SC Cleared SRE / Infra Engineer in London

Job ID: 11486Location: London, England, GBType: PermanentSalary: USD to 100K + bonus, share scheme per yearPosted: 2026-07-16Global Software Solution Provider, support the UK Government's most critical national security missions. Their UK infrastructure team is expanding and hiring engineers nowThe role: Build, operate and maintain high-performance, scalable, reliable services across UK Government deploymentsOwn production reliability: monitoring, alerting, configuration management and upgradesLead automation to reduce manual operations, using modern platforms including LLM/AI toolingDeploy new products into production and run infrastructure migrationsShape systems design alongside forward deployed and product teamsWhat you'll need: UK SC clearance, or eligibility to obtain it (active SC strongly preferred; no visa sponsorship)1-5 years in infrastructure engineering or SRE, building and deploying production systems – not just debuggingHands-on Kubernetes/Docker in production; Terraform, Ansible or CI/CD pipeline experienceProficiency in Java, Python, Go or JavaScript, applied to infrastructure or operationsDistributed systems, Linux and cloud (AWS/GCP/Azure) experienceCS or computer engineering degreeComfortable balancing build work with operational support – this is a build-and-run roleBackgrounds in defence tech, tech-forward defence contractors, or security cleared cloud/infra teamsThe package:excellent salary, bonus and share schemeHybrid London working with 1-2 days from homeSmall UK team, big remit, and genuine ownership from day one