Lead Infrastructure Engineer - DV

Role: Lead Infrastructure Engineer/Architect (DV)
Location: South West.
Clearance: DV

An opportunity to join a secure delivery team as a hands-on Lead Infrastructure Engineer with strong architectural skills, owning the design and delivery of secure, mission-critical platforms for a major programme.

• Act as senior technical lead, owning end-to-end design and delivery of infrastructure and platform solutions.
• Produce and maintain HLDs and LLDs, translating requirements into clear build, configuration and runbooks for engineering teams.
• Lead and assure technical designs, builds and change requests, ensuring they meet agreed architecture, security and service standards.
• Provide hands-on leadership across build, configuration, integration, automation and troubleshooting activities.
• Work closely with Delivery Managers, Architects, Service & Security Leads and engineers to deliver secure, resilient and supportable platforms into live.
• Mentor engineers, lead technical workstreams and act as a trusted advisor to customer stakeholders, explaining options, risks and trade-offs clearly.
• Identify opportunities to optimise, automate and reduce technical debt across the stack.

• Proven experience as a Lead/Principal Engineer delivering complex, large-scale infrastructure or platform solutions.
• Strong track record owning solutions across the full life cycle (design, build, test, deploy, operate).
• Deep understanding of core IT domains, withhands-on strength in several of:
  • Cloud & infrastructure platforms
  • Networks & connectivity
  • Applications & integration
  • Data (incl. AI/ML)
  • ITSM/ITIL & service operations
  • Cyber security
  • Automation & tooling
• Ability to design and deliver secure, mission-critical systems within time and cost constraints.
• Excellent communication skills; confident engaging senior stakeholders and leading multi-disciplinary technical teams.
• Experience reviewing and assuring technical solutions and designs for major programmes or bids.