Infrastructure Engineer

Infrastructure Engineer
Location: Hereford (full time on-site)
Duration: 12-month contract
Rate: £53.73 PAYE / £72.54 Umbrella
Clearance: UK Eyes Only - must be eligible for SC and a sole british national due to the nature of the work.

A defence and security organisation is looking for an Infrastructure Engineer to help design, build, manage and support the IT infrastructure underpinning a tactical mission network in an on-premise environment. You'll work as part of an IT engineering team supporting a critical communications system used by hundreds of deployed users.

What you'll be doing

• Maintaining and supporting IT infrastructure in a secure, on-prem environment
• Troubleshooting and resolving infrastructure issues (hands-on problem management)
• Developing and deploying new infrastructure capabilities
• Monitoring performance and improving reliability/user experience
• Supporting end-user device build processes
• Communicating effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders (e.g., security and project teams)

Essential experience / skills

• Minimum 3 years as an Infrastructure Engineer (and 8+ years in a related IT field)
• Strong knowledge across:
  • Linux OS
  • Windows Server
  • Virtualisation (VMware / Hyper-V)
  • Networking fundamentals (routing/switching - Cisco)
• Strong troubleshooting ability and attention to detail
• Confident written and verbal communication

Desirable

• Infrastructure as Code exposure (Ansible, Terraform)
• Scripting/automation (PowerShell, Python, Bash)
• Containerisation (Docker, Kubernetes/Podman)
• Admin of enterprise platforms (Atlassian, GitHub, M365)
• Security/compliance knowledge (ISO27001, Cyber Essentials+)