Senior Infrastructure Engineer

Are you an Infrastructure Engineer looking for a new challenge?

At Sopra Steria, our Aerospace, Defence & Security division delivers digital transformation, IT modernisation, and cybersecurity solutions to highly regulated industries. We work closely with governments, defence agencies, and aerospace organisations to drive efficiency, security, and innovation.

We have an exciting opening for an Infrastructure Engineer to join the Joint Multi-National Interoperability Assurance Network team. In this role, you’ll help provide a secure testing and validation environment that supports national and international defence and industry requirements.

This is a fantastic opportunity for someone to learn, grow, and progress their career, with the chance to gain hands-on exposure to new environments and technologies.

This role requires the individual to be on-site in Salisbury up to three days per week. Due to the nature of the environment, candidates must either hold an active DV clearance or be eligible to obtain one.

What you will be doing:

• Provide 3rd-line IT support, including building, configuring, and deploying desktops and laptops. Troubleshoot complex technical issues and ensure all devices meet business and security requirements.
• Carry out system administration tasks across Linux and VMware virtualisation platforms.
• Support servers and endpoints with anti-virus, security patching, and backups using VEEAM and NAS solutions.
• Document all system changes, installations, and configurations across the environment.
• Manage and troubleshoot network monitoring, performance, and automation tools to ensure uptime and reliability.
• Deploy and maintain containerised workloads with Docker alongside existing virtual infrastructure.
  
  

What you will bring:

• Experience in administering VMware virtualised environments.
• Proven skills in Linux server installation and configuration.
• Familiarity with network-attached storage and data centre hardware (racking, cabling, etc).
• Knowledge of Microsoft Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, and Remote Desktop services.
  
  

If you are interested in this role but not sure if your skills and experience are exactly what we’re looking for, please do apply, we’d love to hear from you!

Employment Type: Full-time

Location: Salisbury

Security Clearance Level: Must be eligible for DV

Internal Recruiter: Jane Lee

Salary: Up to £42,500

Benefits: 25 days annual leave with the choice to buy additional days, health cash plan, life assurance, pension, and generous flexible benefits fund

Although this role is advertised as full-time, we believe that flexibility at work can promote work/life balance, increase your motivation, reduce stress and improves performance and productivity. We support different ways of working and can offer a range of flexible working arrangements. So, if you’re interested and need to work flexibly, we encourage you to apply and talk to us about what might be possible.

We embrace difference as a source of creativity, innovation and competitive advantage and are striving to become a more diverse organisation. We welcome applications from people with a diverse variety of backgrounds and identities. We are committed to equality of opportunity for all and do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, gender, age, disability, sexual orientation or marital status. We have partnered with Vercida, the UK's largest diversity and inclusion focused careers site, where all our vacancies are available in an accessible format.
If you require any adjustments to the recruitment process, to enable you to perform to the best of your ability, please let us know when completing your application. We participate in the Disability Confident scheme and are committed to offering an interview to any candidate with a disability, who meets the minimum criteria for the role. If you believe this could apply to you, please let us know when completing your application.