Job title: Infrastructure Engineer (SC Eligible)
Job type: Permanent
Emp type: Full-time
Salary type: Annual
Salary from: GBP £50,000.00
Salary to: GBP £55,000.00
Location: Farnborough
Job published: 21/08/2025
Job ID: 37891
Contact name: Emma Homann, Mark Burgess
Phone number: +441962442047, +441962442045
Contact email: emma@talentlocker.co.uk, mark@talentlocker.co.uk

Job Description

Infrastructure Engineer – Defence & National Security
Location: Farnborough (Hybrid)
Salary: £50,000–£55,000 + excellent benefits
Clearance: Must be eligible for SC

Looking to take your infrastructure career into high-impact defence and national security projects? This is a great opportunity for an Infrastructure Engineer to join a growing consultancy delivering cutting-edge, secure IT solutions. You’ll work closely with company directors, get daily exposure to innovative projects, and benefit from structured training, personal development time and genuine progression opportunities.

What you’ll be doing

  • Maintaining and improving multi-classification, virtualised, cloud and collaboration environments
  • Supporting Office 365 and Azure SaaS platforms, plus hybrid and private cloud systems
  • Enhancing “secure by design” infrastructure practices across projects
  • Performing infrastructure maintenance, patching and change control activities
  • Monitoring and triaging alerts, security events and tickets across key platforms
  • Supporting upgrades and optimisation across VMware, Linux and Windows systems
  • Advising project teams on infrastructure best practice and producing technical documentation
  • Sharing knowledge with colleagues, mentoring junior engineers, and contributing to winning new work

What you’ll bring

  • Windows Server (2016+) administration
  • VMware (vSphere, vCenter, VCF) experience
  • Linux (CentOS, RedHat, Ubuntu) administration
  • Azure/Microsoft 365 support and management
  • PowerShell scripting
  • EUD provisioning (Autopilot), patching and hardening
  • Understanding of Single Sign-On (SSO) and working in protectively marked environments

Nice to have: Kubernetes, DevSecOps tooling, Elastic, Nessus, Terraform, HashiCorp Vault, application packaging, Agile sprint delivery experience.

Why this role?

  • Play a key part in secure national defence programmes
  • Work directly with directors in a growing, innovative business
  • Dedicated training budget and protected time for learning
  • Hybrid working from modern Farnborough offices
  • Competitive salary, strong benefits and a supportive team culture