Infrastructure Engineer

A leading organisation in the defence and security sector is looking for a Senior Infrastructure Engineer to join the Synthetic Training and Engineering Products team in Warton (near Preston) . This contract role focuses on Infrastructure as Code , automation, and secure delivery of synthetic training device infrastructure. Key details

Location:

Warton, Lancashire (full time on site) Contract length: 12 months

Hours:

37 hours per week IR35:
Inside IR35 Clearance: BPSS  Full SC Restrictions: ITAR and UK Eyes Only  What you'll be doing Designing, building and maintaining Infrastructure as Code to automate deployment, configuration and management Using automation tooling (ideally Ansible ) in secure / air-gapped environments Producing scalable, resilient and secure infrastructure patterns (reusable and maintainable) Monitoring performance and driving continuous improvement aligned to a release roadmap Working closely with security specialists to ensure compliance with corporate and product security controls Collaborating across multidisciplinary engineering teams (hardware/software, maintainers, end users, security engineers) What you'll need (essential) Strong infrastructure engineering background with IaC / automation Hands-on experience with Ansible (or similar) and best-practice infrastructure design Practical security mindset (compliance, assurance testing, secure-by-design) Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, multidisciplinary environment Eligibility to obtain/hold BPSS  SC (plus ITAR / UK Eyes Only constraints) Nice to have Exposure to some of:
Aruba/Cisco networking , Palo Alto , VMware , Windows Server/Client , RHEL Defence sector experience Relevant certifications across the above tech stack