QinetiQ
IT Infrastructure Engineer
Job Description
Salary: £30,000 - 58,000 per year
Requirements:- Strong experience in IT infrastructure with a focus on server and virtualisation technologies
- Hands-on experience with VMware and virtualised environments
- Experience working with Windows Server in complex environments
- Proven ability to troubleshoot, stabilise and improve infrastructure systems
- Experience working in collaborative engineering teams and engaging with stakeholders
- Ability to take ownership, work autonomously and contribute to team success
- Willingness to learn and demonstrate the required level of experience
- Support and deliver server and virtualisation infrastructure solutions across key projects
- Migrate and optimise environments into VMware-based virtual stacks
- Collaborate with network engineers to stabilise and improve infrastructure environments
- Build, configure and integrate systems across physical and virtual platforms
- Produce technical documentation, test plans and implementation artefacts
- Engage with stakeholders and mentor junior engineers within the team
- Travel to the British Underwater Test and Evaluation Centre for essential installation and maintenance works every 2 to 3 months
- Support
- Network
- Security
- VMware
- Windows
- DevOps
More:
We are QinetiQ, a defence, security and technology company creating cutting-edge innovations to empower and protect lives. We operate state-of-the-art facilities across the UK and work on complex maritime and defence programmes in a diverse, inclusive and collaborative environment. This IT Infrastructure Engineer role is based at our Farnborough or Rosyth site, with a minimum average of three days per week on site and regular travel to the British Underwater Test and Evaluation Centre in Scotland. We offer a competitive salary of 51,250 to 57,250 depending on experience, plus benefits including a matched contribution pension scheme with life assurance, generous holiday allowance with the option to purchase extra days, health and insurance options, an employee discount portal, volunteering opportunities, and support for the Armed Forces community.
last updated 36 week of 2026
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£44,000
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£60,000
UK median
This salary is 27% below the UK median for Software Engineers (£60,000/yr).
Based on 2024–2025 UK technology sector benchmarks