DDI Specialist

DDI Engineer/DDI Migration Specialist - SC Cleared

Cambridge (Hybrid)
12-Month Contract
£450-£500 per day Inside IR35

Overview

We are seeking an experienced DDI Specialist to lead a large-scale migration from BlueCat to Infoblox within a complex global enterprise environment.
This is a hands-on engineering role requiring strong expertise across DNS, DHCP and IPAM, with responsibility for assessing the current estate, defining the migration strategy and delivering a low-risk implementation across multi-region infrastructure.
The successful candidate will also help shape the future-state DDI platform through improved standards, automation, documentation and operational processes.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the migration from BlueCat to Infoblox
• Assess current DDI estate and define migration strategy
• Deliver DNS, DHCP and IPAM solutions across enterprise-scale environments
• Design and support scalable DDI architectures
• Implement and manage GeoDNS/GSLB solutions
• Integrate DDI services with:
  • Active Directory
  • Hybrid infrastructure environments
  • ServiceNow workflows
• Drive automation using Ansible and Terraform
• Improve operational standards, documentation and platform governance
• Ensure minimal disruption to production services during migration activities

Required Experience

Essential

• Proven experience delivering end-to-end DDI migrations
• Strong hands-on expertise with both:
  • BlueCat
  • Infoblox
• Deep technical knowledge of:
  • DNS (authoritative, forwarding, conditional forwarding)
  • DHCP (scopes, failover, reservations)
  • IPAM design and data modelling
• Experience within large-scale, multi-region enterprise environments
• Strong understanding of:
  • Active Directory integrated DNS/DHCP
  • Hybrid infrastructure environments
• Strong automation skills using:
  • Ansible
  • Terraform
• Experience integrating DNS/DHCP services into ServiceNow workflows
• Active SC Clearance

Highly Desirable

• Experience with GeoDNS/GSLB
• Experience designing enterprise DDI architectures
• Strong documentation and operational improvement mindset

Contract Details

• Rate: £450-£500 per day
• Contract Length: 12 Months
• IR35: Inside IR35
• Location: Cambridge (Hybrid)
• Clearance: Active SC Clearance required

If you are an experienced DDI Engineer with strong Infoblox migration expertise and SC Clearance, apply now for immediate consideration.