Salary: £40,000 - 70,000 per year Requirements: Strong Linux systems experience Solid exposure to AWS cloud environments Experience with automation / configuration tools (Terraform, Ansible, Puppet or similar) Scripting skills in Python and/or Bash Working knowledge of Windows Server / Active Directory Good understanding of security fundamentals Comfortable working in a change-controlled, production environment Responsibilities: 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, patching and monitoring Working alongside DevOps and Engineering teams to support delivery Improving resilience, security and operational efficiency Documenting systems and following structured change management Managing SLAs and balancing competing priorities Technologies: AWS Lambda Active Directory Ansible Bash Cloud CloudWatch DevOps EC2 Support Linux MySQL Nginx Puppet Python Security Terraform Ubuntu Windows More: We are Applause IT, working with a large, product-led technology business to hire a Linux Systems Operations Engineer in our growing Technology & Data function. This hybrid position is based in Sandbach, requiring 3 days onsite. We offer a competitive salary, annual bonus, pension and life assurance, electric vehicle and fuel schemes, private wellbeing and healthcare support, as well as a cycle to work scheme. Join our collaborative infrastructure team and help shape how we run our systems. last updated 16 week of 2026