Infrastructure Automation Engineer

Location: Whiteley, PO15 (hybrid working - est 2-3 days per week onsite)

Duration: 6 month initial contract

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Role details:

NATS (National Air Traffic Services) are looking for an Infrastructure Automation Engineer to join their Simulation Services team on a contract basis NATS Simulation Services supports the training and competency of Air Traffic Control Officers by providing simulation environments to military and commercial customers. The team is engaged in a modernisation programme to revamp their infrastructure and deployment processes.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop, enhance, and maintain infrastructure build and deployment automation using Ansible, PowerShell and scripting approaches.
• Support the provisioning and deployment activities across physical and virtual environments, including bare-metal servers and virtual machines.
• Investigate and resolve defects within build and provisioning workflows, supporting release or build notes where required.
• Create and maintain technical documentation such as build guides and knowledge articles.
• Provide hands-on involvement during the physical build-out of client and server infrastructure.
• Offer technical support and guidance during installation and deployment activities.
• Collaborate with the wider team to establish and improve build standards and best practices.
• Contribute to low-level design and ongoing documentation updates.

Job Requirements:

• Experience creating repeatable, reusable automation code for infrastructure deployment and configuration, primarily using PowerShell.
• Exposure to or willingness to adopt automation tooling such as Ansible.
• Proficiency with Git for version control.
• Strong administration skills in Windows or Linux environments, including experience in the other.
• Experience with both bare-metal provisioning and virtual machine build and provisioning.
• Strong troubleshooting skills for diagnosing and resolving issues across infrastructure, automation code and build processes.
• Excellent documentation skills for creating and maintaining build guides and knowledge articles.
• Ability to work collaboratively across multiple teams and adapt to changing priorities.

Key Technologies & Tools:

• Ansible: Automation and configuration management.
• PowerShell: Scripting and automation for Windows build, configuration and deployment.
• Linux scripting: Bash, Shell, or other scripting languages for Linux-based systems.
• Virtualisation: Experience provisioning and managing virtual machines, ideally using Hyper-V.
• Provisioning: Bare-metal provisioning and OS deployment tooling, including PXE-based build processes.
• Active Directory: Administration including users, groups, and Group Policy.
• SMB/NFS File Server Management: Administration and management of SMB and NFS file systems.
• WSUS (Windows Server Update Services): Management of updates and patches across Windows environments.
• DNS (Domain Name System): Configuration and troubleshooting of DNS services.
• SQL: Working with SQL databases, including queries, maintenance, and administration.
• Monitoring: Experience with Zabbix or other monitoring tools for system and network health.
• Antivirus Management: Knowledge of managing antivirus solutions, including McAfee or other enterprise-level AV software.
• Enterprise Infrastructure Management: Experience working within large, multi-site on-premises environments with standardised security and access controls.

If you are a skilled Infrastructure Automation Engineer looking to contribute to a significant modernisation programme, we encourage you to apply now!