Infrastructure Engineer -- Farnborough - 5 day's onsite - Permanent - Up to £80,000 Per Annum + Bene

Infrastructure Engineer Farnborough - 5 day's onsite - Permanent - Up to £80,000 Per Annum + Benefits

SC Clearance or to be eligible

Overview

Fuel Recruitment is supporting a specialist organisation operating within National Security & Defence, who are seeking an Infrastructure Engineer to join their growing team. This role sits within an experienced infrastructure function responsible for secure, high-performance environments across multiple classifications. You'll work on modern virtualised, cloud and on-premises systems, contributing to Secure by Design principles and supporting both internal environments and customer-focused projects. This is an excellent opportunity for an engineer looking to expand their technical expertise while working on impactful, complex projects.

Key Responsibilities

• Maintain, improve and secure multi-classification virtualised collaboration and development environments.
• Support the enhancement of Secure by Design practices across internal systems and project deliveries.
• Provide infrastructure support across public cloud services (Microsoft 365/Azure) and hybrid environments throughout implementation and support life cycles.
• Manage infrastructure maintenance through change control processes.
• Monitor and triage alerts across ticketing and security systems, performing appropriate actions.
• Ensure all platforms are patched in line with provider recommendations and internal security policy.
• Rapidly assess and respond to incidents, ensuring service restoration and completion of follow-up actions.
• Identify recurring issues and propose improvements to boost stability and performance.
• Maintain up-to-date knowledge of secure cloud, network and virtualisation technologies.
• Share expertise through documentation, knowledge articles and team collaboration.

Key Skills/Experience

Essential:

• Windows Server 2016+ administration
• VMware vSphere/vCenter/VCF
• Azure and Microsoft 365 administration
• Linux (CentOS, Red Hat, Ubuntu)
• PowerShell Scripting
• End-User Device provisioning (Autopilot), maintenance, patching and hardening
• Understanding of SSO concepts and operations
• Experience working in protectively marked environments

Desirable:

• Kubernetes administration (eg, VMware TKGI)
• DevSecOps tooling (Elastic, Nessus, etc.)
• Application packaging
• HashiCorp Terraform
• HashiCorp Vault
• Experience working within Agile sprint environments