Senior Infrastructure Engineer - DV Cleared

ZipRecruiter; Farnborough; On-site; GBP 85,000 - 98,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in Defence & Security is seeking a Senior Infrastructure Engineer to work on critical projects in Farnborough. This role requires DV clearance and involves leading technical teams, maintaining secure environments, and having a significant impact on defence programmes. The position includes excellent benefits and opportunities for personal development.

Qualifications

• Active DV clearance required.
• Experience leading technical teams preferred.
• Willingness to be on-site in Farnborough 4–5 days a week.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and enhance secure, virtualised environments.
• Mentor and guide junior and mid-level engineers.
• Collaborate to improve secure-by-design practices.

Skills

Windows Server administration

VMware vSphere/vCenter/VCF/Hyper-V

Linux (CentOS, RedHat, Ubuntu)

PowerShell scripting

EUD provisioning

Strong communication skills

Proactive mindset

Experience leading small technical teams

Tools

Elastic

Nessus

HashiCorp products

Docker/Kubernetes

Job description

Job Description

Senior Infrastructure Engineer – Defence & Security (DV Cleared)

Location: Farnborough (4–5 days on-site)

Clearance: DV Cleared

Salary: £85k + excellent benefits

Looking to take your infrastructure engineering expertise to the next level while making a meaningful impact on security projects? This is a unique opportunity to work on high-priority, technically challenging programmes within a secure and innovative environment, where your skills and leadership will directly shape mission-critical outcomes for a digital innovations & defence partner with impressive secured growth.

A DV Cleared Senior Infrastructure Engineer is required to join a highly collaborative, on-site team in Farnborough, delivering secure IT systems across multi-classification environments. This is a hands-on technical role with leadership responsibilities, providing an opportunity to mentor and guide a team of junior and mid-level engineers while remaining close to the technology.

You'll have a direct impact on critical defence programmes, enjoy daily access to company leadership with a strong voice in technical direction, benefit from funded personal development and training, and be part of a growing company where you can help shape the journey.

You’ll be maintaining and enhancing secure, virtualised environments across multiple classification levels, leading and mentoring small engineering teams to deliver quality work on tight timelines, supporting infrastructure across public, private, and hybrid clouds, triaging, patching, and monitoring environments in line with security policies, collaborating to improve secure-by-design practices, and contributing to company growth through expertise sharing and bid support.

What you’ll bring:

• Windows Server 2016+ administration and builds
• VMware vSphere/vCenter/VCF/Hyper-V
• Linux (CentOS, RedHat, Ubuntu)
• PowerShell scripting
• EUD provisioning, patching, hardening
• Working within protectively marked environments
• Experience leading small technical teams or a strong willingness to step into a team leadership role
• Strong communication skills and a proactive mindset
• Active DV clearance required
• Willingness to be on-site in Farnborough 4–5 days a week

Bonus if you have:

• Experience with Elastic, Nessus, HashiCorp products, or containerisation (e.g., Docker/Kubernetes)

• Application packaging and SSO operational knowledge

Ready to lead, grow, and work on projects that truly matter? Join a high-performing team and contribute to the future of secure infrastructure delivery.