Blargoans Limited is offering a 12-month contract for a Senior Administrator in Caithness. This role involves providing senior administrative support within the Vetting Office. The candidate will manage personnel security processes, oversee access control systems, and collaborate with national security partners. Strong administrative skills and compliance experience are essential. The starting salary ranges from £33,045 to £38,000 based on experience, with a 37.9-hour workweek and 25 days annual leave.
06/06/2026
Full time
Blargoans Limited is offering a 12-month contract for a Senior Administrator in Caithness. This role involves providing senior administrative support within the Vetting Office. The candidate will manage personnel security processes, oversee access control systems, and collaborate with national security partners. Strong administrative skills and compliance experience are essential. The starting salary ranges from £33,045 to £38,000 based on experience, with a 37.9-hour workweek and 25 days annual leave.
Blargoans Ltdhave 12-month contract opportunity for a Senior Administrator to work within our client's facility in Caithness. What you will be doing In this key role, you will provide senior administrative support to the Vetting Office, ensuring all personnel security processes run smoothly, meet the highest quality standards, and are delivered on time. You'll take ownership of vital vetting workflows, maintain high assurance systems, collaborate with national security partners, and guide the team in delivering a trusted, compliant and efficient service. You'll help deliver a robust personnel security service, managing end to end vetting activity, overseeing our access control systems, and ensuring compliance with HMG and ONR standards. Acting as a knowledgeable and trusted specialist, you'll support complex enquiries, maintain strong relationships with key stakeholders, and drive continuous improvement across our processes while providing hands on administrative support. Key responsibilities will include Manage vetting, aftercare and the Automated Access Control System (AACS), providing expert oversight and reporting. Verify sensitive documentation and data in line with HMG and ONR requirements, maintaining accurate procedures and records. Act as the specialist contact for complex vetting matters, building strong partnerships with UKSV, ONR and internal stakeholders. Support and guide the vetting team, delivering training, supervision and delegated decision making where required. What you will bring You will bring strong administrative expertise, a high level of professionalism, and the ability to work with discretion in a regulated and fast moving environment. You'll balance accuracy with efficiency, demonstrate confidence using systems and databases, and show calm competence under pressure, all while maintaining the highest standards of confidentiality and integrity. To succeed, you'll have solid administrative experience, strong IT skills, excellent communication abilities and a keen eye for detail. You'll be comfortable managing multiple priorities, working both independently and as part of a close-knit team, and ideally bring experience from a compliance driven or security regulated setting. Relevant administrative experience, strong IT skills (including Excel), and confidence with databases and systems. Excellent written and verbal communication, accuracy, and the ability to maintain strict confidentiality. Ability to manage changing priorities, work independently, and deliver high quality outputs in a demanding environment. Experience in security, nuclear, or regulated compliance settings. SC/DV clearance or eligibility is desirable. Terms and Conditions Basic Annual Income - Starting salary of £33,045, to a maximum of £38,000 depending on experience. Working Hours - 37.9 hours per week, Monday to Friday, with every third Friday as a non working day. Annual Holiday Entitlement - 25 days annual leave, 8 public holidays, 2.5 privilege holidays Contract Duration - 12 month contract. Security Clearance - The successful candidate will be required to undergo security clearance checks.
