Infrastructure Engineer

Infrastructure Engineer

London (Hybrid - typically 3 days onsite / 2 days WFH)

DV Clearance Required

£50,000 - £75,000 + Benefits

Our client is seeking a proactive and motivated Infrastructure Engineer to support the design, implementation and ongoing management of critical IT infrastructure across customer and internal environments.

This is an excellent opportunity for a junior to mid-level infrastructure professional looking to further develop their career within a growing defence focused organisation. The successful candidate will gain exposure to infrastructure delivery, automation, networking, virtualisation, cloud technologies and enterprise-scale IT environments.

Key Responsibilities

Infrastructure Design & Delivery

• Design, build and deploy physical and virtual infrastructure solutions.
• Support the delivery of infrastructure projects aligned to customer requirements.
• Contribute to infrastructure improvements and technology refresh initiatives.
• Provide ongoing support for deployed infrastructure environments.
• Troubleshoot and resolve infrastructure-related issues.
• Support backup, recovery and vulnerability management processes.
• Develop and maintain automation scripts and tooling.
• Support Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and system automation initiatives.
• Identify opportunities to improve operational efficiency through automation.

Required Skills & Experience

• Windows and/or Linux system administration.
• Experience supporting enterprise IT infrastructure environments.
• Virtualisation technologies such as VMware or Hyper-V.
• Backup solutions such as Veeam or NetBackup.

Networking

• Experience with networking technologies and protocols including:
• TCP/IP
• DNS
• DHCP
• Exposure to networking vendors such as:
• Cisco
• Juniper
• HP
• Dell

Automation & Scripting

Knowledge of one or more of:

• Python
• PowerShell
• Bash
• Ansible / AWX

Project Delivery

• Experience supporting or leading infrastructure projects.
• Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving capabilities.
• Ability to work independently and within multi-disciplinary teams.

Active DV clearance is essential for this role.