Job Title: IT Infrastructure Engineer
Location: Hawthorn, Corsham + Hybrid Working Arrangements
Compensation: Competitive Salary + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF
Engineer the networks that keep critical missions connected
At Babcock, we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as a IT Infrastructure Engineer at Hawthorn, near Corsham, Wiltshire. There will also be the opportunity to work at our Oakhanger location near Bordon, Hampshire.
Babcock supports defence, aerospace and engineering programmes that protect people, nations, and infrastructure. Our work in space and secure communications sits at the forefront of innovation, enabling vital connections where they matter most.
The role
As an IT Infrastructure Engineer, you’ll be at the heart of a critical military satellite communications programme, supporting secure networks that operate in complex and demanding environments. You’ll help design, modernise, and maintain IT Systems that underpin national defence capabilities work that truly makes a difference to society.
This is an exciting opportunity to deepen your expertise in IT infrastructure, telecommunications, network management, and satellite-enabled infrastructure, while working alongside specialists who share your passion for engineering excellence. The experience you gain here will accelerate your career, broaden your technical depth, and place you at the centre of mission‑critical innovation.
Day-to-day, you’ll be required to:
1. Maintain, develop and improve on-premise IT platform services to support critical national infrastructure.
2. Ensure that services are patched and maintained according to internal and customer policies and procedures.
3. Provide 3rd/4th line technical support to the customer, 3rd parties and wider satellite communication teams.
4. Be part of an on-call rota to support fault diagnosis and rectification out of normal working hours.
5. Working within a team for the specification, development, and implementation of a new Hosting Platform.
6. Provide systems level expertise to the evaluation, specification, and implementation of new capabilities on the system.
This role is full time, 37 hours per week and predominantly based at our Hawthorne site near Corsham, Wiltshire, with flexibility for home working dependent on business needs.
Essential experience of the IT Infrastructure Engineer
7. Experience designing, building or supporting on-premise infrastructure and virtualisation solutions based on VMWare ESX, VCentre and VCF.
8. Operating system support such as Redhat Linux, Windows 11, Windows Server and .
9. Identity and Access Management such as Windows Active Directory.
10. Detailed understanding of IP networking and controls.
11. Some software scripting and debugging expertise would be an advantage.
Qualifications for the IT Infrastructure Engineer
12. Degree or equivalent experience in a relevant Engineering Discipline
Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) / Developed Vetting (DV) security clearance for this role. Must be Sole UK National.
Many of the positions within our company are subject to national security clearance and Trade Control restrictions. This means that your eligibility for certain roles may be affected by your place of birth, nationality, current or former citizenship, and any residency you hold or have held. Further details are available at Babcock
We’re Babcock — a global FTSE organisation with over 26, people working together to make a difference.
Here, you’ll be part of something bigger. From initial design to final decommissioning, your work will contribute to products and services that are essential to national security and public infrastructure. Together, we’re building a future that lasts — not just through the impact we make, but through meaningful careers that respect your work-life balance.
We call that lifetime engineering.
Join us and see how far we can go, together.
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