06/06/2026
Full time
Blargoans Ltdhave 12-month contract opportunity for a Senior Administrator to work within our client's facility in Caithness. What you will be doing In this key role, you will provide senior administrative support to the Vetting Office, ensuring all personnel security processes run smoothly, meet the highest quality standards, and are delivered on time. You'll take ownership of vital vetting workflows, maintain high assurance systems, collaborate with national security partners, and guide the team in delivering a trusted, compliant and efficient service. You'll help deliver a robust personnel security service, managing end to end vetting activity, overseeing our access control systems, and ensuring compliance with HMG and ONR standards. Acting as a knowledgeable and trusted specialist, you'll support complex enquiries, maintain strong relationships with key stakeholders, and drive continuous improvement across our processes while providing hands on administrative support. Key responsibilities will include Manage vetting, aftercare and the Automated Access Control System (AACS), providing expert oversight and reporting. Verify sensitive documentation and data in line with HMG and ONR requirements, maintaining accurate procedures and records. Act as the specialist contact for complex vetting matters, building strong partnerships with UKSV, ONR and internal stakeholders. Support and guide the vetting team, delivering training, supervision and delegated decision making where required. What you will bring You will bring strong administrative expertise, a high level of professionalism, and the ability to work with discretion in a regulated and fast moving environment. You'll balance accuracy with efficiency, demonstrate confidence using systems and databases, and show calm competence under pressure, all while maintaining the highest standards of confidentiality and integrity. To succeed, you'll have solid administrative experience, strong IT skills, excellent communication abilities and a keen eye for detail. You'll be comfortable managing multiple priorities, working both independently and as part of a close-knit team, and ideally bring experience from a compliance driven or security regulated setting. Relevant administrative experience, strong IT skills (including Excel), and confidence with databases and systems. Excellent written and verbal communication, accuracy, and the ability to maintain strict confidentiality. Ability to manage changing priorities, work independently, and deliver high quality outputs in a demanding environment. Experience in security, nuclear, or regulated compliance settings. SC/DV clearance or eligibility is desirable. Terms and Conditions Basic Annual Income - Starting salary of £33,045, to a maximum of £38,000 depending on experience. Working Hours - 37.9 hours per week, Monday to Friday, with every third Friday as a non working day. Annual Holiday Entitlement - 25 days annual leave, 8 public holidays, 2.5 privilege holidays Contract Duration - 12 month contract. Security Clearance - The successful candidate will be required to undergo security clearance checks.
Introduction At IBM Consulting UK FutureNow, you'll build a career at the forefront of hybrid cloud and AI, working with leading clients across the public and private sectors. You'll collaborate with top industry professionals, gain hands on experience with cutting edge technologies, and deliver solutions that create real business impact. From day one, you'll work on meaningful, high profile programmes that stretch your skills and accelerate your growth. We invest heavily in you-supporting continuous learning, in-demand skills development, and long term career progression. You'll thrive in a flexible, inclusive environment that values curiosity, encourages reinvention, and recognises what makes you unique. We offer Tools and policies to support your work life balance from flexible working approaches, sabbatical programs, paid paternity leave, maternity leave and an innovative maternity returners scheme. More traditional benefits, such as 25 days holiday (in addition to public holidays), private medical, dental & optical cover, online shopping discounts, an Employee Assistance Program, life assurance and a group pension plan through salary sacrifice. Your role and responsibilities We are seeking a Senior AWS DevOps Engineer with public sector and consulting experience to join IBM and help drive our DevOps initiatives. In this role, you will lead smaller projects, mentor junior engineers, and contribute to shaping IBM's technical direction in modern DevOps practices. You will also be involved throughout the full DevOps lifecycle, with a focus on automating and streamlining software delivery pipelines using current tools and methodologies. Responsibilities Work with infrastructure as code (IaC) tools such as Terraform and CloudFormation. Configure and maintain monitoring and alerting solutions using tools like Prometheus, Grafana, or Nagios. Manage log collection and aggregation platforms such as the ELK Stack or Splunk. Apply security best practices in line with DevOps principles. Implement and maintain Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) processes. Required technical and professional expertise Proven experience in DevOps practices, including designing, implementing, and maintaining CI/CD pipelines using AWS services such as CodePipeline, CodeBuild, CodeDeploy, and CloudFormation. Strong scripting and automation skills using Bash and Python; experience developing infrastructure and deployment automation for AWS environments. Hands on experience with containerization technologies, including building, managing, and deploying Docker containers and orchestrating workloads using Kubernetes (EKS preferred). Solid understanding of cloud architecture and operations with deep exposure to AWS services (EC2, ECS/EKS, Lambda, S3, IAM, VPC, CloudWatch). Excellent knowledge of Git and Git based workflows, supporting collaborative development and automated deployment processes. Experienced in identifying, analyzing, and remediating security vulnerabilities across cloud infrastructure, containerized environments, and CI/CD pipelines (e.g., using AWS Security Hub, GuardDuty, ECR scanning, or SAST/DAST tools). This role is subject to pre employment screening in line with the UK Government's Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS). An additional range of Personal Security Controls referred to as National Security Vetting (NVS) may apply, this could include meeting the eligibility requirements for the enhanced Security Check (eSC) or enhanced Developed Vetting (eDV). Preferred technical and professional experience Experience with CI/CD tools (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, CircleCI). Familiarity with configuration management tools (e.g., Ansible, Puppet, Chef). Knowledge of infrastructure as code (IaC) tools (e.g., Terraform, CloudFormation). Experience with monitoring and logging tools (e.g., Prometheus, ELK Stack, Datadog). Passion for continuous learning and professional development. Desirable Certifications AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate AWS Certified DevOps Engineer - Professional AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional AWS Certified SysOps Administrator - Associate IBM is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, caste, genetics, pregnancy, disability, neurodivergence, age, veteran status, or other characteristics. IBM is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.
