Staff Systems Engineer (Remote - UK)

A fast-growing software business that builds payment infrastructure for digital products is looking for a senior technical leader to work across its information security and IT teams. The role covers infrastructure, security and automation in both corporate IT and product environments. The company is digital-first, so the position is fully remote for candidates based in the UK, with optional access to office hubs. It suits experienced systems, reliability or security engineers who enjoy hands-on delivery, automation and mentoring others.

What you'll do

• Lead initiatives that automate operational processes to reduce manual work and improve reliability and security
• Design and optimise integrations across business-critical IT and security systems
• Design, build and maintain Infrastructure-as-Code for identity, network and security tooling, including CI/CD pipelines
• Drive adherence to security standards such as CIS Benchmarks and support compliance control implementation and audit evidence through automation
• Help secure and monitor AWS cloud infrastructure alongside the Platform team
• Mentor engineers across InfoSec, IT and Engineering

What you need

• Extensive experience in systems engineering, site reliability, security engineering or software development
• Strong systems integration and automation skills with scripting or programming experience
• Hands-on experience with Infrastructure-as-Code, Terraform preferred
• Working knowledge of CIS Benchmarks, SOC 2 and PCI DSS and implementing compliance controls
• Cloud security experience covering identity, resource configuration and monitoring; AWS and containerised workloads highly desirable
• Familiarity with device management, IAM and EDR tools, and zero trust networking tools; must be based in the UK

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