Defence IT Infrastructure Engineer – Hybrid Role

Nuclear Inst; Hollywater; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous holiday allowance

Pension with life assurance

Digital GP and health check

Professional Fees paid

Flexible working

Job summary

Babcock is seeking an IT Infrastructure Engineer to support a critical satellite communications programme at Hawthorn near Corsham, Wiltshire, with hybrid working options. You will design, modernise, and maintain IT systems underpinning national defence capabilities.

Day-to-day duties include maintaining on‑prem IT platform services, applying patches, providing 3rd/4th line support, and contributing to a new Hosting Platform while working with specialists in a mission‑critical environment.

Qualifications

• Experience designing or supporting on-prem IT infrastructure and virtualization (VMware).
• Experience with Red Hat Linux and Windows Server environments.
• Experience with Active Directory and IP networking.

Responsibilities

• Maintain, patch, and develop on-premise IT platform services for critical infrastructure.
• Provide 3rd/4th line technical support to customers and satellite teams.
• Participate in an on-call rota for fault diagnosis outside normal hours.
• Contribute to specification, development, and implementation of a new Hosting Platform.
• Offer systems-level input to evaluate and implement new capabilities.

Skills

VMware ESX/VCentre/VCF

Redhat Linux

Windows Server

Active Directory

IP networking

Scripting

Education

Degree in Engineering

Tools

VMware ESX/VCentre/VCF

Windows Server 2022/2025

Job description

Babcock is seeking an IT Infrastructure Engineer to support a critical satellite communications programme at Hawthorn near Corsham, Wiltshire, with hybrid working options. You will design, modernise, and maintain IT systems underpinning national defence capabilities.

Day-to-day duties include maintaining on‑prem IT platform services, applying patches, providing 3rd/4th line support, and contributing to a new Hosting Platform while working with specialists in a mission‑critical environment.