05/06/2026
Full time
Introduction At IBM Consulting UK FutureNow, you'll build a career at the forefront of hybrid cloud and AI, working with leading clients across the public and private sectors. You'll collaborate with top industry professionals, gain hands on experience with cutting edge technologies, and deliver solutions that create real business impact. From day one, you'll work on meaningful, high profile programmes that stretch your skills and accelerate your growth. We invest heavily in you-supporting continuous learning, in-demand skills development, and long term career progression. You'll thrive in a flexible, inclusive environment that values curiosity, encourages reinvention, and recognises what makes you unique. We offer Tools and policies to support your work life balance from flexible working approaches, sabbatical programs, paid paternity leave, maternity leave and an innovative maternity returners scheme. More traditional benefits, such as 25 days holiday (in addition to public holidays), private medical, dental & optical cover, online shopping discounts, an Employee Assistance Program, life assurance and a group pension plan through salary sacrifice. Your role and responsibilities We are seeking a Senior AWS DevOps Engineer with public sector and consulting experience to join IBM and help drive our DevOps initiatives. In this role, you will lead smaller projects, mentor junior engineers, and contribute to shaping IBM's technical direction in modern DevOps practices. You will also be involved throughout the full DevOps lifecycle, with a focus on automating and streamlining software delivery pipelines using current tools and methodologies. Responsibilities Work with infrastructure as code (IaC) tools such as Terraform and CloudFormation. Configure and maintain monitoring and alerting solutions using tools like Prometheus, Grafana, or Nagios. Manage log collection and aggregation platforms such as the ELK Stack or Splunk. Apply security best practices in line with DevOps principles. Implement and maintain Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) processes. Required technical and professional expertise Proven experience in DevOps practices, including designing, implementing, and maintaining CI/CD pipelines using AWS services such as CodePipeline, CodeBuild, CodeDeploy, and CloudFormation. Strong scripting and automation skills using Bash and Python; experience developing infrastructure and deployment automation for AWS environments. Hands on experience with containerization technologies, including building, managing, and deploying Docker containers and orchestrating workloads using Kubernetes (EKS preferred). Solid understanding of cloud architecture and operations with deep exposure to AWS services (EC2, ECS/EKS, Lambda, S3, IAM, VPC, CloudWatch). Excellent knowledge of Git and Git based workflows, supporting collaborative development and automated deployment processes. Experienced in identifying, analyzing, and remediating security vulnerabilities across cloud infrastructure, containerized environments, and CI/CD pipelines (e.g., using AWS Security Hub, GuardDuty, ECR scanning, or SAST/DAST tools). This role is subject to pre employment screening in line with the UK Government's Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS). An additional range of Personal Security Controls referred to as National Security Vetting (NVS) may apply, this could include meeting the eligibility requirements for the enhanced Security Check (eSC) or enhanced Developed Vetting (eDV). Preferred technical and professional experience Experience with CI/CD tools (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, CircleCI). Familiarity with configuration management tools (e.g., Ansible, Puppet, Chef). Knowledge of infrastructure as code (IaC) tools (e.g., Terraform, CloudFormation). Experience with monitoring and logging tools (e.g., Prometheus, ELK Stack, Datadog). Passion for continuous learning and professional development. Desirable Certifications AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate AWS Certified DevOps Engineer - Professional AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional AWS Certified SysOps Administrator - Associate IBM is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, caste, genetics, pregnancy, disability, neurodivergence, age, veteran status, or other characteristics. IBM is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.
