Position Description:
This role provides advanced operational support, maintenance, and development of a Secure MOD Platform. The position involves working across a complex technical estate to ensure availability, stability, and capability enhancement of core infrastructure and services. The role is primarily based at MOD Corsham, with the flexibility to work on-site at MOD Abbey Wood as required.
Your future duties and responsibilities:
•Provide technical support for incident, problem, and change management across production and non-production environments.
•Conduct root cause analysis and resolution of complex platform issues.
•Maintain and enhance automation workflows using Ansible, AutoFS, and GoCD pipelines.
•Administer Linux (RHEL/CentOS) and Windows-based systems, including patching and configuration management.
•Support Citrix and virtualised platforms such as VMware vSphere and vRealize Automation (vRA).
•Collaborate with engineering functions to deliver reliable and secure services.
•Monitor and maintain system health using tools such as SCOM and other enterprise monitoring solutions.
•Share knowledge and provide mentorship to junior team members.
Required qualifications to be successful in this role:
•Experience in 2nd/3rd line engineering within secure or defence environments.
•Proficiency in Linux and Windows Server administration.
•Hands-on experience with Ansible for automation and configuration management.
•Familiarity with Citrix, vSphere, and vRealize Automation (vRA).
•Experience using Git, Nexus, and CI/CD pipeline tools.
•Skilled in monitoring tools such as SCOM.
•Knowledge of Jumpboxes, AutoFS, and log rotation.
Desirable
•Experience with HashiCorp Vault, FreeIPA, Galaxy, Katello, or GoCD.
•Understanding of Directory Administration (DA) and MECM for patching.
•Familiarity with Trend, Nessus, or other security scanning tools.
•Knowledge of backup & DPKI solutions.
•Awareness of trust relationships and secure enterprise architectures.
Skills:
1. Linux
2. Virtual Machine Management
3. Ansible
4. Citrix Netscaler
5. ITIL
6. Remedy