Infrastructure Engineer

Salary: £75,000 - 75,000 per year

Requirements:

• We are looking for experienced Infrastructure Engineers with experience across several of the following areas:
• Strong Linux administration skills, preferably Rocky Linux.
• Experience with deployment methods such as Kickstart, PXE, and cloud-init for cloud image builds.
• General Linux skills including shell scripting and automation.
• Experience with server patching, lifecycle management, and performance optimisation.
• Security hardening experience, including CIS benchmarks, SELinux, and OpenSCAP.
• Familiarity with Puppet and Foreman for configuration management, with an interest in migrating to Ansible and cloud-native tooling.
• Experience managing Kubernetes platforms and deploying containerised applications.
• Knowledge of tools such as GitLab, Apache NiFi, HashiCorp Vault, Trend Micro Deep Security Manager, Ivanti device control, and Ansible Tower/AWX.
• Experience with Windows Server administration, deployment, and troubleshooting.
• Strong understanding of Active Directory services, including DNS, DHCP, Certificate Services, and identity management.
• Experience using MECM and WDS for build, deployment, and configuration management.
• Experience installing, managing, and maintaining enterprise server platforms.
• Understanding of Cisco UCS, HyperFlex, and Dell server technologies.
• Storage experience including Dell EMC Unity and Dell PowerVault.
• Exposure to Nutanix Cloud Platform tools such as Prism Central, NKP, NDB, NUS, and Object Store.
• Experience working with Azure and/or AWS cloud platforms.
• Knowledge of Azure VMs, AVD, storage, VNets, Key Vault, Entra ID/AD, Intune, Defender, RBAC, and Functions.
• Understanding of AWS compute, storage, RDS, DynamoDB, VPC, VPN, Direct Connect, IAM, and Organisations.
• Experience using IaC tools such as Terraform, Ansible, Azure Automation, or AWS CDK.
• Ability to work with CI/CD pipelines.
• Scripting skills in Bash, PowerShell, and Python.
• Containerisation and Kubernetes experience is beneficial.

Responsibilities:

• Design, build, maintain, and improve secure and resilient infrastructure across Linux, Windows, hardware, and cloud environments.
• Deploy and maintain Linux servers using Kickstart, PXE, cloud-init, and configuration management tools.
• Manage Active Directory services and support Windows Server estates.
• Implement and maintain enterprise hardware solutions, including Cisco UCS, HyperFlex, Dell servers, and storage platforms.
• Support cloud-based workloads and contribute to cloud architecture design in Azure and AWS.
• Create automation using Terraform, Ansible, CDK, scripts, and pipelines.
• For senior engineers, lead technical workstreams, mentor others, and contribute to infrastructure strategy.

Technologies:

• AWS
• Active Directory
• Ansible
• Azure
• Bash
• CI/CD
• Cloud
• Cisco
• Foreman
• GitLab
• Hardware
• IAM
• Support
• Kubernetes
• Linux
• Nutanix
• PowerShell
• Puppet
• Python
• RBAC
• Security
• Terraform
• Unity
• VPN
• Windows
• GameDev
• Backbone

More:

We are BAE Systems Digital Intelligence, home to 4,500 digital, cyber, and intelligence experts working collaboratively across 10 countries to collect, connect, and understand complex data for governments, nation states, armed forces, and commercial businesses. This Infrastructure Engineer role is based in Gloucester, and we offer hybrid and flexible working arrangements. You will join our National Security business as it continues to grow, working on high-impact clients and contributing to community outreach programmes that support regional cyber and technology skills development. We offer an inclusive culture that values diversity, rewards integrity and merit, and supports reasonable adjustments during recruitment. Hybrid working is embraced across our teams to help us collaborate effectively while balancing work and personal life.

last updated 34 week of 2026