About this role
Salary: £? - ? per year
Requirements
- Active, transferable UK DV Security Clearance and eligibility to work on highly secure government projects
- Strong networking knowledge, including TCP/IP, DHCP, firewalls and load balancing
- Virtualisation experience with VMware, Hyper-V or equivalent technologies
- Experience administering Linux and Windows operating systems
- Understanding of infrastructure security, including IAM, RBAC, security hardening, vulnerability scanning and patch management
- Scripting experience using PowerShell and/or Bash
- Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills
- Ability to work independently and make sound technical decisions
- Desirable: Experience in Agile or DevOps environments
- Desirable: Broader systems administration experience
- Desirable: Previous experience supporting secure or Defence-related infrastructure environments
Responsibilities
- Monitor platform performance, investigate incidents and identify opportunities to prevent recurring issues
- Maintain and improve platform reliability, availability and resilience
- Manage infrastructure patching, security hardening and vulnerability remediation
- Implement and maintain access controls, identity management and security configurations
- Support infrastructure automation and configuration management using version control
- Develop and maintain operational dashboards, alerts and service health reporting
- Support customer onboarding and ongoing platform development
- Contribute to service improvement and operational recovery processes
Technologies
- Bash
- Cloud
- DevOps
- Hyper-V
- IAM
- Support
- Linux
- Load Balancing
- PowerShell
- RBAC
- Security
- TCP/IP
- VMware
- Windows
More
We are seeking an experienced Infrastructure Platform Engineer to support the operation, maintenance and development of a secure private cloud platform in a highly sensitive environment. This hands-on role offers the opportunity to take ownership of day-to-day platform operations, improve service performance and support new customer onboarding, with minimal supervision. The position is based in Taunton, inside IR35, at a rate of £550–£630 per day for an initial seven-month contract, with potential for extension.
last updated 46 week of 2026