Infrastructure Specialist

Edinburgh, 1 Lochside Ave, Edinburgh EH12 9DJ

£52,356 progressing to £55,886 plus £4,000 RRA on-call allowance

An exciting opportunity has arisen within SPS Headquarters as we recruit for an Infrastructure Specialist to join the Team. A The Scottish Prison Service is looking for an Infrastructure Systems Administrator to join our IT team within our Head Office in Edinburgh.

As a Microsoft subject matter expert, you will be part of our highly technical team that develops and supports the critical infrastructure that powers our 16 prisons, HQ, College and Central stores.

You will take part in exciting infrastructure projects using the latest windows and virtualisation technologies and deploy leading edge services across our Scotland wide estate.

This role has the option of hybrid working, with the department office days being flexible and by agreement with your line manager. This role primarily based at the Scottish Prison Service Headquarters, Edinburgh but may also include site visits around the SPS Estate.

If you have the following, we would like to hear from you:

• Experience/exposure of working with Azure product suite (Azure, Microsoft Entra , Intune, Defender) and other third-party management tools, database management;
  Managing and installing 3rd party server applications. Experience of enterprise level backup solutions. Experience of Office 365 and cloud solutions.
• Hands on systems administration experience in the following primary areas;
  Patching, OS deployment, Office 365, Active Directory, Powershell scripting, Windows Server 2016/2019/2022 (detailed knowledge of OS components and server roles such as DNS, DHCP);
  Hyper-V.
• Experience in designing, developing and implementing business critical systems to meet organisational requirements and technology changes. Experience of Cyber Security solutions and good practice.
• IT Knowledge:
  Sound general IT Knowledge, including a good understanding of network infrastructures and authentication processes.

Some of the benefits you can enjoy in role are:

• Attractive Pension (Civil Service)
• Commitment to your personal and professional development
• Free gym and car parking
• Discounts at high street stores, supermarkets and restaurants through our partners at Blue Light Card, Edenred and Civil Service Sports Council.
• Sick Pay
• Annual Leave - 37 days rising to 42 days

For information on the job, including full job description and person specification, and to apply for these vacancies please visit the Scottish Prison Service website. We are committed to your personal and professional development and offer a wide range of career progression opportunities.

Closing date: 19 January 2026.