Lead Infrastructure Engineer - Automation

Sopra Steria Group; Salisbury; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking an experienced Infrastructure & Automation Engineer in Salisbury or Portsmouth. This hands-on technical role involves designing enterprise-grade solutions using Microsoft and Linux technologies, emphasizing automation and innovation. The role also offers flexible working arrangements, fostering a culture of inclusivity and support.

Qualifications

• Strong understanding of automation tooling and scripting required.
• Experience with Azure, AWS or OCI is beneficial.
• Familiarity with DevOps approaches is essential.

Responsibilities

• Designing and implementing automated solutions.
• Developing scripts for infrastructure as code.
• Providing technical support and mentoring.

Skills

Microsoft Active Directory design

Automation tooling and scripting

Design of complex systems

Network Security

TCP/IP networking

Tools

Ansible

Terraform

Docker

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 andexperience are exactly what we’re looking for, please do apply, we’d love tohear from you!

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

Level of Clearance: DV
Referral Bonus: £1500

Salaryoffered will be in line with experience and development needs.

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OurAerospace, Defence and Security business designs, develops and deploys digitalsolutions that bring clients enduring business value across the UK’s Public andPrivate sectors. We foster a culture in which employees feel valued andsupported, delivering exceptional rates of customer satisfaction in the UK’smost complex safety- and security-critical markets.