ILE Engineer in Fareham

Security Clearance: SC clearance required

Environment: Mission‑Critical Systems / Systems Integration

Leidos is a growing technology company delivering innovative solutions that protect critical national capabilities and support frontline services. In the UK, we work across defence, healthcare, government, safety and security, and transportation, helping to solve some of the country’s most complex challenges.

The Role: We are recruiting an Infrastructure & Logistics Engineer (ILE) to work within a Mission‑Critical Systems and Systems Integration environment. You will support, maintain, and improve infrastructure and lab environments, working as part of a technical team while also taking ownership of tasks and technical solutions. The role involves hands‑on technical work, supporting users and systems that underpin critical operations. You’ll be comfortable working on multiple tasks at the same time and flexible when required to meet project milestones.

What You’ll Do:

• Support and maintain lab and infrastructure environments
• Install, configure, upgrade, and maintain hardware, software, and networks
• Provide hands‑on technical support, fault finding, and issue resolution
• Manage system setup, backups, and asset management
• Support customer sites with system installations and repairs
• Work closely with engineers, users, and team leads to deliver project objectives
• Assist with project planning, reporting, and progress updates
• Carry out testing of systems and network designs
• Develop an understanding of Air Traffic Control systems and how they operate

Required skills:

• Experience in infrastructure, lab support, or systems engineering environments
• Strong technical and analytical problem‑solving skills
• Ability to work both independently and as part of a team
• Clear verbal and written communication skills
• Good organisation, time management, and reliability
• Customer‑focused with flexibility to support project needs
• Confident general IT skills across common software tools

Desirable Skills & Experience:

• Experience installing and supporting hardware and software in lab environments
• Experience with Linux (Red Hat) and/or AIX (v5.2+)
• Experience with Windows Server administration and backups
• Basic networking experience (e.g. Cisco or HP equipment)
• Understanding of networking fundamentals such as TCP/IP and DNS
• Experience working in mission‑critical or safety‑related environments

What we do for you:

At Leidos we are PASSIONATE about customer success, UNITED as a team and INSPIRED to make a difference. We offer meaningful and engaging careers, a collaborative culture, and support for your career goals, all while nurturing a healthy work-life balance. We provide an employment package that attracts, develops and retains only the best in talent. Our reward scheme includes:

• Contributory Pension Scheme
• Private Medical Insurance
• 33 days Annual Leave (including public and privilege holidays)
• Access to Flexible benefits
• Flexi Working

Commitment to Diversity: We welcome applications from every part of the community and are committed to a truly diverse and inclusive culture. We foster a sense of belonging, welcoming all perspectives and contributions, and providing equal access to opportunities and resources for everyone. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please let us know, and we will respond in a way that best fits your needs.

Who We Are: Leidos UK & EUROPE – we work to make the world safer, healthier, and more efficient through technology, engineering and science. Leidos is a growing company delivering innovative technology and solutions focused on safeguarding critical capabilities and transformation in frontline services, our work in the United Kingdom includes addressing some of the most complex problems in defence, healthcare, government, safety and security, and transportation.

Working together as Team Leidos we are helping to transform the UK's defence supply chain by providing an integration of a complex mixture of services, at low risk, using a modern suite of systems that will deliver one version of the truth. For the first time, the MOD will see the whole picture, as it is happening.

What Makes Us Different: Purpose: you can use your passion and abilities at Leidos to keep the people you care about safe. We are at the forefront of machine learning, AI, cyber security and solutions. Using your skills in the technology frontline by helping to build a safer world. You can inspire change. Collaboration: having flexibility to do your job is one of our core benefits, enabling you to become part of our extraordinary team. We have been empowering our people to work flexibly for years. Whether you work from home, the office or on customer sites, we will give you the digital tools and the flexibility to work smarter and align your needs and ours. People: Leidos empowers people from every background to be themselves and gives you the tools to learn new skills by enabling growth whilst developing. We believe that extraordinary people need opportunities to grow, to be inspired and to inspire others. At Leidos, we invest in technical academies, career rotations and a career development plans that enhance your future.

If you're looking for comfort, keep scrolling. At Leidos, we outthink, outbuild, and outpace the status quo — because the mission demands it. We're not hiring followers. We're recruiting the ones who disrupt, provoke, and refuse to fail. Step 10 is ancient history. We're already at step 30 — and moving faster than anyone else dares.

Pay Range: £29,500.00-£34,700.00. The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.