Infrastructure Engineer in City of London

Raytheon UK have an opportunity for an Infrastructure Engineer to join our teams on a permanent basis at our Gloucester, Manchester, or London sites. As Infrastructure Engineer, you will contribute to delivering and maintaining operational systems in our many business areas, and this role will be office based. Our project requires applicants to currently hold enhanced DV, and we have opportunities for Infrastructure Engineers across all levels of the team.

At Raytheon UK, we take immense pride in being a leader in defence and aerospace technology. As an employer, we are dedicated to fuelling innovation, nurturing talent, and fostering a culture of excellence. Joining our team means being part of an organisation that shapes the future of national security while investing in your growth and personal development. We provide a collaborative environment, abundant opportunities for professional development, and a profound sense of purpose in what we do. Together, we advance technology; we build a community committed to safeguarding a safer and more connected world.

Providing DevSecOps at scale, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, cyber, and geospatial intelligence capabilities to support the defence, intelligence, and cyber sectors. Collaborating with customers and suppliers to deliver secure, mission‑critical systems using the latest technologies and innovations.

Skills and Experience

• Experience working within an Agile / SCRUM / DevOps delivery model
• Experience as a Systems Engineer in software‑intensive programmes covering the full engineering lifecycle from requirements decomposition to acceptance and customer sign off
• Understanding of the complexities in design and implementation of large‑scale information systems
• Ability to take responsibility for technical aspects of a project, and to work closely with project management to deliver Linux administration and deployment
• Understanding of server, storage and desktop hardware
• Must currently hold enhanced DV

Desirable

• Experience working in a Linux environment (RedHat, CentOS)
• Knowledge of Windows Server, Active Directory, OU, User and Group Management
• Demonstrable experience of model‑based systems architecture/engineering (e.g. MODAF, TOGAF)
• Knowledge of RedHat migrations
• Knowledge of networking health monitoring
• Knowledge of Concourse (writing pipelines, administering the cluster)
• Understanding of VMware vSphere ESXi
• Knowledge of Atlassian Suite
• Infrastructure as Code (e.g Terraform, Ansible)
• Docker / Kubernetes containerisation and orchestration
• Elasticsearch/Kibana
• Cloud services (AWS or Azure)
• Helm charts
• MongoDB
• Experience building enterprise‑level web applications or services
• Apache Kafka

Responsibilities

• Perform system administration and backup tasks
• Assist in the investigation and resolution of issues relating to applications, networks and services
• Contribute to maintenance, installation and problem resolution
• Research and resolve system design issues
• Provide interpretation of requirements and design into the component design and implementation

Benefits

• Competitive salaries
• 25 days holiday (increasing by up to 2 days with time in service) + statutory public holidays, plus opportunity to buy and sell up to 5 days (37hr)
• Contributory Pension Scheme (up to 10.5% company contribution)
• Company bonus scheme (discretionary)
• 6 times salary ‘Life Assurance’ with pension
• Flexible Benefits scheme with extensive salary sacrifice schemes, including Health Cashplan, Dental, and Cycle to Work amongst others
• Enhanced sick pay
• Enhanced family friendly policies including enhanced maternity, paternity & shared parental leave

Work Culture

• 37hr working week, with early 1.30pm finish Friday, start your weekend early!
• Hours may vary depending on requirement or site‑specific arrangements.
• A grownup flexible working culture that is output, not time spent at desk, focussed.
• More formal flexible working arrangements can also be requested and assessed subject to the role.
• Please enquire or highlight any request to our Talent Acquisition team to explore the flexible working possibilities.
• Up to 5 paid days volunteering each year

Raytheon UK is a landed company and part of the wider RTX organisation. Headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, USA, but with over 180,000 employees globally across every continent, RTX provides advanced systems and services for commercial, military and government customers worldwide and comprises three industry‑leading businesses – Collins Aerospace Systems, Pratt & Whitney, and Raytheon. Supporting over 35,000 jobs across 13 UK sites, RTX is helping to drive prosperity. Each year our work contributes over £2.7bn to the UK economy and offers a wealth of opportunities to 4,000 suppliers across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. We’re investing in all corners of the country, supporting 29,040 jobs in England, 3,040 in Northern Ireland, 1,900 in Scotland and 1,600 in Wales. RTX adheres to the principles of equal employment. All qualified applications will be given careful consideration without regard to ethnicity, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation or identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.