Senior Systems Engineer
- Category: I.T.
- Country: United Kingdom
- Location: Milton Keynes (Hybrid)
Overview
We have 753 employees across 19 countries. One blue-and-yellow can sold in more than 176 countries. WD-40 Company runs a global business with a lean team, which means the systems behind it can't afford to be fragile, and the engineer who shapes them can't hide behind a ticket queue. In this role you will be the senior technical voice on how our infrastructure is built and kept running: servers, Azure and M365, network, identity, endpoints, and recovery. We're moving more of the business to cloud and SaaS, and AI tools are starting to sit on top of all of it. You'll decide what that foundation looks like, and you'll be the one called when something breaks that nobody else can explain.
Milton Keynes, UK (hybrid)
UK work authorisation required — visa sponsorship not available
What You’ll Be Doing
- Network, identity, endpoints) and design what comes next instead of patching what's there.
- Own reliability for systems used in every time zone we operate in: backup, disaster recovery, and failover that gets tested, not just documented.
- Be the Tier 3 escalation for the hardest problems, the ones that cross network, server, identity, and cloud, and fix the root cause so they don't come back.
- Automate the repetitive work (provisioning, configuration, patching, monitoring) so the team spends its time improving the environment rather than babysitting it.
- Lead the technical side of migrations, upgrades, and new platform rollouts, including the infrastructure and access controls behind the AI tools the business is adopting.
- Partner with Cybersecurity on hardening and access, and explain risks and trade-offs to non-technical leaders in plain language.
What You’ll Bring To The Role
- 10+ years in infrastructure and systems engineering in a multi-site environment, ideally supporting global operations.
- Deep, hands-on Microsoft experience across Azure, M365, identity, and endpoint management in a hybrid on-premises and cloud setup.
- Real networking depth: routing, switching, VLANs, firewalls, VPNs, and site-to-site connectivity. You can read a packet capture and find the problem.
- A track record of building standards other people rely on: hardened builds, golden images, cloud landing zones, infrastructure-as-code.
- Backup, DR, and high-availability work where you ran the recovery tests yourself.
- The judgment to know when to follow a standard, when to push for an exception, and when to escalate, plus the patience to mentor the engineers and Service Desk staff around you.
- Degree or equivalent experience; current technical certifications are a plus.
Total Rewards
Our competitive and comprehensive benefits package provides you with protection, security, and peace of mind. We offer life-enhancing health, wellness, and financial programs, including profit incentive rewards, healthcare, and generous pension contributions. In addition, we want you to recharge and take time off, so enjoy short-day Fridays, paid holidays, and an additional paid week off between Christmas and New Year to spend with family and friends!
About the Team
You'll report to the Global IT Operations Manager as a senior individual contributor. No direct reports, but you'll be the person the Service Desk, infrastructure, Applications, Data & Analytics, and Cybersecurity teams come to when a problem needs real depth. With teammates spread across the US, the UK, and India, somebody's workday is always starting while another's is ending, so what you build has to keep running when nobody is watching.
About Us
Our "Why"
At WD-40 Company, we believe that purpose-driven, passionate people guided by our values create amazing outcomes. Our "why" is refreshingly simple - we exist to create positive lasting memories in everything we do.
Why You Should Apply
- A strong values-aligned organization where contributions are acknowledged and rewarded, and where 91% of our employees experience a sense of belonging.
- A learning-based culture where 77% of our team believe they can achieve their career objectives.
- Over 95% employee engagement as of our most recent global employee survey.
- 91% of our people actively recommend WD-40 Company as a great place to work
Please, only consider employment with WD-40 Company if you feel as strongly about our values as we do: We live, breathe, and play by our values every day.
Thank you for considering WD-40 Company in your career search!
At WD-40 Company we foster a culture of inclusion where all individuals are recognized, valued, respected, and experience a sense of belonging. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to individual characteristics that make us unique such as our backgrounds, experiences, qualities, talents, traits, beliefs, and preferences.
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