Lead Infrastructure Engineer - Automation

Sopra Steria Limited; Salisbury; On-site; GBP 58,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading digital solutions provider in the UK is seeking an experienced Infrastructure & Automation Engineer to design and implement automation solutions using both Microsoft and Linux technologies. This role involves scripting, infrastructure design, and providing technical support. Ideal candidates should have a strong understanding of automation tooling and a passion for problem-solving in complex environments.

Benefits

£5,400 car allowance

25 days annual leave

Private medical insurance

Life assurance

Pension plan

Generous flexible benefits fund

Qualifications

• Experience designing and implementing automation solutions.
• Knowledge of Microsoft Active Directory in complex architectures.
• Familiarity with hybrid and multi-cloud environments.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement automation solutions across the account.
• Develop scripts for infrastructure as code strategies.
• Provide technical support and mentoring.

Skills

Scripting

Infrastructure design

Technical support

DevOps methodologies

Problem-solving

Tools

Ansible

Terraform

Kubernetes

Broadcom virtualization

Microsoft virtualization

Job description

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.

Responsibilities

• 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.
• 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.

Nice to Have / Preferred Qualifications

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

About the Company

Sopra Steria's Aerospace, Defence and Security business designs, develops and deploys digital solutions to Central Government clients. The work we do makes a real difference to the client's goal of National Security, and we operate in a unique and privileged environment. We are given time for professional development activities, and we coach and mentor our colleagues, sharing knowledge and learning from each other. We foster a culture in which employees feel valued and supported and have pride in their work for the customer, delivering outstanding rates of customer satisfaction in the UK's most complex safety- and security-critical markets.

We embrace difference as a source of creativity, innovation and competitive advantage and are striving to become a more diverse organisation. We welcome applications from people with a diverse variety of backgrounds and identities. We are committed to equality of opportunity for all and do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, gender, age, disability, sexual orientation or marital status.

We have partnered with Vercida , the UK's largest diversity and inclusion focused careers site, where all our vacancies are available in an accessible format. If you require any adjustments to the recruitment process, to enable you to perform to the best of your ability, please let us know when completing your application. We participate in the Disability Confident scheme and are committed to offering an interview to any candidate with a disability, who meets the minimum criteria for the role. If you believe this could apply to you, please let us know when completing your application.

Compensation & Benefits

£58,828 per year (estimated). Full time. Security Clearance Level: Developed Vetting (DV). Internal Recruiter: Carolyne. Salary: Up to £65k. Benefits include £5,400 car allowance, 25 days annual leave with the option to buy additional days, private medical, life assurance, pension, and generous flexible benefits fund. This role is advertised as full-time, but we believe that flexibility at work can promote work/life balance, increase your motivation, reduce stress and improve performance and productivity.