DV-Cleared Systems Engineer: Infra & Automation

JAM; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

JAM is seeking a skilled IT professional to join our security‑driven tech team in the United Kingdom. A key DV clearance requirement applies to this role, with responsibilities covering production database management, multi‑layer support, and secure VM administration.

You will leverage Ansible for infrastructure automation, Docker for containerisation, and ETL workflows to process data from cross‑domain sources, while maintaining thorough documentation and compliance with standards.

Qualifications

• MSSQL database administration experience following industry best practices.
• Identity brokers and modern authentication/authorization mechanisms (JWT, PKI).
• IaC tools like Ansible for Linux provisioning and configuration management.
• Experience with containerisation technologies including Docker and Docker Compose.

Responsibilities

• Manage, maintain and configure production MSSQL databases, including ad hoc queries and troubleshooting.
• Provide 1st, 2nd and 3rd line support across full‑stack applications and services, addressing issues.
• Administer Linux and Windows virtual machines with focus on vulnerability management and hardening.
• Leverage automation tools to provision, configure, and manage virtual infrastructure.
• Deploy, configure, and support shared production services, including identity brokers and observability platforms.
• Execute ETL processes to ingest and process data from cross‑domain sources.
• Develop and utilise scripts to improve operational tasks and efficiency, and maintain documentation.

Skills

MSSQL database administration

Identity brokers / JWT / PKI

Infrastructure as Code (Ansible)

Docker & Docker Compose

Linux administration (headless VMs)

Scripting for automation

ETL processes

Documentation & compliance

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Keycloak

Grafana

Elasticsearch

NiFi

Job description

JAM is seeking a skilled IT professional to join our security‑driven tech team in the United Kingdom. A key DV clearance requirement applies to this role, with responsibilities covering production database management, multi‑layer support, and secure VM administration.

You will leverage Ansible for infrastructure automation, Docker for containerisation, and ETL workflows to process data from cross‑domain sources, while maintaining thorough documentation and compliance with standards.