Job Description
Senior Infrastructure Engineer Defence IT Solutions
Location: Farnborough (Hybrid)
Salary: excellent benefits
Clearance: Must be eligible for SC clearance
Looking to take your infrastructure expertise into high-impact defence and national security projects This is a great opportunity for a Senior Infrastructure Engineer to join a fast-growing consultancy delivering innovative secure IT solutions across public and private cloud environments. Youll be working at the cutting edge of virtualisation cloud and automation in a business where technical excellence and collaboration go hand-in-hand.
What youll be doing
- Maintaining and improving multi-classification virtualised and cloud-based environments
- Leading Ubuntu upgrade and optimisation activity mentoring junior engineers along the way
- Supporting secure by design practices across projects and internal platforms
- Providing infrastructure support across Office 365 Azure and hybrid cloud systems
- Performing patching hardening and monitoring to keep systems compliant and secure
- Supporting Elastic upgrades VMware and Openshift environments
- Automating infrastructure provisioning and configuration (e.g. Ansible PowerShell)
- Triaging and resolving alerts incidents and change requests in line with IT security policy
- Sharing knowledge through documentation training and supporting the wider team
What youll bring
- Strong background in Windows Server (2016) and Linux (CentOS RedHat Ubuntu)
- Experience with VMware Azure and networking fundamentals
- EUD provisioning (Autopilot) patching and hardening experience
- Understanding of SSO secure environments and protective marking
- Familiarity with automation tools (Ansible PowerShell)
- Desirable: Kubernetes Terraform Elastic Nessus HashiCorp Vault Microsoft 365 administration Agile ways of working
Why this role
- Work in a forward-looking consultancy solving some of the UKs most complex IT and security challenges
- Collaborate with a close-knit expert team in a supportive culture that values continuous learning
- Exposure to modern cloud security and automation tools across varied projects
- Hybrid working model from Farnborough HQ with flexibility built in
- Competitive salary strong benefits and career growth opportunities
Required Experience:
Senior IC