Defence IT Ops Engineer: Windows & UNIX

QinetiQ Limited; Lincoln; Hybrid; GBP 59,000 - 66,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Matched pension

Generous holiday allowance

Health Cash Plan

Private Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Employee discount portal

Job summary

QinetiQ Limited is seeking an IT Ops Engineer at RAF Waddington to maintain and enhance enterprise server infrastructure across Windows and UNIX/Linux environments. You will administer, monitor and support critical IT systems, ensuring security, resilience and availability to support defence capabilities.

The role involves upgrades, incident resolution, automation, and collaboration with security teams within a highly regulated environment.

Qualifications

• Experience administering enterprise Windows Server and/or UNIX/Linux environments.
• Experience troubleshooting and resolving infrastructure incidents across server environments.
• Knowledge of VMware or other enterprise virtualization technologies.
• Experience with backup, recovery and disaster recovery processes.
• Experience using PowerShell, shell scripting or other automation tools.
• Experience working within secure, regulated or highly governed IT environments and following IT Service Management processes.

Responsibilities

• Administering and supporting UNIX/Linux and Windows Server environments across production and development systems.
• Investigating and resolving infrastructure incidents, service requests and technical issues.
• Performing system upgrades, patching, backup and recovery activities to maintain operational performance.
• Managing user accounts, access controls and security configuration in line with policy requirements.
• Supporting virtualised environments, software deployments and infrastructure change programmes.
• Contributing to service improvements, automation initiatives and technical best practice across the team.

Skills

Windows Server

Unix/Linux

PowerShell scripting

ITSM processes

Backup & DR

Automation tools

Education

MOD DV clearance

Tools

VMware

Job description

QinetiQ Limited is seeking an IT Ops Engineer at RAF Waddington to maintain and enhance enterprise server infrastructure across Windows and UNIX/Linux environments. You will administer, monitor and support critical IT systems, ensuring security, resilience and availability to support defence capabilities.

The role involves upgrades, incident resolution, automation, and collaboration with security teams within a highly regulated environment.