Infrastructure Engineer

Do you enjoy solving complex technical challenges and want to work in an environment where your expertise genuinely makes a difference? You'll join a supportive team where you'll work with cloud, desktop and infrastructure technologies, helping to keep critical services running smoothly for our Aerospace, Defence and Security clients.

You'll provide second and third line support across a range of technologies, alongside contributing to implementation work such as installation, maintenance and performance optimisation. You'll be part of a collaborative team with a strong focus on knowledge sharing and continuous improvement. This is a hybrid role where you'll be on site in either Glasgow or Gosport two days per week.

What you'll be doing:

• Providing second and third line support for cloud, desktop and infrastructure services.
• Delivering technical implementation work including installation, maintenance and performance optimisation.
• Supporting and administering Windows or Linux servers, Windows 10 and 11, Active Directory and associated technologies.
• Integrating distributed computing hardware and software systems.
• Participating in the on-call rota and occasional shift work.

What you'll bring:

• Experience with Windows or Linux Server, Windows 10 and 11, and Active Directory.
• Strong organisational skills to balance and prioritise workload effectively.
• Experience integrating distributed computing hardware and software systems.
• Ability to work effectively in a team environment that includes on-call support.
• Full driving licence and willingness to travel.

It would be great if you had:

• Experience with Terraform, Ansible or transferable infrastructure-as-code skills.
• Knowledge of Citrix and VMware.
• Experience working with Privileged Access Management (PAM).
• Scripting or coding experience.
• Experience with MECM, WSUS, SolarWinds or similar systems management tools.
• Experience working with cloud environments such as OCI or Azure.

If you're interested in this role but not sure if your skills and experience are exactly what we're looking for, please do apply, we'd love to hear from you!

Employment Type: Full-time, Permanent. Location: Glasgow or Gosport, hybrid - on site two days per week. Security Clearance Level: DV - Must be eligible for DV clearance Internal Recruiter: Rebecca. Salary: Dependent on experience. Benefits: 25 days annual leave with the choice to buy additional days, health cash plan, life assurance and pension.

Although this role is advertised as full-time, we believe that flexibility at work can promote work/life balance, increase your motivation, reduce stress and improves performance and productivity. We support different ways of working and can offer a range of flexible working arrangements. So, if you're interested and need to work flexibly, we encourage you to apply and talk to us about what might be possible.

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Sopra Steria's Aerospace, Defence and Security business designs, develops and deploys digital solutions to Central Government clients. The work we do makes a real difference to the client's goal of National Security, and we operate in a unique and privileged environment. We are given time for professional development activities, and we coach and mentor our colleagues, sharing knowledge and learning from each other. We foster a culture in which employees feel valued and supported and have pride in their work for the customer, delivering outstanding rates of customer satisfaction in the UK's most complex safety- and security-critical markets.

• Experience with Windows or Linux Server, Windows 10 and 11, and Active Directory.
• Strong organisational skills to balance and prioritise workload effectively.
• Experience integrating distributed computing hardware and software systems.
• Ability to work effectively in a team environment that includes on-call support.
• Full driving licence and willingness to travel.

It would be great if you had:

• Experience with Terraform, Ansible or transferable infrastructure-as-code skills.
• Knowledge of Citrix and VMware.
• Experience working with Privileged Access Management (PAM).
• Scripting or coding experience.
• Experience with MECM, WSUS, SolarWinds or similar systems management tools.
• Experience working with cloud environments such as OCI or Azure.

Although this role is advertised as full-time, we believe that flexibility at work can promote work/life balance, increase your motivation, reduce stress and improves performance and productivity. We support different ways of working and can offer a range of flexible working arrangements. So, if you're interested and need to work flexibly, we encourage you to apply and talk to us about what might be possible.

Sopra Steria's Aerospace, Defence and Security business designs, develops and deploys digital solutions to Central Government clients. The work we do makes a real difference to the client's goal of National Security, and we operate in a unique and privileged environment. We are given time for professional development activities, and we coach and mentor our colleagues, sharing knowledge and learning from each other. We foster a culture in which employees feel valued and supported and have pride in their work for the customer, delivering outstanding rates of customer satisfaction in the UK's most complex safety- and security-critical markets.