off spans vacation, holidays, sick days, bereavement, military leave, and volunteer time. Family-related leave options are also emphasized as part of the package.
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Healthcare Strength — Feedback suggests medical, dental, vision, life insurance, wellness initiatives, and an EAP form a comprehensive health offering. Gym support and wellbeing hubs reinforce an ongoing health and wellness focus.
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Retirement Support — Feedback suggests retirement programs include a 401(k)/retirement plan and pension options, with long-term savings vehicles such as an employee stock purchase plan also available. These elements contribute to a sense of financial security beyond base pay.
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What We Do
Elsevier is a world-leading provider of information solutions that enhance the performance of science, health, and technology professionals, empowering them to make better decisions, and deliver better care. Because informed decisions lead to better outcomes, Elsevier is a leader in information and analytics for customers across the global research and health ecosystems. Elsevier helps researchers and healthcare professionals advance science and improve health outcomes for the benefit of society. We do this by facilitating insights and critical decision-making for customers across the global research and health ecosystems.
