Lead Infrastructure Engineer - Automation

Sopra Steria Ltd; Salisbury; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology services company is seeking an experienced Infrastructure & Automation Engineer in Salisbury. This role entails designing and supporting automated solutions in both Microsoft and Linux environments. The ideal candidate will have strong skills in Active Directory, automation tooling, and network security. A flexible work arrangement is offered, along with competitive pay and an extensive benefits package.

Benefits

£5,400 car allowance

25 days annual leave

Private medical insurance

Life assurance

Pension

Flexible benefits fund

Qualifications

• Strong understanding of Microsoft Active Directory design and implementation.
• Experience supporting complex systems and producing design documentation.
• Knowledge of Network Security and TCP/IP networking.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement automation-driven solutions.
• Develop scripts for infrastructure as code.
• Provide technical support and mentoring during projects.

Skills

Microsoft Active Directory

Automation tooling

Scripting

Broadcom and Microsoft virtualization

Tools

Ansible

Terraform

Kubernetes

Job description

Overview

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.

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.

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.

Nice to have

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

Additional information

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!

Employment Type: Full-time
Location: Salisbury OR Portsmouth
Security Clearance Level: To be eligible for Developed Vetting (DV)
Internal Recruiter: Carolyne
Salary: Up to £65k
Benefits: £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

Although this role is advertised as full-time, we believe that flexibility at work can promote work/life balance, increase your motivation, reduce stress and improves performance and productivity. 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.

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.