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 Ref:
610208
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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