Senior Infrastructure Integration Engineer

Synechron; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Synechron is seeking a Senior Infrastructure Integration Engineer in Glasgow to design, secure, integrate, and support large-scale server infrastructure.

The role emphasizes Linux and Python, distributed systems, and production operations with hands-on engineering, ownership, and problem-solving in a high-impact environment.

Qualifications

• Experience administering Linux in enterprise or large-scale production environments.
• Strong Python development skills for production code.
• Knowledge of distributed systems and safe infrastructure changes.
• Experience with CI/CD, automated testing, and deployment automation.
• Ability to develop test plans and validation procedures.

Responsibilities

• Remediate security vulnerabilities across infrastructure, automation, and platform codebases.
• Design and implement secure, scalable, maintainable, and production-ready solutions.
• Integrate vendor, open-source, and internally developed technologies into enterprise infrastructure platforms.
• Develop and maintain automation using Python and related tooling.
• Build and enhance CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, release validation, and deployment processes.
• Create test plans and validation procedures for security, configuration, and platform changes.
• Validate changes in lab and pre-production environments before production rollout.
• Assess technical risk and minimize stability impact across complex distributed systems.
• Troubleshoot issues across Linux, infrastructure services, networking, automation, and application integration points.
• Collaborate with engineering, operations, cybersecurity, and application teams to drive remediation and delivery.
• Participate in architecture reviews, code reviews, technical planning, and documentation.
• Improve platform reliability, security posture, automation maturity, and engineering practices.

Skills

Linux admin

Python development

Distributed systems

Security remediation

Troubleshooting

Tools

Ansible

SaltStack

VMware ESXi

CI/CD

Automation tooling

Job description

Synechron is a global technology consulting firm that helps leading organizations accelerate digital transformation through innovation, expertise, and agility. With more than 16,500 professionals across around 60 offices in over 20 countries, we combine deep industry knowledge with advanced capabilities in AI, cloud, cybersecurity, and data engineering. Our regional teams, supported by strategic delivery centers, provide scalable, cost-efficient solutions tailored to local markets. Through our award-winning Synechron FinLabs accelerators and strategic partnerships with AWS, Microsoft, Databricks, Salesforce, and ServiceNow, we enable clients to innovate fast and lead with confidence. For more information on the company, please visit our website or LinkedIn community.

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion:

Diversity & Inclusion are fundamental to our culture, and Synechron is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and an affirmative-action employer. Our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiative ‘Same Difference’ is committed to fostering an inclusive culture – promoting equality, diversity and an environment that is respectful to all. We strongly believe that a diverse workforce helps build stronger, successful businesses as a global company. We encourage applicants from across diverse backgrounds, race, ethnicities, religion, age, marital status, gender, sexual orientations, or disabilities to apply. We empower our global workforce by offering flexible workplace arrangements, mentoring, internal mobility, learning and development programs, and more.

All employment decisions at Synechron are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to the applicant’s gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, disabled or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Job Description:

Our Infrastructure-as-a-Service Engineering team is seeking a Senior Infrastructure Integration Engineer to design, secure, integrate, and support large-scale global physical and virtual server infrastructure.

This role is ideal for an experienced infrastructure engineer with strong Linux and Python expertise and a deep understanding of distributed systems, automation, security remediation, and production operations.

You will work across infrastructure platforms and automation codebases to remediate vulnerabilities, harden systems, improve test coverage, and deliver safe, reliable production changes. This is a hands-on engineering role requiring strong technical judgment, ownership, and the ability to solve complex problems in a high-impact environment.

What You’ll Do:

• Remediate security vulnerabilities across infrastructure, automation, and platform codebases.
• Design and implement secure, scalable, maintainable, and production-ready solutions.
• Integrate vendor, open-source, and internally developed technologies into enterprise infrastructure platforms.
• Develop and maintain automation using Python and related tooling.
• Build and enhance CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, release validation, and deployment processes.
• Create test plans and validation procedures for security, configuration, and platform changes.
• Validate changes in lab and pre-production environments before production rollout.
• Assess technical risk and minimize stability impact across complex distributed systems.
• Troubleshoot issues across Linux, infrastructure services, networking, automation, and application integration points.
• Collaborate with engineering, operations, cybersecurity, and application teams to drive remediation and delivery.
• Participate in architecture reviews, code reviews, technical planning, and documentation.
• Improve platform reliability, security posture, automation maturity, and engineering practices.

What You Bring:

• Strong experience administering and troubleshooting Linux systems in enterprise or large-scale production environments.
• Strong Python development skills with experience writing robust, maintainable production code.
• Practical knowledge of distributed systems and safe infrastructure change management.
• Experience with CI/CD, automated testing frameworks, release engineering, and deployment automation.
• Ability to develop practical test plans, validation procedures, and production rollout strategies.
• Experience with vulnerability remediation, secure coding, system hardening, and security scanning.
• Strong troubleshooting skills across operating systems, infrastructure platforms, networking, and integration points.
• Understanding of operational risk and the impact of infrastructure changes in production.
• Ability to work independently, take ownership, and drive complex technical issues through resolution.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to explain technical risks and recommendations clearly.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with Perl in addition to Python.
• Experience with infrastructure-as-code and configuration management tools such as Ansible, SaltStack, or similar.
• Experience with VMware ESXi, virtualization, private cloud, or server infrastructure platforms.
• Experience with vulnerability management platforms, security scanning tools, remediation workflows, and audit/compliance requirements.
• Familiarity with APIs, infrastructure-as-code principles, DevOps practices, and platform engineering.

Why Join Us?

Join a team responsible for building and securing critical infrastructure at scale. You will solve complex engineering and security challenges while improving platform reliability, automation, and operational excellence.