Lead Infrastructure Engineer - Automation

Sopra Steria - UK; Salisbury; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a skilled Infrastructure & Automation Engineer to enhance their secure, enterprise-grade solutions. In this dynamic role, you will leverage both Microsoft and Linux technologies, focusing on automation to drive operational efficiency. You will design and implement innovative solutions, support complex systems, and contribute to high-quality documentation. This position offers flexible working arrangements, allowing you to thrive in a fast-paced environment while solving problems and driving innovation. Join a team dedicated to delivering exceptional value in the Aerospace, Defence, and Security sectors.

Qualifications

• Strong understanding of Microsoft Active Directory design.
• Experience with automation tooling and scripting.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement automation solutions.
• Provide technical support and mentoring during projects.

Skills

Infrastructure Design

Scripting

Automation Tooling

Microsoft Active Directory

Network Security

TCP/IP Networking

Tools

Ansible

Terraform

Puppet

Kubernetes

Azure

AWS

OCI

Job description

Do you want to work in an environment where science and technology is at the forefront of safeguarding the UK?

We are looking for an experienced Infrastructure & Automation Engineer to join our team and play a key role in designing, building, and supporting secure, enterprise-grade solutions. You will work across both Microsoft and Linux technologies in highly available environments and be responsible for leveraging automation to improve delivery and operational efficiency.

This is a hands on technical role requiring a blend of scripting, infrastructure design, and support skills - ideal for someone who thrives in a fast paced environment, enjoys problem solving, and wants to drive innovation through automation.

Must be able to commute to one of our sites in Salisbury or Portsmouth at least 1 day per week.

What you will be doing:

• Designing and implementing solutions that leverage automation capabilities across the account.
• Developing scripts and or configurations that support an infrastructure as code strategy.
• Leverage a DevOps and automation approach to delivering solutions.
• Provide technical support, mentoring and fault resolution during project phases.
• Support our sales teams in a pre-sales function to understand user problems and assist with the definition of technical requirements and potential opportunities.
• Ensure our solutions align to best practice.

What you will bring:

• Strong understanding of Microsoft Active Directory design and implementation in multi-site, multi-tenant architectures.
• Working knowledge and some hands-on experience with automation tooling and scripting.
• Experience supporting the design of complex systems and contributing to high quality design documentation.
• Strong working knowledge of Broadcom and Microsoft virtualisation technologies.
• Knowledge of Network Security and TCP/IP networking.

It would be great if you had:

• Hybrid and multi-cloud experience with Azure, AWS or OCI.
• Anisible, Aria, Terraform, Puppet automation tooling.
• Container technologies (Kubernetes, Tanzu).
• Azure Entra Identity.

If you are interested in this role but not sure if your skills and experience are exactly what we’re looking for, please do apply, we’d love to hear from you!

Although this role is advertised as full-time, we support different ways of working and can offer a range of flexible working arrangements. So, if you’re interested and need to work flexibly, we encourage you to apply and talk to us about what might be possible.

Level of Clearance: DV
Referral Bonus: £1500

Salary offered will be in line with experience and development needs.

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Our Aerospace, Defence and Security business designs, develops and deploys digital solutions that bring clients enduring business value across the UK’s Public and Private sectors. We foster a culture in which employees feel valued and supported, delivering exceptional rates of customer satisfaction in the UK’s most complex safety- and security-critical markets.