Junior Infrastructure Engineer

Salary: £20,000 - 30,000 per year

Requirements:

• We are looking for someone who wants to build on the skills and knowledge gained through a degree or equivalent training.
• We need someone with a passion for solving technical problems.
• We require experience or knowledge in Windows Server 2016+ administration.
• We require experience or knowledge in VMware vSphere/vCenter/VCF, Azure, and Microsoft 365 administration.
• We require experience or knowledge in Linux, including CentOS, RedHat, or Ubuntu.
• We require experience or knowledge in PowerShell.
• We require experience or knowledge in EUD provisioning (Autopilot), maintenance, patching, and hardening.
• We require understanding of SSO concepts and operation.
• We require understanding of working in protectively marked environments.
• We would prefer knowledge of Kubernetes administration, for example VMware TKGI DevSecOps tooling.
• We would prefer knowledge of Elastic, Nessus, application packaging, HashiCorp Terraform, and Vault.
• We would prefer experience working in Agile sprints.
• We require that you have or are eligible to obtain Security Clearance.
• We require the ability to commute to Farnborough or relocate before starting work.
• We require work authorisation in the United Kingdom.

Responsibilities:

• Maintain, improve, and secure our multi-classification, virtualised, collaboration, and development environments.
• Work with our IT infrastructure colleagues to improve our Secure by Design capabilities internally and across projects.
• Provide infrastructure support to public cloud SaaS offerings such as Office 365, as well as project-based systems across public, private, and hybrid cloud environments.
• Perform infrastructure maintenance tasks through change control.
• Assist with monitoring and management of project-based ticketing and alerting systems for new changes and security alerts.
• Triage monitoring alerts and take appropriate action.
• Maintain monitoring components in line with infrastructure developments.
• Ensure all platforms are patched in line with provider recommendations and our security policy.
• Assess the impact of incidents quickly and accurately, initiate return to service, and ensure follow-up actions are completed.
• Identify trends and problems and plan changes to improve stability and performance.
• Maintain up-to-date knowledge and skills in secure public, private, and hybrid cloud and network technologies.
• Develop personal knowledge through study and research toward vocational certifications in relevant technologies and vendors.
• Advise customers and project teams on infrastructure and support matters.
• Share knowledge through articles for our team and wider organisation.
• Support our team in winning business.

Technologies:

• Azure
• Cloud
• DevSecOps
• Support
• Kubernetes
• Linux
• Microsoft 365
• Network
• Office 365
• PowerShell
• Security
• Terraform
• Ubuntu
• VMware
• Windows
• DevOps
• HTTP

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We are a fast-growing IT consulting organisation specialising in pioneering solutions within National Security and Defense, with a strong focus on Secure by Design methodologies. We are hiring a Junior Infrastructure Engineer for an onsite role in Farnborough, Hampshire, following a 6 to 7 week fully remote training pathway delivered by our expert training team. The role offers a salary of £19,500 during training, increasing to £27,000 on client assignment and to £30,000 after 12 months on client site. This is an in-person position in Farnborough, and you must have or be eligible to obtain UK Security Clearance.

last updated 31 week of 2026