Package and Role ID
Package: Competitive Salary + Benefits
Role ID: SF20117
About the Role
As an Infrastructure & Systems Engineering Lead, you will play a key role in delivering and evolving a secure, high‑availability data and infrastructure service that supports critical operational decision‑making.
Day‑to‑day, you’ll provide technical leadership across a live service environment, working closely with engineering teams and stakeholders to ensure system performance, resilience, and continuous improvement. You will deputise for the Technical Lead when required and support the coordination of technical activities across service delivery, infrastructure, and change programmes.
Responsibilities
* Leading and coordinating technical delivery across infrastructure, networking, and systems engineering teams
* Supporting the definition and delivery of technical work plans, ensuring alignment to programme priorities
* Providing technical oversight across live services, ensuring performance, availability, and security standards are met
* Driving continuous improvement through system upgrades, infrastructure changes, and service enhancements
* Producing and reviewing technical documentation, designs, and assurance artefacts
* Engaging with internal and external stakeholders to communicate technical solutions and resolve complex issues
Essential Experience
* Experience applying systems engineering principles across the full delivery lifecycle
* Strong background in secure IT systems, including design, integration, and validation
* Experience working with infrastructure, networking, and enterprise IT environments
* Knowledge of cyber security principles and secure‑by‑design approaches
* Experience operating within a secure or high‑assurance environment
* Ability to lead technical teams and manage competing priorities across a complex programme
Essential Qualifications
* Relevant degree or equivalent experience in Systems Engineering, IT, Networking, or a related discipline
* Willingness and eligibility to obtain Developed Vetting (DV) clearance
* Professional certifications such as ITIL, Security+, Network+, or similar (or working towards)
We value difference and we don’t have a fixed idea when it comes to background or education, provided you can show the required level of experience and willingness to learn then we would like to hear from you.
This role is 37 hours per week based at our Farnborough site with a minimum average site attendance of three days per week.
Location
Farnborough – At our Farnborough site exciting work takes place at our state‑of‑the‑art facility, with high‑energy laser technologies, a 5m pressurised wind tunnel, and large research and development projects. The site hosts teams of Engineers, IT & Cyber Specialists, Project Managers, and Group Functions Teams.
Benefits
* Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
* Generous holiday allowance, with the option to purchase additional days
* Options to join Health Cash Plan, Private Medical Insurance and Dental Insurance
* Employee discount portal: Personal Accident Insurance, Travel Insurance, Restaurants, Cinema Tickets and much more
* We are proud to support the Armed Forces community by honouring the Armed Forces Covenant and maintaining our Gold Award standard in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme
* Volunteering Opportunities – helping charities and local community
Equal Employment Opportunity
We want to make sure that our recruitment process is as inclusive as possible and we aspire to bring out the best in our candidates by creating an environment where everyone feels valued, heard and supported. If you have a disability or health condition that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.
Many roles in QinetiQ are subject to national security vetting. Applicants who already hold the appropriate level of vetting may be able to transfer it upon appointment. A number of roles are also subject to additional restrictions, which means factors such as nationality or previous nationalities may affect the roles that you can be employed in.
Please note that all applicants for this role must be willing to go through DV Clearance.
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