Lead Linux Infrastructure Architect | Hybrid, DV Clearance

Sopra Steria Ltd; Salisbury; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 105,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days annual leave

Health cash plan

Life assurance

Pension plan

Car allowance

Flex benefit

Job summary

Sopra Steria Ltd in Salisbury/Portsmouth is seeking a Linux Infrastructure & Platform Architect to own the design, automation, and evolution of enterprise-scale platforms across HPC, cloud, and containerised environments.

This hands-on leadership role combines architecture, engineering and automation to deliver resilient, secure solutions. DV clearance eligibility is required and hybrid working with on-site days is offered.

Qualifications

• Extensive Linux infrastructure administration experience (RHEL/Ubuntu/Rocky).
• Proven HPC platform design and performance tuning.
• Security-focused with virtualization, storage, and networking expertise.
• DV clearance eligibility is required.

Responsibilities

• Lead design, admin, optimize large-scale Linux environments.
• Architect HPC platforms including compute, storage, scheduling.
• Design and manage container/orchestration platforms.
• Drive technical design and infrastructure transformation.
• Collaborate across DevOps, Security, and CTO teams.

Skills

Linux administration

HPC platforms

Container orchestration

Ansible automation

Cloud platforms

Virtualisation

Stakeholder management

Documentation & delivery

Tools

Docker

Podman

Kubernetes

OpenShift

VMware

Nutanix

Slurm

Puppet

Job description

Sopra Steria Ltd in Salisbury/Portsmouth is seeking a Linux Infrastructure & Platform Architect to own the design, automation, and evolution of enterprise-scale platforms across HPC, cloud, and containerised environments.

This hands-on leadership role combines architecture, engineering and automation to deliver resilient, secure solutions. DV clearance eligibility is required and hybrid working with on-site days is offered.