Job Description
Senior Infrastructure Engineer – Defence IT Solutions
Location: Farnborough (Hybrid)
Salary: £70,000–£75,000 + 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. You’ll be working at the cutting edge of virtualisation, cloud and automation in a business where technical excellence and collaboration go hand-in-hand.
What you’ll 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 you’ll 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 UK’s 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