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Role description

As a System & Infrastructure Engineer, you will be responsible for designing, operating, and evolving production-grade infrastructure. You will contribute directly to the reliability and performance of critical services, including authoritative DNS and domain registration systems.

Key responsibilitiesInfrastructure and platforms

• Design, implement, and maintain highly available Linux-based infrastructures in datacentres
• Manage and evolve virtualization and containerisation platforms (VMware, Docker, Kubernetes), and contribute to private cloud environments
• Contribute to the design and evolution of infrastructure, with a focus on reliability, resilience, and lifecycle management

DNS and registry services

• Operate and maintain large-scale authoritative DNS infrastructure
• Operate and maintain registry services in production, and manage deployments across environments
• Support domain registration services and associated backend systems (Java, Python, PostgreSQL, RabbitMQ)
• Ensure high availability, performance, and security of core registry services

Automation and observability

• Develop automation and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solutions using tools such as Ansible or Terraform
• Contribute to CI/CD practices and operational efficiency
• Monitor systems and services in production, ensuring early detection of incidents and performance issues
• Implement and maintain observability stacks (Prometheus, OpenTelemetry, Grafana, ELK, Graylog)

Database platform operations

• Operate PostgreSQL infrastructure (replication, backups, monitoring, system-level performance)
• Collaborate with specialised external DBA providers for advanced database optimisation and tuning

Networking and security

• Contribute to network infrastructure operations, including routing, firewalls, and traffic flows
• Support distributed systems and DNS-related network behaviour (including anycast environments)
• Work with enterprise architecture and security teams to ensure infrastructure aligns with regulatory and security requirements

Collaboration and operations

• Work closely with development and security teams to ensure service reliability
• Participate in on-call rotation to support 24/7 service availability
• Contribute to documentation and continuous improvement of systems and processes
• Stay up to date with emerging technologies and industry practices