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+)