Infrastructure Engineer (Farnborough)

Overview

You will lead the deployment, transition, and ongoing maintenance of critical IT applications and infrastructure for a high-stakes operational environment. Working within a major program of work, you’ll implement modern infrastructure solutions and ensure secure, scalable, and resilient services. You’ll collaborate across teams to shape best practices in a secure-by-design environment and drive ongoing operational excellence. This role offers exposure to a broad tech stack and high-impact projects that directly influence service reliability and security. Your work will help sustain mission-critical operations and continuous improvement in a fast-paced setting.

Responsibilities

• Deploy, transition, and maintain critical IT applications and infrastructure in a secure, resilient environment
• Implement modern infrastructure solutions using VMware, IAAS tools, and diverse hardware/networking components
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams and stakeholders to support project milestones and steady-state operations
• Contribute to best practices, security-by-design principles, and continuous improvement initiatives
• Ensure robust, secure, and efficient infrastructure services, aligned with high-availability requirements

Key requirements

• Extensive experience with VMware virtualization technologies (ESXi, vSphere, NSX, VCLM)
• Strong Windows Server deployment, configuration, and management (AD, DNS, WSUS, GPOs, PKI)
• Proficient with Linux (RHEL) server management
• Hands-on experience with Dell hardware, PowerEdge servers, PowerVault storage, QNAP NAS, and data diodes
• Networking expertise (switches, VLANs, best practices)
• Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code tools (Terraform, Ansible)
• Automation, DevSecOps practices, and scripting (PowerShell)
• Backup/replication and security tooling knowledge (Veeam, Trellix)
• Understanding of containers (Docker, Kubernetes) and AWS
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills
• Ability to work autonomously in fast-paced environments

• Effective communication across technical and organizational boundaries
• Problem-solving mindset
• Autonomous and results-driven work ethic
• VMware ESXi, vSphere, NSX
• Windows Server (AD, DNS, WSUS, GPOs, PKI)
• RHEL Linux server management

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