IT & Software

Infrastructure Engineer

Cavendish Professionals

London · England · United Kingdom

Secure National Infrastructure

We are seeking high-caliber Infrastructure / SRE Engineers to design, build, and operate mission-critical production infrastructure supporting vital UK government and national security missions. This is an environment operating at startup velocity to solve complex, national-scale engineering problems with true architectural ownership and autonomy from day one.

What You’ll Be Doing:

  • Taking end-to-end operational and architectural ownership of high-security, distributed production platforms.
  • Architecting, deploying, and maintaining resilient container runtimes using Docker and Kubernetes.
  • Designing automated CI/CD deployment workflows and building internal tooling to optimize developer velocity and platform resilience.
  • Developing automation, monitoring, and telemetry infrastructure to ensure ultra-low downtime and rapid incident response across complex distributed systems.
  • Driving platform innovation and automation initiatives with modern tooling, cutting through operational bureaucracy.

What We’re Looking For:

  • 1–5 years of commercial experience in Infrastructure Engineering, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), or Platform Operations.
  • Software-minded engineering approach: strong hands-on experience building, automating, and deploying production architectures (not just operational support/debugging).
  • Demonstrated ownership mindset: comfort working in rapid iterations, driving solutions independently, and operating in secure, high-trust environments.
  • Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related discipline from a top-50 university.

Must-Haves:

  • Active UK Developed Vetting (DV) security clearance.
  • Sole British nationality (dual nationals cannot be considered due to national security compliance).
  • Hands-on expertise with Docker, Kubernetes , and container orchestration in production.
  • Production Linux systems engineering and cloud/distributed systems delivery (AWS, GCP, Azure ).
  • Residency or willingness to relocate within 30 minutes of the secure London site.

Location & Working Setup:

  • Hybrid model based out of the London
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