Job Description
Role Summary:
Job Title: Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Job Type: Contract / Perm
Pay: £400-500 Outside IR35 / £55,000 - £70,000 + Benefits
Location: Farnborough (Hybrid)
Security Clearance: Active DV Clearance required
About the client:
Our client is a titan of digital innovation, operating at the sharp end of Defence and National Security. They aren't just an IT provider; they are a high-octane "experimentation" engine that builds fail-safe-fast, mission-critical solutions for the most secure environments on the planet. Imagine a hub where elite technical minds from the armed forces and top-tier industry experts collide to solve impossible problems. They specialise in everything from High-Performance Computing to cross-security domain systems, ensuring the UK’s most vital services stay ahead of the curve in an ever-evolving digital battlefield.
About the job:
This is a high-impact role for a motivated engineer to maintain and secure multi-classification, virtualised collaboration environments. You will be at the heart of the "Secure by Design" philosophy, managing public cloud SaaS offerings like Office 365 alongside complex private and hybrid cloud project systems. This isn't just a "business as usual" role; you will be triaging security alerts, performing deep-dive incident assessments, and evolving infrastructure through automation and research to ensure total operational agility for the UK's defence infrastructure.
Key Responsibilities:
* Maintain, improve, and secure multi-classification virtualised and development environments.
* Improve ‘Secure by Design’ capabilities across internal and project-based systems.
* Support public cloud (O365) and hybrid cloud lifecycles.
* Perform infrastructure maintenance through strict change control and triage monitoring alerts.
* Ensure all platforms are patched in line with security policies and provider recommendations.
* Identify trends and problems to plan changes that improve stability and performance.
* Advise customers and project teams on infrastructure design and support aspects.
* Develop personal knowledge toward vocational certifications in relevant vendors.
Key Skills:
Windows Server, RedHat OpenShift, Linux, CentOS, Ubuntu, Autopilot, SSO, VMware, Azure, Networking, Automation, Ansible, PowerShell, Kubernetes, VCF, M365, Elastic, Nessus, Terraform, Vault, NSD.
How to apply:
Please either apply through this advert or emailing me directly via jon.mills@searchability.com. For further information please call me: +44 7441 342136. By applying for this role, you give express consent for us to process and submit (subject to required skills) your application to our client in conjunction with this vacancy only.