Senior Infrastructure Engineer - Outside IR35 / MOD / Defence - High Security Clearance
£550-£600 per day Outside IR35 (expenses if required)
Somerset | On-site
DV Cleared
Are you an Infrastructure Engineer with strong hands-on experience across networking, storage, virtualisation and Windows infrastructure?
This is a contract role working on the build and deployment of infrastructure within a highly secure Defence environment in Somerset. You'll be working across the physical and virtual infrastructure stack, including Cisco Nexus networking, NetApp storage, Hyper-V, VMware and Windows Server.
This is a hands-on engineering position, suited to someone comfortable building, configuring and hardening infrastructure rather than purely supporting an established environment.
The role
Working alongside infrastructure engineers and architects, you'll be responsible for areas including:
Configuring and hardening Cisco Nexus Leaf/Spine network infrastructure
Initialising and presenting NetApp storage, including data-at-rest encryption
Building and hardening Hyper-V clusters for core services including AD, DNS and PKI
Supporting the integration and enablement of VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF)
Working with HSM/KMS appliances and hardware-based cryptographic systems
Supporting key management and key ceremony activities
Building and configuring Windows Server 2022/2025 environments
Completing physical infrastructure installation, including rack-and-stack and secure cabling
Working to the security and engineering standards required within a Defence environmentWhat you'll need
You'll need strong infrastructure engineering experience, ideally including:
Cisco Nexus or equivalent enterprise networking technologies
NetApp ONTAP or comparable enterprise storage
Hyper-V deployment within highly available environments
VMware Cloud Foundation, ideally VCF 5+
Windows Server 2022/2025
Understanding of AD, DNS and PKI
Experience with HSM/KMS technologies would be beneficial
Experience delivering physical infrastructure, including rack-and-stack and cablingDue to the nature of the project, you'll need to have active DV Clearance.
If your background covers networking, storage and virtualisation and you're comfortable delivering infrastructure hands-on within a secure Defence environment, this is an opportunity to work across the full infrastructure build rather than being limited to one technology area
