Senior Systems Engineers

Allscreens Nationwide Ltd; Reading; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Edgewing is seeking Senior / Principal / Systems Engineers to join a Secure Digital Platform (SDP) for sensitive MOD & aerospace programmes. Active SC clearance is essential; on-site Reading with hybrid options. Contract inside IR35, initially 6+ months.

Roles include designing, building and operating secure hybrid infrastructure (Azure + on‑prem), leading Kubernetes/OpenShift platforms, and implementing IaC via Terraform/Bicep/ARM/Ansible. Strong stakeholder comms required.

Qualifications

• MOD/Defence Digital/UK aerospace experience
• 5+ years in infrastructure/cloud/platform engineering
• Container platform experience
• Excellent stakeholder communications

Responsibilities

• Design, build and run secure, resilient hybrid infrastructure (Azure + on-prem)
• Lead/support Azure services, Windows & Linux estate, virtualization, storage and networking
• Deploy and operate Kubernetes and Red Hat OpenShift platforms
• Drive Infrastructure as Code & automation (Terraform/Bicep/ARM/Ansible; PowerShell/Bash/Python)
• Improve monitoring, performance, DR/BCP, and security-by-design controls
• Troubleshoot complex incidents and mentor engineers (Senior/Principal levels)

Skills

Kubernetes

OpenShift

Terraform

Ansible

PowerShell

Python

Bash

Azure

Windows & Linux

Monitoring & DR

Security by design

Infrastructure as Code

Tools

VMware vSphere

Azure DevOps

OpenShift CLI

Git

Job description

Senior / Principal / Systems Engineer - Secure Digital Platform (SDP) | SC Cleared | Reading (Hybrid)

Edgewing is hiring

3x Systems Engineers (Systems / Senior / Principal) to support

sensitive MOD & aerospace programmes.

Active SC clearance is essential, alongside

On-site work in Reading required, with

hybrid/custom working where appropriate. Contract is

inside IR35 and expected to run

6+ months.

What you'll do

• Design, build and run

secure, resilient hybrid infrastructure (Azure + on‑prem)

• Lead/support

Azure services, Windows & Linux estate, virtualisation, storage and networking

• Deploy and operate

Kubernetes and Red Hat OpenShift platforms

• Drive

Infrastructure as Code & automation (e.g., Terraform/Bicep/ARM/Ansible; PowerShell/Bash/Python)

• Improve

monitoring, performance, DR/BCP, and security-by-design controls

• Troubleshoot complex incidents and mentor engineers (Senior/Principal levels)

What we're looking for

MOD / Defence Digital / UK aerospace architecture or engineering experience

5+ years in infrastructure/cloud/platform engineering (Senior/Principal)

• Strong
• Container platform experience (
• Excellent stakeholder comms in

regulated/secure environments

Nice to have: Azure certs, CKA, OpenShift/Red Hat, VMware VCP, ITIL.

If you're

SC cleared and can work

level (Systems/Senior/Principal) and rate expectations.