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!

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.

• 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.

• 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, 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.

• 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 (Bit Bucket, Jenkins).
• Database Administration (MySQL, Influx
  
  DB, Prometheus).
• Knowledge of Dev Ops principles and practices.
• Experience with Agile methodologies.

• 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.

• 30 minute screening call.
• ~1hr technical interview.
• Offer issued and start date agreed.