Senior Infrastructure Engineer

New Permanent Opportunity for a Senior Infrastructure Engineer with MoD DV Clearance for an exciting Defence SME in Farnborough.

• Farnborough location – full-time on-site
• Must already hold MoD DV Clearance
• Up to £80kDoE plus package
• Experience needed in Team Leadership, Stakeholder Management, Windows Server, VMware, Linux

Who Are We?

Our client is a leading provider of secure digital solutions, specialising in rapid experimentation and deployment of advanced technology in highly secure environments. They focus on accelerating innovation for Defence and National Security, supported by a multidisciplinary team covering secure-by-design, cloud, infrastructure, software development, cross-domain systems, HPC, data platforms, and cybersecurity.

What will the Senior Infrastructure Engineer be doing?

Maintaining and enhancing secure, multi-classification virtualised and cloud environments across public, private, and hybrid platforms, with senior oversight of monitoring, incident response, change control, and lifecycle management. The role focuses on service improvement, automation, and risk mitigation, alongside providing technical leadership, stakeholder support, and maintaining expertise in cloud and network technologies.

The Senior Infrastructure Engineer Should Have…

• Active security clearance at MoD DV level – due to the nature of the client and role, we can only consider candidates who hold a British passport.
• Be willing to work full-time on client site in Farnborough

Essential Skills Required:

• Team leadership and stakeholder management
• Windows Server 2016+ administration.
• Red Hat OpenShift Linux (CentOS/RedHat/Ubuntu)
• EUD provisioning (Autopilot), maintenance, patching and hardening.
• SSO – concepts and operation.
• Understanding of working in secure environments.
• VMware Azure Networking Automation (scripting Ansible/PowerShell)

Some Desirable Skills:

• Kubernetes administration e.g. VMware TKGI
• VMware vSphere/vCenter/VCF.
• Azure/Microsoft 365 administration.
• DevSecOps Tooling
• Elastic
• Nessus
• Application Packaging
• Terraform
• Vault
• Working in Agile sprints

To be Considered…

Please either apply by clicking online or emailing me directly to henry.clay-davies@searchability.com. For further information please call me on 0161 416 6800 / 07719065951 - I can make myself available outside of normal working hours to suit from 7am until 10pm. If unavailable, please leave a message and either myself or one of my colleagues will respond. By applying for this role, you give express consent for us to process & submit (subject to required skills) your application to our client in conjunction with this vacancy only. Also feel free to connect with me on LinkedIn, just search Henry Clay-Davies (searchability). I look forward to hearing from you.

KEY SKILLS:

INFRASTRUCTURE ENGINEER / SENIOR INFRASTRUCTURE ENGINEER / TEAM LEAD / STAKEHOLDER MANAGEMENT / VMWARE / DOCKER / TERRAFORM / LINUX / POWERSHELL / NATIONAL SECURITY / DEFENCE / SECURITY CLEARED / DV CLEARED / FARNBOROUGH