Lead Infrastructure Engineer (Hardware and Platforms)

Sopra Steria Ltd; Hemel Hempstead; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 74,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking a Lead Infrastructure Engineer to design and deploy enterprise hardware platforms for a high-security, multi-site system. The role involves hands-on work with hardware and requires active SC clearance. Join a proactive team focused on delivering robust systems.

Benefits

Car Allowance

25 Days Annual Leave

Private Medical

Life Assurance

Pension

Flexible Benefits Fund

Qualifications

• Active SC Clearance and eligible for DV Clearance.
• Strong hands-on experience managing and configuring storage platforms.
• Expertise in NAS arrays, RAID, and fault-tolerant solutions.

Responsibilities

• Designing and deploying multi-site enterprise hardware platforms.
• Creating design artefacts including datacentre layouts and rack configurations.
• Documenting low-level designs and disaster recovery instructions.

Skills

Storage Management

Virtualisation

Networking

Tools

PowerShell

Ansible

Terraform

Job description

Are you ready to take the lead in shaping the infrastructure behind an innovative greenfield enterprise system?

We’re looking for a Lead Infrastructure Engineer – Hardware & Platforms to take charge of designing and deploying the physical backbone of a high-security, multi-site platform. You’ll play a key role in driving the technical delivery of our platform services, working hands-on with enterprise hardware in a highly collaborative and supportive environment.

You’ll be joining a team that thrives on precision, structure, and solving complex challenges. The culture is proactive and delivery-focused, with a strong emphasis on working together, sharing knowledge, and delivering robust, secure systems to meet critical requirements.

What you'll be doing:

• Designing and deploying multi-site enterprise hardware platforms using COTS servers, storage, and networking.
• Creating design artefacts including datacentre layouts, rack configurations, and cabling schematics.
• Specifying and managing hardware components across the delivery lifecycle.
• Documenting low-level designs, procedures, and disaster recovery instructions.
• Acting as the go-to expert for all hardware and datacentre-related matters.
• Supporting the implementation and integration of hardware within secure environments.

What you’ll bring:

• Active SC Clearance and eligible for DV Clearance.
• Strong hands-on experience managing and configuring storage platforms.
• Expertise in NAS arrays, RAID, storage replication, and fault-tolerant solutions.
• Solid understanding of enterprise hardware installation and resilient design principles.
• Proficiency in virtualisation technologies including VMware and vSphere.
• Knowledge of networking as it relates to Windows Server/Clients and virtual environments.
• Familiarity with modern cabling standards and best practices.

It would be great if you had:

• Dell EMC technical certifications.
• Experience with infrastructure automation tools such as PowerShell, Ansible and Terraform.
• Understanding of datacentre power and cooling requirements.
• Knowledge of secure environments and security regulations such as JSP 440 or SCIDA.
• Experience with monitoring tools like SCOM or SolarWinds.

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, Permanent

Location:Hemel Hempstead

Security Clearance Level:Must hold active SC clearance as a minimum be DV eligible.

Internal Recruiter:Annecia

Salary:up to £74,000

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.

Loved reading about this job and want to know more about us?

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 havepartnered withVercida, 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 knowwhen completingyour 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.