Infrastructure Engineer

Salary: £40,000 - £55,000 plus a strong benefits package
Security Clearance: SC clearance required (with eligibility for DV)
Location - Cheltenham

Role Overview

We’re seeking an Infrastructure Engineer to join an ambitious technology function supporting secure, mission-critical environments for well-known clients. This position offers a broad technical scope, working across on-premise, cloud, and hybrid platforms while helping to evolve infrastructure through automation, modern tooling, and best practice.

You’ll be hands-on, technically curious, and comfortable collaborating with DevOps and security specialists to improve resilience, performance, and scalability across the estate.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, and maintain physical and virtual server environments
• Administer cloud and hybrid platforms using AWS, Azure, and/or GCP
• Support and troubleshoot enterprise networking technologies including firewalls, VPNs, routing, switching, and load balancing
• Manage identity, access control, and authentication services in line with security standards
• Create and maintain scripts and automation to streamline infrastructure operations
• Implement and support monitoring, logging, and alerting solutions to enhance system reliability
• Maintain backup, disaster recovery, and business continuity capabilities
• Investigate and resolve infrastructure incidents, performing root cause analysis where required
• Work closely with DevOps, cyber security, and application teams on ongoing improvements and project delivery

Skills & Experience

• At least 2 years’ experience in an Infrastructure, Systems, or Platform Engineering role
• Strong administration skills across Windows and/or Linux environments
• Practical experience with virtualisation technologies such as VMware, Hyper-V, or KVM
• Solid understanding of networking fundamentals including DNS, DHCP, TCP/IP, and VLANs
• Scripting ability using tools like PowerShell, Bash, or Python
• Hands-on experience with cloud services, particularly AWS and/or Azure
• Exposure to monitoring and observability platforms such as Splunk, Datadog, or Nagios
• Good understanding of infrastructure security concepts and best practices
• Experience using Infrastructure as Code and automation tools (e.g. Terraform, Ansible, CloudFormation)
• Familiarity with enterprise storage and backup solutions, including SAN/NAS technologies

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