Senior Infrastructure Engineer

A leading organisation in the defence and security sector is looking for a Senior Infrastructure Engineer to join the Synthetic Training and Engineering Products team in Warton (near Preston) . This contract role focuses on Infrastructure as Code , automation, and secure delivery of synthetic training device infrastructure.

Key details

• Location: Warton, Lancashire (full time on site)
• Contract length: 12 months
• Hours: 37 hours per week
• IR35: Inside IR35
• Clearance: BPSS + Full SC
• Restrictions: ITAR and UK Eyes Only
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What you'll be doing

• Designing, building and maintaining Infrastructure as Code to automate deployment, configuration and management
• Using automation tooling (ideally Ansible ) in secure / air-gapped environments
• Producing scalable, resilient and secure infrastructure patterns (reusable and maintainable)
• Monitoring performance and driving continuous improvement aligned to a release roadmap
• Working closely with security specialists to ensure compliance with corporate and product security controls
• Collaborating across multidisciplinary engineering teams (hardware/software, maintainers, end users, security engineers)

What you'll need (essential)

• Strong infrastructure engineering background with IaC / automation
• Hands-on experience with Ansible (or similar) and best-practice infrastructure design
• Practical security mindset (compliance, assurance testing, secure-by-design)
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, multidisciplinary environment
• Eligibility to obtain/hold BPSS + SC (plus ITAR / UK Eyes Only constraints)

Nice to have

• Exposure to some of: Aruba/Cisco networking , Palo Alto , VMware , Windows Server/Client , RHEL
• Defence sector experience
• Relevant certifications across the above tech stack

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