SysOps Engineer

Job Title: SysOps Engineer

Industries: Fintech, Legaltech, Edutech

Location: Eastbourne, UK (hybrid working)

We're looking for a thoughtful, automation-driven SysOps Engineer to join our infrastructure team, as part of the wider engineering team at AxisOps. This role is central to how we build, ship, and secure systems – enabling product teams to move fast without breaking things, and delivering operational stability that just works.

You’ll be working at the intersection of infrastructure, automation, and security – helping us scale and secure our internal platform, Andromeda, reduce toil through code, and evolve the pipelines that power everything. If you love clean automation, infrastructure-as-code, containerisation, and deeply understand the value of reliable systems and clear documentation, this one’s for you.

Who we are

AxisOps is a consultancy-led software engineering business that designs, builds, and operates intelligent software platforms. We work with fast-moving organisations in the Fintech, Legaltech, and Edutech sectors to deliver automation, infrastructure, and compliance-ready solutions that scale.

We partner closely with our clients to navigate complexity and bring ideas to life – from design and architecture through to production and operations. Our strength lies in software delivery, supported by deep expertise in platform engineering, built on an understanding of private cloud-native infrastructure, observability, and DevSecOps.

Our culture

We value sharp thinking, clear communication, and teams that look out for each other. At AxisOps, our core values are:

• Ingenuity – solving hard problems with elegant tools
• Diligence – building properly, testing deeply, documenting clearly
• Accountability – owning outcomes, not just tasks
• Social Responsibility – writing code and designing systems that serve humans and society in an AI world

We don’t do hype. We do repeatable infrastructure, design-first thinking, and clear feedback loops. You’ll be part of a team that believes good engineering culture is built one decision at a time.

What you’ll be doing

• Automate infrastructure using Terraform and Ansible, following modern DevSecOps and infrastructure-as-code practices
• Operate secure-by-default infrastructure, embedding security and compliance directly into provisioning, pipelines, and runtime environments
• Support containerised services across production, staging, and dev using Docker (some exposure to Kubernetes concepts or other container runtimes is welcome but not required)
• Maintain and evolve microservice architecture built in Python and PHP, with deployment via GitLab CI/CD and runtime orchestration via Andromeda
• Deliver observability using Prometheus, Grafana, and the ELK stack, supporting metrics, logs, and alerting workflows
• Support and maintain internal ML infrastructure and pipelines, helping ensure that our AI and data workloads run securely and efficiently
• Work closely with the Data and ML teams, assisting with environment design, pipeline execution, model deployment, and optimising resource use – where needed
• Manage Proxmox-hosted Linux VMs, including transition from legacy VMware, golden images, and underlying hypervisor maintenance
• Build and maintain standardised developer desktop environments, supporting our engineering team’s daily tooling and dev workflow
• Contribute to our IoT platform, including reliable edge infrastructure, secure messaging, and data flow observability
• Support and maintain our private datacentre, including rack-level hardware, networking, and server fleet resilience
• Continuously improve security posture, covering patching, firewall maintenance, secrets handling, and backup strategy
• Write markdown-based SOPs, runbooks, and infra playbooks that are used, tested, and evolved
• Work in regulated environments, including audit trail design, SBOM production, and CI-driven vulnerability/pentest workflows
• Collaborate closely with software engineers to make infrastructure serve delivery, not slow it down

Note: this role requires you to work from our Eastbourne (UK) office Tuesday-Thursday every week (Mondays and Fridays can be remote).

What you’ll bring

Required:

• Deep Linux system administration experience with containerised workloads (Docker)
• Fluency in scripting and automation – Python, Bash, and Ansible (our glue language)
• Familiarity with Terraform or equivalent infra-as-code tooling
• Real-world experience operating hybrid environments (on-prem, AWS, Azure)
• Strong networking fundamentals: routing, firewalls, VPNs, switching
• A security-first mindset, with practical exposure to vulnerability management and secure provisioning
• Clear written communication – your runbooks don’t need walkthroughs
• Familiarity with datacentre hardware: racking, patching, switch config, server diagnostics
• Proactive problem-solving skills and the ability to improve systems independently

Preferred but not required:

• Degree in computer science, engineering, or a related technical field
• Certifications like LFCS, Terraform Associate, or Red Hat’s Ansible Automation Specialist are a plus – we care more about what you can do than what you’ve memorised
• Experience with RabbitMQ, Traefik, or service mesh tooling
• Familiarity with Laravel, FastAPI, and modern container-based web application stacks
• Working knowledge of PostgreSQL, including administration and performance tuning
• Exposure to key PostgreSQL extensions such as:
• pgvector, timescaledb, postgis
• Experience with GitLab or Dagger-based CI/CD pipelines
• Familiarity with BCDR planning, site reliability engineering practices, and performance tuning

Why join us?

At AxisOps, you’ll be hands-on with real systems, working alongside a sharp engineering team that values context, clarity, and well-designed infrastructure. As a SysOps Engineer, you will:

• Shape how we scale and secure our platform
• Be trusted to make technical decisions and challenge assumptions
• Own infrastructure capabilities that support regulated industries
• Help bring DevSecOps thinking into every layer of delivery

Our benefits

• Financial wellbeing: A competitive salary, optional salary sacrifice pension, and a flexible benefits platform that stretches your money further – from high street discounts and gym memberships to free financial guidance and salary sacrifice options like Childcare Vouchers and Electric Vehicle leasing
• Work-life balance: 28 days of holiday, including bank holidays, to help you recharge and unwind
• Great kit: A high-spec laptop and screen as standard, with the option of additional high-spec kit for home office use
• Flexibility: Tuesday-Thursday in our newly refurbished Eastbourne office, complete with a selection of drinks and snacks, Monday and Friday working from home
• Wellness: Access to an Employee Assistance Portal and online GP appointments when you need support
• Belonging: Regular opportunities to connect, including monthly Insight Hours, team lunches, and our annual summer and Christmas socials

How to apply

Apply via LinkedIn or send your CV and a short cover letter to jobs@axisops.com, including “SysOps Engineer” in the subject line. Feel free to share links to documentation, playbooks, repos, or tooling you’ve built. Applications are open until 29/08/25.

AxisOps is an equal opportunity employer. We value diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

Strictly no agencies please.