Infrastructure Automation Engineer - SC Cleared

Infrastructure Automation Engineer

+6 months

+Hybrid working in Corsham 2 days a week on site

+SC cleared role - current active clearance is essential

+£550 - £625 a day

+Inside IR35

Key Skills:

+ Strong Infrastructure background

+ Scripting in Powershell, PHP and Javascript

Key Responsibilities

• Build, harden, and maintain automated deployment, provisioning, and monitoring pipelines.

• Design secure, scalable infrastructure using IaC tools such as Terraform, Ansible, and friends.

• Develop and refine CI/CD processes that deliver fast, stable, zero-nonsense releases.

• Manage cloud and hybrid environments with a strong focus on security and compliance.

• Work closely with engineering teams, including those using PHP and JavaScript, to streamline delivery and ensure smooth integration across systems.

• Support containerized environments (Docker, Kubernetes) with military-grade stability.

• Diagnose issues across the stack-ideally before anyone in uniform even hears about them.

Skills & Experience

• Solid experience with Infrastructure as Code frameworks.

• Strong Linux, networking, and cloud architecture expertise.

• Hands-on experience supporting applications in PHP and JavaScript environments.

• Strong Scripting skills (Python, Bash, etc.).

• Comfort working in high-security, high-accountability settings.

• Ability to automate repetitive tasks out of pure principle.

The following experience is beneficial:

• Previous work within the UK public sector, ideally Defence or Defence Digital (formerly ISS)

• Experience delivering accredited secure solutions within UK Government environments