Infrastructure Support Engineer

Syntax Consultancy Ltd; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking digital transformation business as an AWS Infrastructure Support Engineer. This permanent role offers the chance to work on large-scale IT projects for the public sector, with a focus on AWS technologies and system administration. You will be responsible for building and managing secure cloud solutions while leveraging your expertise in Windows and Linux environments. With a hybrid work model and the opportunity for immediate start, this position is perfect for those looking to make a significant impact in a dynamic team. Don't miss out on this exciting opportunity to advance your career in a leading firm.

Qualifications

• Experience with AWS technologies for cloud solutions and security.
• Proficiency in Windows and Linux system administration.

Responsibilities

• Manage and support AWS infrastructure with a focus on security.
• Automate processes using scripting and configuration management.

Skills

AWS Technologies (EC2, RDS, ELB, EBS, EFS, S3, VPC, Glacier, IAM, CloudWatch, KMS)

Windows System Administration

Linux System Administration

Automation (Shell, Ansible, Python, PowerShell)

Juniper Firewall Configuration

MS Active Directory Management

Monitoring (Grafana, Prometheus)

Git

Jira

ServiceNow

Tools

Terraform

Vagrant

Jenkins

Confluence

Job description

AWS Infrastructure Support Engineer (SC & NPPV3)

Permanent

Birmingham (Hybrid)

£70,000- £75,000 + Bonus & Benefits

We are seeking an experienced AWS Infrastructure Support Engineer with active SC clearance and NPPV3 clearance for a permanent role based in Birmingham. The role involves Windows and Linux system administration, including building, hardening, and managing Linux operating systems.

The position requires travel to Birmingham 4-5 days a week and an immediate start, ideally in May/June 2025.

This is an opportunity to work with a leading digital transformation business delivering large-scale, long-term IT projects for the public sector.

Key skills & experience:

• Experience with a broad range of AWS technologies (e.g., EC2, RDS, ELB, EBS, EFS, S3, VPC, Glacier, IAM, CloudWatch, KMS) to develop and maintain AWS-based cloud solutions, with a focus on best practice cloud security.
• Proficiency in Windows and Linux system administration, including building, hardening, and managing Linux operating systems.
• Automation experience using Shell, Ansible, Python, and PowerShell scripting.
• Expertise in Juniper firewall configuration, patching, and proficiency in switch configuration and patching.
• Experience with MS Active Directory configuration and management.
• Monitoring using Grafana, Prometheus, Alert Manager, and Node exporter.
• Experience with Git, Jira, Confluence, and ServiceNow for incident and change management.
• Active SC Clearance & NPPV3 clearance is required.

Desired Skills / Experience:

• Proficiency in provisioning infrastructure using Terraform and VMs with tools such as Vagrant. Solid experience as a DevOps Engineer in a 24x7 AWS environment, including automation with configuration management tools.
• Knowledge of Jenkins pipelines using Groovy scripting.
• Knowledge of Windows System Update Service and DFS Replication.