Duty Engineer Senior Infrastructure Operations Engineer (247 Secure Systems)

Duty Engineer - Senior Infrastructure Operations Engineer (24/7 Secure Systems)

Location: On-site Northallerton North Yorkshire
Department: Engineering
Section: Engineering
Reports To: Technical Director
Location: Secure UK Defence Environment
Contract Type: Permanent

Client: Our client is a specialist provider of secure ICT services supporting critical UK Defence systems. Operating within highly regulated high-availability environments they deliver resilient infrastructure operational assurance and rapid incident response across mission-critical platforms.

The engineering teams work at the forefront of secure networking virtualisation automation and monitoring technologies to ensure Defence systems remain available compliant and secure 24/7.

Purpose of the Role: The Duty Engineer is a senior technical professional operating within secure Defence ICT environments providing 24/7 operational support for mission-critical systems.

The role ensures system availability resilience security and rapid incident resolution in line with contractual SLAs and KPIs combining deep infrastructure expertise with modern automation and monitoring practices to deliver stable and compliant services.

You combine deep infrastructure expertise with modern automation and monitoring practices enabling stable efficient and compliant service delivery within high-assurance environments.

The role operates as part of a structured 24/7 duty rota requiring out-of-hours on-call and incident response support to maintain continuous operational service.

Key Responsibilities:

The successful candidate will be responsible for:

• Providing 24/7 operational duty support to ensure the availability security and performance of Defence ICT systems

• Acting as a technical first responder for incidents alerts and service degradation within secure environments

• Troubleshooting and maintaining LAN WAN MPLS SD-WAN networks firewalls and VPN services

• Administering Active Directory and domain services including DNS PKI RDS WSUS and related platforms

• Managing VMware virtualisation environments including ESXi vCenter and VMware Cloud Foundation

• Operating and supporting ASTERIX VoIP systems

• Maintaining SIEM and monitoring platforms including Splunk and Microsoft System Centre tooling

• Performing Linux system administration patching and security hardening

• Creating and maintaining automation using PowerShell Ansible and GitLab

• Supporting vulnerability remediation compliance activities and audit readiness

• Delivering incident response root-cause analysis and service restoration in line with agreed SLAs and KPIs

• Coordinating technical response and escalation to prevent incident impact or recurrence

Experience Skills & Qualifications:

Essential / Highly Desirable:

• CCNA (or equivalent experience)

• LAN MAN and campus networking

• BGP MPLS VPLS and VPN technologies

• Software-Defined Networking (VMware NSX) and SD-WAN

• Security systems administration including IDS/IPS

• Active Directory ADFS PKI DNS DHCP GPO RDS WSUS WAP

• VMware vSphere ESXi and VMware Cloud Foundation administration

• ASTERIX VoIP systems

• SIEM & monitoring: Microsoft System Centre Suite Splunk Enterprise / ES / ITSI

• Telemetry platforms: OpenTelemetry Telegraf

• Linux administration and security patching

• Automation and scripting using PowerShell Ansible and GitLab

Application Process:

To apply please submit your CV detailing your relevant experience and qualifications for the role. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis so early submissions are encouraged.

Equal Opportunity Employer:

We value diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive work environment. We encourage applicants from all backgrounds to apply.

Contact: Elvis Eckardt