Senior Infrastructure Engineer

Farnborough | Outside IR35 | 3-Month Rolling Contract We're looking for an experienced Senior Infrastructure Engineer to join a major Defence & National Security programme, working within a highly secure technical environment.

This is a hands-on infrastructure role supporting the design, build, maintenance and continuous improvement of secure, multi-classification environments. Role Overview Location: Farnborough Contract: Initial 3-month rolling contract Clearance: Active UK DV clearance is essential What You'll Be Doing Design, build, maintain and secure complex infrastructure environments.

Support Windows and Linux server estates across highly secure environments. Work across VMware virtualisation technologies, including vSphere, vCenter and VCF. Support public, private and hybrid cloud infrastructure, including Microsoft Azure and Microsoft 365.

Maintain, patch and harden infrastructure in line with security policies and best practice. Support Kubernetes and OpenShift environments. Automate infrastructure and operational processes using technologies such as Ansible, PowerShell and Terraform.

Monitor infrastructure performance, security alerts and availability, taking appropriate action where required. Troubleshoot complex infrastructure incidents and restore services quickly and effectively. Support networking, identity, SSO and end-user infrastructure.

Contribute to Secure by Design principles across infrastructure and project environments. Work closely with engineering, architecture and delivery teams within Agile environments. Produce technical documentation and share knowledge across engineering teams.

What We're Looking For You'll be a hands-on Senior Infrastructure Engineer with experience working within Defence, National Security or similarly secure environments. Experience across several of the following would be highly

desirable

Windows Server 2016+ Linux – Red Hat, CentOS and/or Ubuntu VMware vSphere / vCenter / VCF Microsoft 365 Red Hat OpenShift Networking Ansible PowerShell Terraform HashiCorp Vault DevSecOps tooling Elastic Nessus SSO / Identity technologies Application packaging Endpoint provisioning, patching and hardening Secure by Design principles Due to the nature of the programme, you must currently hold active UK Developed Vetting (DV) clearance.

This is an excellent opportunity for a DV-cleared Infrastructure Engineer looking for a hands‐on contract where you'll work with modern infrastructure technologies while supporting mission‐critical Defence and National Security systems.

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