Do you want to work in an environment where science and technology is at the forefront of safeguarding the UK?
We are looking for an experienced Infrastructure & Automation Engineer to join our team and play a key role in designing, building, and supporting secure, enterprise-grade solutions. You will work across both Microsoft and Linux technologies in highly available environments and be responsible for leveraging automation to improve delivery and operational efficiency.
This is a hands on technical role requiring a blend of scripting, infrastructure design, and support skills - ideal for someone who thrives in a fast paced environment, enjoys problem solving, and wants to drive innovation through automation.
What you will be doing:
* Designing and implementing solutions that leverage automation capabilities across the account.
* Developing scripts and or configurations that support an infrastructure as code strategy.
* Leverage a DevOps and automation approach to delivering solutions.
* Provide technical support, mentoring and fault resolution during project phases.
* Support our sales teams in a pre-sales function to understand user problems and assist with the definition of technical requirements and potential opportunities.
* Ensure our solutions align to best practice.
What you will bring:
* Strong understanding of Microsoft Active Directory design and implementation in multi-site, multi-tenant architectures.
* Working knowledge and some hands-on experience with automation tooling and scripting.
* Experience supporting the design of complex systems and contributing to high quality design documentation.
* Strong working knowledge of Broadcom and Microsoft virtualisation technologies.
* Knowledge of Network Security and TCP/IP networking.
It would be great if you had:
* Hybrid and multi-cloud experience with Azure, AWS or OCI.
* Anisible, Aria, Terraform, Puppet automation tooling.
* Container technologies (Kubernetes, Tanzu).
* Azure Entra Identity.
If you are interested in this role but not sure if your skills and experience are exactly what we're looking for, please do apply, we'd love to hear from you!
Employment Type: Full-time
Location: Salisbury OR Portsmouth
Security Clearance Level: To be eligible for Developed Vetting (DV)
Internal Recruiter: Carolyne
Salary: Up to £65k
Benefits: £5,400 car allowance, 25 days annual leave with the option to buy additional days, private medical, life assurance, pension, and generous flexible benefits fund
Although this role is advertised as full-time, we believe that flexibility at work can promote work/life balance, increase your motivation, reduce stress and improves performance and productivity. We support different ways of working and can offer a range of flexible working arrangements. So, if you're interested and need to work flexibly, we encourage you to apply and talk to us about what might be possible. #J-18808-Ljbffr