Defence IT Ops Engineer (Windows & UNIX) – DV Cleared

QinetiQ; Lincoln; On-site; GBP 59,000 - 66,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Matched pension and life assurance

Generous holiday allowance

Health Cash Plan, PMI and Dental

Employee discounts

Armed Forces Covenant involvement

Volunteering opportunities

Job summary

QinetiQ is hiring an IT Ops Engineer at RAF Waddington in Lincolnshire. You will maintain and enhance enterprise server infrastructure across Windows and UNIX/Linux, ensuring security, resilience and availability for defence capabilities.

You will administer, monitor and support production and development environments, implement upgrades, and drive improvements within a highly regulated IT estate, working with stakeholders and security teams. DV clearance is essential.

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 administration

UNIX/Linux administration

ITSM

Security-conscious environment

Tools

VMware

PowerShell

Backup & Recovery tooling

Job description

QinetiQ is hiring an IT Ops Engineer at RAF Waddington in Lincolnshire. You will maintain and enhance enterprise server infrastructure across Windows and UNIX/Linux, ensuring security, resilience and availability for defence capabilities.

You will administer, monitor and support production and development environments, implement upgrades, and drive improvements within a highly regulated IT estate, working with stakeholders and security teams. DV clearance is essential.