Infrastructure Engineer

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:



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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