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Glasgow Office · Hybrid

Senior Systems Engineer

About Beeks 

Beeks Group is a leading managed cloud provider exclusively within financial markets. Our Infrastructure-as-a-Service model is optimised for low-latency private cloud compute, connectivity and analytics, providing the flexibility to deploy and connect to exchanges, trading venues and public cloud for a true hybrid cloud experience. 

 

Founded in 2011, Beeks Group is listed on the London Stock Exchange (LSE: BKS) and has enjoyed continued growth each year. Beeks Group now employs over 100 team members across the globe and have an international network of over thirty data centres. 

 

We have a fantastic opportunity for a Senior Systems Engineer to join us at our unique Head Office in Renfrew which includes our state-of-the-art gym with weekly circuit training, a personal trainer and yoga classes as well as the Beeks Bar or weekly masseuse to help you unwind! 

 

About the Role 

We are looking for a highly skilled Senior Systems Engineer with expertise in automation, Linux administration, and networking to join our dynamic System Engineering team. 

 

The ideal candidate will play a key role in maintaining and automating our infrastructure and service delivery, ensuring high availability, security, and scalability. 

 

Working closely with our Systems Engineering Team, this role requires strong problem-solving skills, a proactive approach to system improvements, and the ability to work in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

  • Manage, maintain and optimise the seamless operation and availability of new and existing infrastructure. 

  • Lead and manage the patching of Linux and Windows Infrastructure 

  • Diagnosing, troubleshooting and resolving software, hardware and networking issues on internal and client systems. 

  • Engage in system monitoring, redundancy, backup and disaster recovery solutions. 

  • Develop and maintain infrastructure automation using tools like Ansible and Packer. 

  • Automate system provisioning, configuration management, and maintenance deployments. 

  • Work closely with the core System Admin, Security, and Operations teams to ensure seamless integration and reliability of services. 

  • Document infrastructure, configurations, and troubleshooting procedures for internal use. 

  • Researching and evaluating new technologies/solutions to problems. 

 

Required Experience 

  • 5+ years Linux System Administration Experience. 

  • Strong expertise in networking (TCP/IP, VLANs, VPNs, Firewalls). 

  • Proven experience in Automation and Configuration management (Ansible, Packer, Terraform). 

  • Proficiency in Scripting (Bash, Python and Powershell). 

  • Central Authentication Exposure (LDAP + AD/Entra management). 

  • Exposure to on-prem server deployment (VMWare, KVM, MaaS). 

  • Source Control (Git). 

  • Strong communication and teamwork abilities. 

  • Proven ability to independently manage projects from concept to completion.

 

Desirable Experience 

  • Windows administration. 

  • Hands-on experience with network and server hardware. 

  • Experience working with monitoring tools (Nagios, Prometheus, Grafana). 

  • Exposure to industry security practises. 

  • Exposure to CI/CD tooling (BitBucket, Jenkins). 

  • Database Administration (MySQL, InfluxDB, Prometheus). 

  • Knowledge of DevOps principles and practices. 

  • Experience with Agile methodologies. 

Compensation & Benefits 

  • A competitive salary. 

  • A unique and highly rewarding Share Options scheme. 

  • Highly competitive pension scheme. 

  • EV salary exchange scheme. 

  • Life assurance cover. 

  • Investment in Training. 

  • Private Health Insurance. 

  • Hybrid working.  

  • 33 days annual leave. 

  • A day off for your birthday. 

Recruitment Process 

  • 30 minute screening call. 

  • ~1hr technical interview. 

  • Offer issued and start date agreed. 

Locations
Glasgow Office
Remote status
Hybrid
Employment type
Full-time

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Employee Benefits

  • A unique and rewarding share options scheme

  • Flexible work schedule

  • Private healthcare (including dental)

  • Group life cover (4 x salary)

  • Company salary exchange pension scheme 

  • Generous training budget

  • Employee referral scheme

  • Onsite gym with PT and yoga sessions weekly

  • Weekly massages

  • EV Scheme

  • 33 days of annual leave plus a paid day off for your birthday

About Beeks Group

Beeks Group is a leading managed cloud provider exclusively within the agile and fast-moving financial services and capital markets sector.

Founded in 2011
Co-workers Around 115
Glasgow Office · Hybrid

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