Infrastructure Engineer (Cloud)

Location: Full-time on site in London, United Kingdom

Salary: £550–£600 per day; Inside IR35; 12-month initial contract.

Company

hirify.global is recruiting for a global IT services and technology consultancy supporting a highly secure UK public-sector organisation in the national security sector.

What you will do

• Administer and engineer enterprise virtualisation platforms including VMware vSphere, VCF, vSAN, SRM, and Aria.
• Support Azure and cloud infrastructure alongside Windows Server, Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, Group Policy, and SQL infrastructure.
• Manage Linux environments, networking, firewalls, routing, storage, backup, and disaster recovery capabilities.
• Automate infrastructure administration using Ansible/AWX, Puppet, PowerShell, PowerCLI, and Infrastructure as Code.
• Maintain end-user computing platforms, including Omnissa Horizon, Workspace ONE, MECM/SCCM, and gold images.

Requirements

• Active SC or DV security clearance is mandatory; candidates without existing active clearance will not be considered.
• Strong experience in Infrastructure Engineering, Systems Engineering, or a closely related discipline.
• Broad understanding of enterprise infrastructure environments.
• Experience across a combination of Windows, Linux, virtualisation, networking, storage, or backup technologies.
• Ability to work full-time on site in London.

Nice to have

• Active SC clearance can be supported with an uplift to DV once in post.
• Exposure to modern cloud platforms, automation, containerisation, and Infrastructure as Code.

Culture & Benefits

• Long-term 12-month initial contract supporting a highly secure UK public-sector environment.
• Full-time on-site working arrangement in London.
• Inside IR35 contract with a £550–£600 daily rate.

Hiring process

• Submit a latest CV for a confidential discussion.
• Active SC or DV clearance must already be held before consideration.