Role: Lead Infrastructure Engineer/Architect (DV)
Location: South West.
Clearance: DV
An opportunity to join a secure delivery team as a hands‑on Lead Infrastructure Engineer with strong architectural skills, owning the design and delivery of secure, mission‑critical platforms for a major programme.
Key Responsibilities
* Act as senior technical lead, owning end‑to‑end design and delivery of infrastructure and platform solutions.
* Produce and maintain HLDs and LLDs, translating requirements into clear build, configuration and runbooks for engineering teams.
* Lead and assure technical designs, builds and change requests, ensuring they meet agreed architecture, security and service standards.
* Provide hands‑on leadership across build, configuration, integration, automation and troubleshooting activities.
* Work closely with Delivery Managers, Architects, Service & Security Leads and engineers to deliver secure, resilient and supportable platforms into live.
* Mentor engineers, lead technical workstreams and act as a trusted advisor to customer stakeholders, explaining options, risks and trade‑offs clearly.
* Identify opportunities to optimise, automate and reduce technical debt across the stack.
What We're Looking For
* Proven experience as a Lead/Principal Engineer delivering complex, large‑scale infrastructure or platform solutions.
* Strong track record owning solutions across the full life cycle (design, build, test, deploy, operate).
* Deep understanding of core IT domains, with hands‑on strength in several of:
o Cloud & infrastructure platforms
o Networks & connectivity
o Applications & integration
o Data (incl. AI/ML)
o ITSM/ITIL & service operations
o Cyber security
o Automation & tooling
* Ability to design and deliver secure, mission‑critical systems within time and cost constraints.
* Excellent communication skills; confident engaging senior stakeholders and leading multi‑disciplinary technical teams.
* Experience reviewing and assuring technical solutions and designs for major programmes or bids.
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