Infrastructure, Security and DevOps Engineer

Title:
Infrastructure, Security and Dev Ops Engineer

Hours: 37.5

Supporting the design, delivery, resilience, security, and efficiency of the firm's IT infrastructure, applications, and deployment pipelines. This role ensures secure, scalable, and highly available systems that support the delivery of high-quality legal services, with continuous integration and delivery processes aligned to the firm's strategic goals and compliant with industry and legal sector-specific standards.

The Infrastructure, Security and Dev Ops Engineer is responsible for maintaining and enhancing the firm’s IT infrastructure, ensuring systems are secure, resilient, and capable of supporting business and client service requirements. The role manages core infrastructure technologies across on-premise and cloud environments, drives automation and deployment processes, and monitors system performance to maximise availability, reliability, and operational efficiency.

The role also plays a key part in protecting the firm’s technology estate, supporting cybersecurity operations, compliance requirements, and incident response activities. Working closely with IT, security, and development teams, the postholder provides technical expertise, supports infrastructure and transformation projects, delivers 3rd line support, and promotes continuous improvement across infrastructure, security, Dev Ops practices, and service delivery.

You will be an experienced IT infrastructure, systems administration, or cybersecurity professional who enjoys working across a broad technology landscape and is passionate about delivering secure, reliable, and high-performing IT services. With strong technical knowledge of Windows and Linux Server environments, Microsoft 365, Intune, Active Directory, Hyper‑V, networking, and security best practices, you are comfortable taking ownership of complex technical challenges and providing effective solutions.

You are a proactive problem solver with excellent troubleshooting skills and a strong focus on continuous improvement. You enjoy working collaboratively with colleagues across IT, security, and development teams, balancing operational responsibilities with project-based work. Ideally, you will have experience or a keen interest in Dev Ops practices, automation, cloud technologies, and infrastructure as code, with a desire to continually develop your technical skills.

We are looking for someone who is organised, adaptable, and committed to delivering excellent service. You will be comfortable working in a fast‑paced professional environment, able to communicate technical concepts clearly to a range of stakeholders, and motivated by the opportunity to contribute to the security, resilience, and future development of a growing international firm. Experience with in a professional services environment, along with exposure to technologies such as Azure, Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, Ansible, or CI/CD tools, would be advantageous.

HGF Limited is one of Europe’s largest intellectual property specialist firms offering a fully integrated IP solution, bringing over 200 Patent Attorneys, Trade Mark Attorneys and IP Solicitors together to provide a full-service IP solution.

With 25 offices across the UK, Ireland, Germany, Netherlands, France, Switzerland & Austria, HGF’s Patent and Trade Mark Attorneys provide specialist technical and legal advice to blue chip organisations and small to medium businesses across the world. Many of our clients are household names and the work HGF does allows them to protect and exploit their inventions, new products and branding.

• HGF takes a transparent and merit-based approach to your career development and you will have the opportunity to shape your long-term progression.
• We’re a firm with a focus on DEI (Diversity, Equality and Inclusion), with a staff led DEI Focus Group, affinity networks and a DEI Board sponsor
• As a business we have a dedicated Learning and Development team focused on career long development of your skills along with a digital learning platform covering a wide range of content
• Benefits including our…