Junior Systems & Build Engineer - Defence Tech - Midlands

Ex-Mil Recruitment Ltd; Leicester Forest East; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 45,000; Full time

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Benefits

Job summary

Ex-Mil Recruitment Ltd. is seeking a Junior Systems & Build Engineer to join its engineering team in the Defence tech Midlands environment. You will develop skills across Linux, infrastructure, and build technologies while supporting software products.

Ideal candidates have 2+ years in systems administration, strong Linux, Bash scripting, and experience with package management. Security clearance may be required as part of the Defence context.

Qualifications

• 2+ years' experience in systems administration or similar infrastructure role.
• Strong Linux administration skills, ideally Red Hat or similar.
• Bash scripting ability.
• Experience with yum/dnf or equivalent package management.

Responsibilities

• Support the build, deployment and delivery of software products.
• Administer and maintain Linux-based development and build infrastructure.
• Support configuration and version-control systems.
• Maintain build machines, development environments and related infrastructure.
• Respond to infrastructure and engineering support requests.
• Investigate issues and provide diagnostic support.
• Support business continuity and disaster recovery activities.
• Contribute to technical documentation and training materials.
• Support research and improvements to engineering processes and ways of working.
• Contribute to technical design and wider engineering activities.

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Jenkins

Conan

Artifactory

Coverity

Job description

Junior Systems & Build Engineer (244lw) Defence Tech Midlands - £40,000.00 - £45,000 + Benefits

Are you a Linux Systems Administrator, Infrastructure Engineer or Build Engineer looking to develop your career beyond traditional systems administration?

We are working with an established technology organisation seeking a Junior Systems & Build Engineer to join its engineering team.

This is an excellent opportunity for someone who enjoys solving technical problems and wants to develop specialist skills across Linux, infrastructure, software builds and deployment within a technically challenging Defence technology environment.

You'll work closely with engineering teams supporting the systems, infrastructure and tooling required to develop, build and deliver software products.

Your responsibilities will include

• Supporting the build, deployment and delivery of software products.
• Administering and maintaining Linux-based development and build infrastructure.
• Supporting configuration and version-control systems.
• Maintaining build machines, development environments and associated infrastructure.
• Responding to infrastructure and engineering support requests.
• Investigating technical issues and providing effective diagnostic support.
• Supporting business continuity and disaster recovery activities.
• Contributing to technical documentation and training materials.
• Supporting research and improvements to engineering processes and ways of working.
• Contributing to technical design and wider engineering activities.
• Developing your skills across infrastructure, automation and build technologies.

Essential

• 2+ years' experience in systems administration or a similar infrastructure role.
• Strong Linux administration skills, ideally Red Hat or similar.
• Bash scripting.
• Experience with yum/dnf or equivalent package management.

Desirable -

• Terraform
• Ansible
• Jenkins
• Build tools such as Conan
• Artifactory
• Coverity
• Additional Linux/infrastructure certifications.

You'll be -

• Curious and keen to learn.
• Interested in developing into more advanced infrastructure, build, DevOps or engineering responsibilities.
• A relevant professional qualification, degree, apprenticeship or equivalent practical experience would be considered.

Security - The role operates within a secure Defence technology environment, so you may be required to obtain security clearance.

This is a great opportunity to broaden your technical skillset across Linux, automation, build systems, infrastructure and DevOps, with exposure to a range of technically interesting projects.

The role is particularly suited to someone who wants to progress beyond traditional systems administration and develop a more specialised engineering career.