Salary: £46,062 plus skills allowance of up to £11,338 pending assessment.
Location: Corsham or Farnborough on a hybrid basis
Advert Close: 11:55 pm Sunday 22nd March 2026
Please note that this role requires Security Check (SC) clearance, which would normally need 5 years’ UK residency in the past 5 years.
What you'll bring to the role
The Home Office has several Data Centres that form an on-premise hosting for a variety of services. As a Senior Infrastructure Engineer working as a Data Centre Manager you will be part of the Co-Location Services team, working alongside other Infrastructure Engineers to ensure that these facilities operate in accordance with Departmental Policies, Standards and industry best practices.
The role encompasses the maintenance of the Data Centre infrastructure throughout service and asset lifecycles as well as working with projects to deliver solutions using the latest technologies. An important element of which is the management of, and collaboration with, suppliers, Technical/Solution Architects and other specialists to deliver sustainable solutions.
As a Senior Infrastructure Engineer you will have experience of:
* Data Centre operations, managing the design and physical installation of infrastructure, e.g. cabling, hardware, and core services. (HSIN, TEST, ITOP)
* Working as a part of multi-disciplined teams, building strong partnerships internally & externally to ensure adherence to engineering principles, standards and policies Developing tooling systems, DCIM, SNOW to integrate and automate processes. (OFCL)
* Managing third parties delivering services to ensure policies and standards are met. (HSIN, USUP)
* Different methodologies including Agile, Waterfall and continuous integration principles for the delivery of IT Infrastructure and other projects. (OFCL)
* Defining best practice for operational improvements and security, including the testing of services to provide feedback/evidence to support continuous service improvement. (TEST, DESN)
* Working in a product orientated environment, developing products/offering based on customer feedback and demand.
What's in it for you?
* A civil service pension with employer contribution rates of at least 28.97%.
* In-year reward scheme for one-off or sustained exceptional personal or team achievements.
* The ability to potentially adopt flexible working options that suit your work/life balance, plus the opportunity in future to take a career break.
* 25 days annual leave on appointment, rising with service.
* Eight days public holidays, plus one additional privilege day.
* 26 weeks maternity, adoption or shared parental leave at full pay, followed by 13 weeks statutory pay and a further 13 weeks unpaid, after qualifying service.
* Maternity and adoption support leave (also known as paternity leave) of two weeks full pay, after qualifying service.
* Paid leave for fostering approval processes, support when a child is substantively placed with you plus a foster to adopt policy.
* Support for guardians and kinship carers.
* Corporate membership of ‘Employers for Carers’ providing additional information and advice for carers, plus a ‘Carer’s Passport’ to discuss workplace needs and underpin supportive conversations.
* Time off to deal with emergencies and certain other unplanned special circumstances.
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