Senior IT Engineer in Cambridge

Join Cambridge Aerospace’s onsite IT team and play a leading role in delivering secure, reliable and modern IT services to a highly technical community of scientists, engineers and designers. This is a hands‑on role for an experienced IT engineer who is comfortable taking ownership of complex technical issues, leading small to medium‑size projects, and helping shape the ongoing development of the IT environment.

Responsibilities

• Take ownership of IT support issues from initial triage through to resolution, particularly for more complex or higher‑impact technical problems.
• Act as a senior point of escalation across 2nd and 3rd line support, maintaining accountability for progress, communication and outcome.
• Lead the support, maintenance and continuous improvement of end‑user computing, identity, networking and collaboration platforms.
• Administer, optimise and modernise the Microsoft estate, including Azure, SharePoint and Microsoft 365.
• Own and deliver small to medium‑size IT projects from scoping and planning through to implementation and handover.
• Identify opportunities to improve systems, processes and user experience, and take the initiative to deliver practical enhancements.

Requirements

• Strong hands‑on experience administering Microsoft 365, Entra ID, Intune and Windows 11 in a business environment.
• Significant experience in a professional IT environment, supporting users and infrastructure across a broad range of technologies.
• Solid networking knowledge, including TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, VLANs, Wi‑Fi and SSO, with practical experience of firewalls, VPNs and troubleshooting connectivity issues.
• Proven ability to own and deliver technical projects, upgrades or service improvements from planning through to completion.
• A proactive and well‑organised approach to ticket and service management, with a focus on quality, responsiveness and follow‑through.
• Strong scripting or automation skills, such as PowerShell or Python, with experience improving operational efficiency through tooling.
• Experience working with Azure or a comparable cloud platform, including exposure to cloud migration, modernisation or hybrid environments.

Preferred Qualifications/Experience

• Experience in fast‑paced R&D or startup environments, with rapid prototype iteration times.
• Defence or aerospace industry experience.

What We Offer

• Competitive compensation and stock options.
• Private Medical & Dental.
• Cyle to work scheme.
• Lunchtime catering on site.

About Us

The mission of Cambridge Aerospace is to eliminate the risk of existential war in Europe. That risk comes from the air – low‑cost drones and cruise missiles now manufactured in colossal volumes by our adversaries, ballistic missiles capable of ending the world as we know it, and a new generation of hypersonic weapons that evade every existing defence. We’re building low‑cost interceptors that defeat these threats, and the surveillance systems to detect and target them – at a cost taxpayers can afford, at the pace the threat demands, and with sovereign supply chains that assure delivery. We have immense backing from the world’s best venture funds. We’re one of the fastest growing defence technology companies in history. And we’re hiring the best engineers to prosecute the mission. If you are in the top 1%, willing to work harder than you ever have, build technology better than anyone else, and contribute to the defining challenge of our time, now is the time to join us.

Our Commitment to Inclusion

We’re committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace.