IT Infrastructure Engineer

Job Title: IT Infrastructure Engineer

Location: Hawthorn Corsham Hybrid Working Arrangements

Compensation: Competitive Salary Benefits

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF73526

Engineer the networks that keep critical missions connected

At Babcock were working to create a safe and secure world together. If you join us you can play your part as a IT Infrastructure Engineer at Hawthorn near Corsham Wiltshire. There will also be the opportunity to work at our Oakhanger location near Bordon Hampshire.

Babcock supports defence aerospace and engineering programmes that protect people nations and infrastructure. Our work in space and secure communications sits at the forefront of innovation enabling vital connections where they matter most.

The role

As an IT Infrastructure Engineer youll be at the heart of a critical military satellite communications programme supporting secure networks that operate in complex and demanding environments. Youll help design modernise and maintain IT Systems that underpin national defence capabilities work that truly makes a difference to society.

This is an exciting opportunity to deepen your expertise in IT infrastructure telecommunications network management and satellite-enabled infrastructure while working alongside specialists who share your passion for engineering excellence. The experience you gain here will accelerate your career broaden your technical depth and place you at the centre of missioncritical innovation.

Day-to-day youll be required to:

• Maintain develop and improve on-premise IT platform services to support critical national infrastructure.
• Ensure that services are patched and maintained according to internal and customer policies and procedures.
• Provide 3rd/4th line technical support to the customer 3rd parties and wider satellite communication teams.
• Be part of an on-call rota to support fault diagnosis and rectification out of normal working hours.
• Working within a team for the specification development and implementation of a new Hosting Platform.
• Provide systems level expertise to the evaluation specification and implementation of new capabilities on the system.

This role is full time 37 hours per week and predominantly based at our Hawthorne site near Corsham Wiltshire with flexibility for home working dependent on business needs.

Essential experience of the IT Infrastructure Engineer

• Experience designing building or supporting on-premise infrastructure and virtualisation solutions based on VMWare ESX VCentre and VCF.
• Operating system support such as Redhat Linux Windows 11 Windows Server 2022 and 2025.
• Identity and Access Management such as Windows Active Directory.
• Detailed understanding of IP networking and controls.
• Some software scripting and debugging expertise would be an advantage.

Qualifications for the IT Infrastructure Engineer

• Degree or equivalent experience in a relevant Engineering Discipline

Security Clearance

The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) / Developed Vetting (DV) security clearance for this role. Must be Sole UK National.

Many of the positions within our company are subject to national security clearance and Trade Control restrictions. This means that your eligibility for certain roles may be affected by your place of birth nationality current or former citizenship and any residency you hold or have held. Further details are available at United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - ().

What we offer

• Generous holiday allowance
• Matched contribution pension scheme with life assurance
• Access to a Digital GP annual health check and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare
• Employee share scheme
• Employee shopping savings portal
• Payment of Professional Fees
• Reservists in the armed forces receive 10days special paid leave
• Holiday Trading to buy or sell annual leave
• Be Kind Day paid volunteering leave
• Flexible working to support worklife balance
• A dynamic working environment where expertise is valued

Babcock

Were Babcock a global FTSE 100 organisation with over 26000 people working together to make a difference.

Here youll be part of something bigger. From initial design to final decommissioning your work will contribute to products and services that are essential to national security and public infrastructure. Together were building a future that lasts not just through the impact we make but through meaningful careers that respect your work-life balance.

We call that lifetime engineering.

Join us and see how far we can go together.

We are a disability confident committed employer. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages please email with the subject header Reasonable adjustments requirement. Were committed to building an inclusive culture where everyones free to thrive. We are happy to talk about flexible working please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.

Closing date: 22/05/2026

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