Infrastructure Engineer

A leading organisation in the defence and security sector is looking for a Senior Infrastructure Engineer to join the Synthetic Training and Engineering Products team in Warton (near Preston). This contract role focuses on Infrastructure as Code, automation, and secure delivery of synthetic training device infrastructure.

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Key details

Location: Warton, Lancashire (full time on site)
Contract length: 12 months
Hours: 37 hours per week
IR35: Inside IR35
Clearance: BPSS + Full SC
Restrictions: ITAR and UK Eyes Only
Ref: 610208

What you'll be doing

Designing, building and maintaining Infrastructure as Code to automate deployment, configuration and management
Using automation tooling (ideally Ansible ) in secure / air-gapped environments
Producing scalable, resilient and secure infrastructure patterns (reusable and maintainable)
Monitoring performance and driving continuous improvement aligned to a release roadmap
Working closely with security specialists to ensure compliance with corporate and product security controls
Collaborating across multidisciplinary engineering teams (hardware/software, maintainers, end users, security engineers)

What you'll need (essential)

Strong infrastructure engineering background with IaC / automation
Hands-on experience with Ansible (or similar) and best-practice infrastructure design
Practical security mindset (compliance, assurance testing, secure-by-design)
Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, multidisciplinary environment
Eligibility to obtain/hold BPSS + SC (plus ITAR / UK Eyes Only constraints)

Nice to have

Exposure to some of: Aruba/Cisco networking, Palo Alto, VMware, Windows Server/Client, RHEL
Defence sector experience
Relevant certifications across the above tech stack

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