Network Infrastructure Engineer

Job Title: Network Infrastructure Engineer

Client: BAE Systems

Location: Warton

Duration: 6 - 12 Months, 37hrs per week (with opportunity for extension)

Hourly Rate: £74.26 Umbrella (INSIDE IR35)

Clearance Level: BPSS + SC + UK EYES ONLY

About the Role

BAE are looking for an experienced Network Infrastructure Engineer to design, build and maintain secure, high-performing IT infrastructure within a highly regulated defence environment.

You’ll be responsible for delivering robust networking and infrastructure solutions that support complex engineering and software development systems — ensuring reliability, scalability and compliance with strict security standards.

This role forms part of the Technical Services Team , working alongside Network, Security and Infrastructure specialists to deliver and support advanced digital environments.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, implement and maintain network and infrastructure solutions across physical and virtual environments.
• Configure and support switching, routing, firewalls, VLANs, VNets and software-defined networks.
• Build and administer Windows and Linux servers within secure, high-availability environments.
• Monitor system performance and security, ensuring compliance with governance and change control processes.
• Collaborate with architecture and security teams to deliver improvements and new capabilities.
• Produce and maintain detailed design and configuration documentation.

Skills and Experience Essential:

• 3+ years’ experience in Network or Infrastructure Engineering.
• Strong knowledge of switching, routing, firewalls, VLANs, VNets and network protocols.
• Hands-on experience with Windows Server, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) and virtualised environments.
• Familiarity with cloud services (Azure, AWS or similar).
• Understanding of software-defined networking and data centre management.
• Experience working in secure or regulated environments.