System Platform Engineer
About the Role
Were looking for a hands-on System / Platform Engineer to join our clients London office and support a small high-performing development team. This role is ideal for someone with a strong Linux and cloud background whos also experienced with Squid CDN or proxy technologies especially in environments that involve web scraping or data-intensive workloads .
Youll be the primary infrastructure point of contact for the team helping to build scale and maintain systems that keep our platform running smoothly and efficiently.
What Youll Do
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Manage and maintain Linux-based systems (deployment monitoring troubleshooting)
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Set up optimize and manage Squid Nginx or other proxy/CDN layers
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Support cloud infrastructure (AWS preferred; GCP/Azure also welcome)
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Automate deployments and infrastructure tasks using Terraform / Ansible / scripts
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Work closely with developers to ensure stable efficient environments for development and production
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Monitor performance handle incident response and continuously improve reliability
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Manage networking configurations (DNS load balancing VPNs routing)
Must-Have Skills:
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At least 3 years of hands-on experience in System / Platform / Cloud Engineering
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Solid Linux administration and troubleshooting skills
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Strong experience with Squid CDN or proxy management
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Experience with AWS (EC2 S3 VPC IAM etc.) or similar cloud platforms
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Scripting/automation experience (Bash Python preferred)
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Good understanding of network fundamentals (TCP/IP DNS VPNs)
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