Senior Infrastructure Engineer (SC cleared)
Bristol / Hybrid (3 days onsite / 2 days remote)
6 months initially
Up to 78 per hour Outside IR35
Due to the urgent nature of the role candidates must have current transferrable SC Clearance.
JOB DESCRIPTION
As a Principal Systems Infrastructure Engineer you will typically be working as part of a larger team on the design, development and testing of a classified secure systems, including but not limited to, Information Management Systems, Command and Control systems, Security Monitoring of IT
You will have the ability to take ownership of the engineering delivery of one or more work packages, including the planning, estimation, execution and progress reporting of own workload and that of other team members.
TECHNICAL SKILLS
Must Have
- Window Server 2022 - Group Policy - Security Hardening to frameworks such as CIS/NIST - RHEL Server administration / patching - Veeam Backup VMware Suite (ESXi / vCenter / NSX-T / SDDC)
Nice To Have
- Atlassian suite - jFrog products such as Artifactory / X-Ray - Docker / Kubernetes Bitdefender Gravityzone
Key Responsibility Area
Configuration and administration of system security tools including SIEM systems, IDS/IPS, Endpoint Detection and Response and others
Troubleshooting system issues and faults to diagnose problems and offer proposed solutions.
Implementation of security control measures, including enabling operating system lockdown controls
Development of systems engineering artefacts, including documentation to support the delivery and maintenance of system solutions
Willing and able to mentor others in area of specialism
Provide specialist technical support to the business unit, supporting the project or wider programme (potential involvement in bid development/evaluation)
Work with external third parties such as vendors / resellers, to develop robust & costed solutions
What we are looking for
The ideal candidate will have demonstrable experience within a systems engineering or IT solution delivery role, and preferably working in a secure environment. You will possess a strong all round technical ability with an excellent working knowledge of network and systems infrastructure technologies. An awareness of cyber security capabilities is advantageous.
Desirable Skills, Qualifications & Knowledge
Experience in system build and Virtual environments
Experience in SCCM/MECM
Experience working with APIs to achieve an integration objective between dissimilar systems
Experience of working with both relational and unstructured data using a variety of toolsets across heterogeneous environments and visualisation of such data
Competent in the operation and administration of Unix/Linux and Windows operating systems
Software development using high level languages (C, Java etc)
Infrastructure build experience and Infrastructure as Code
Experience of working with virtualisation technologies
Enterprise Networking & Services (TCP/IP Networks, devices & services (e.g. DHCP/DNS)
Experience with enterprise system monitoring and administration toolsets
Personal Attributes
Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
Ability to work under broad direction, with minimal supervision, in challenging technical environments
Ability to work as part of a team