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.

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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: 610208

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 xwzovoh 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