Senior Infrastructure Engineer

Accelero; Reading; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Accelero is seeking a Senior Infrastructure Automation Engineer to design, build and automate enterprise infrastructure, with remote-based work and occasional hybrid client travel. The role requires deep automation expertise, particularly with Ansible, and hands-on experience across Windows/Linux, networking and cloud platforms.

You will contribute to technical design, documentation and delivery, work with architects and customers, and drive automation-first improvements to resilience, security

Qualifications

• Experience designing and operating enterprise infrastructure.
• Proficient in automation and configuration management.
• Strong networking knowledge (DNS, TCP/IP, routing, firewalls).
• Hands-on with Ansible and cloud platforms (Azure/AWS).
• Experience in regulated environments and working with customers.

Responsibilities

• Design, build and support enterprise infrastructure environments.
• Develop and maintain automation and orchestration with Ansible.
• Automate deployment, configuration and operations.
• Support cloud and hybrid infrastructure platforms.
• Contribute to technical designs and customer deliverables.
• Engage with stakeholders to understand requirements and deliver solutions.
• Promote best practices in security and reliability through automation.

Skills

Infra engineering

Networking fundamentals

Automation & orchestration

Infrastructure automation

Scripting (PowerShell/Python/Bash)

Technical design & documentation

Stakeholder engagement

Security clearance

Consultancy experience

Tools

Ansible

VMware

Kubernetes/OpenShift

Azure

AWS

PowerShell

Python

Bash

Job description

Senior Infrastructure Automation Engineer | Remote-based with hybrid client travel | £70,000 - £80,000

Accelero are working with an established technology consultancy, that is seeking a Senior Infrastructure Automation Engineer to join its growing engineering function.

Working on complex and secure technology programmes, you'll play a key role in designing, building and automating enterprise infrastructure environments. This position would suit an experienced Infrastructure, Platform or Systems Engineer with strong automation and orchestration expertise, particularly within Ansible.

This is a hands-on engineering role requiring deep technical knowledge across infrastructure, networking and automation, with opportunities to contribute to technical design, customer engagement and solution delivery.

The Role

You will be responsible for designing, implementing and supporting modern infrastructure platforms while driving automation and orchestration across complex environments.

Working alongside architects, engineers and stakeholders, you'll help deliver resilient, scalable and secure solutions whilst reducing manual operational effort through automation-first approaches.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, build and support enterprise infrastructure environments.
• Develop and maintain infrastructure automation and orchestration solutions using Ansible.
• Automate system deployment, configuration and operational processes.
• Support cloud and hybrid infrastructure platforms.
• Contribute to technical design documentation and solution development.
• Work closely with customers and stakeholders to understand requirements and deliver technical solutions.
• Identify opportunities to improve efficiency, resilience and service delivery through automation.
• Promote infrastructure best practice, security and operational excellence.

Skills & Experience

We're particularly interested in individuals with experience in:

• Enterprise infrastructure engineering across Windows and/or Linux environments.
• Strong networking fundamentals including DNS, TCP/IP, routing, firewalls and network architecture.
• Ansible automation and orchestration.
• Infrastructure automation and configuration management.
• Virtualisation technologies such as VMware.
• Azure and/or AWS cloud platforms.
• Scripting experience using PowerShell, Python or Bash.
• Technical design, documentation and stakeholder engagement.
• Kubernetes, OpenShift or container platform experience.
• Experience within Defence, Government or other highly regulated environments.
• Active SC or DV Clearance.
• Previous consultancy experience.