Help us to make a world of difference Urenco is a global leader in the production of low carbon energy. We work at the cutting edge of the transition to a sustainable, net zero world. We re looking for a fixed term contract Time and Attendance System Analyst. Based at our Capenhurst site you ll provide comprehensive support for the Time and Attendance system, from initial implementation to successful ongoing adoption of the system at Capenhurst. The Time and Attendance System Coordinator plays a crucial role in maintaining the integrity and efficiency of the organisation's time-tracking processes, contributing to smooth operations, informing Senior Management in their understanding of hours worked, accurate payroll management and activity costings. At Urenco we re committed to giving you opportunities to be your best. If you feel you meet some, but not all of what we're looking for, please still apply. We believe in embracing the passion and potential of our people, and to achieve this we offer market leading training and development experiences. Along with the opportunity to be mentored and coached by some of the smartest minds in the industry. What you ll do: Providing pragmatic and useful advice, guidance and support to the Time and Attendance process, working with the Time and Attendance Manager, across the following work fronts: System development and maintenance Reporting including time, job costing, absence and holidays Communications Process and Training development, amendment, roll out Continuous Improvement of all of the above. Support the development and implementation of solutions and processes which are: a fit for purpose take the best from both internal and external working ensure compliance with legislative, regulatory and company policy standards are practical to apply across Capenhurst. Provide day-to-day co-ordination and support to Time and Attendance System deliverables, including but not limited to scheduling briefings / focus groups / workshops, collating and synthesising feedback, producing summary insights and driving actions and delivery of improvements. Work collaboratively with colleagues to identify improvement opportunities and sharing of best practices across Time and Attendance Systems. Maintain delivery plans, system risk assessments and status reports to effectively support management of the Time and Attendance Business system and reporting Be a driver for change, providing a positive influence across Capenhurst in terms of Time and Attendance, standards and behaviours. Identify business risks and barriers to change adoption and identify/manage mitigations. Support the development of clear roles and responsibilities for users, managers, project manager, departmental administrators etc, which include knowledge transfer, reinforcement, and the ongoing ownership and monitoring of successful role delivery. What do you need to thrive in this role? Expected to have diverse range of skills capable of delivering across a range of topics with understanding gained through business experience to date. Degree qualification may be useful, but not essential if equivalent relevant experience and skills can be demonstrated Expected to have diverse range of skills capable of delivering across a range of topics with understanding gained through business experience to date. Degree qualification may be useful, but not essential if equivalent relevant experience and skills can be demonstrated Experience of working with and administering business critical systems such as SAP etc. Experience of working with and influencing across different levels of the organisation (including department managers and the wider work force). Experience of working at and across the Capenhurst Site with an understanding of the ways of working and current challenges The ability to analyse, interpret and report necessary data to stakeholders Experience of acting as a liaison with the business in order to achieve cultural improvements and ensuring completeness and accuracy with the system and maintaining stakeholder confidence and engagement What can you expect from us? More than just a job, we offer a future. More than just a place to work, we provide an opportunity to prosper. As an employee of Urenco you will receive: Annual leave starting at 25 days, which increases by one day for every two years of service up to a maximum of 30 days. In addition, you will accrue 13 additional days off to be used flexibly. There s also a newly added scheme for buying and selling holiday, up to 5 days. A diverse range of family friendly policies. A generous bonus scheme. A defined contribution pension scheme; with up to 16% employer s contribution. Single private medical and dental cover. Flexible benefits package; including life assurance and income protection. In addition, you ll have an opportunity to purchase additional benefits that suit your lifestyle and take advantage of tax and NI savings. Education and training; we take pride in helping people learn and develop by supporting, accelerating and directing your learning. As well as the completion of mandatory health and safety courses, training packages will be offered to meet your specific needs. FTC duration until end October 2027 Security vetting Due to the nature of the industry that Urenco operates in, all personnel regardless of employment status working for Urenco are required to obtain security clearance at the level required for their role. Security clearances are assessed in accordance with regulations and official guidance issued by the relevant competent authorities for national security vetting. In certain circumstances, additional enhanced security clearance considerations apply to roles within Urenco owing to the particular activities that the Urenco Group undertakes in relation to uranium enrichment. Successful candidates will need to satisfy security requirements, and all offers of appointment are made subject to the successful approval of all checks initiated. Creating a diverse and inclusive workforce As a truly global company with a presence in the UK, USA, Germany, and the Netherlands, we know that our individual differences make us stronger. Putting people at the heart of our business, we strive to create an open and inclusive workplace that allows every voice to be heard and diversity to thrive. If you require any reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process, please let our talent acquisition team know. Because together, we are one Urenco. We are enriching the world. And enriching your future.
04/06/2026
Contractor
Help us to make a world of difference Urenco is a global leader in the production of low carbon energy. We work at the cutting edge of the transition to a sustainable, net zero world. We re looking for a fixed term contract Time and Attendance System Analyst. Based at our Capenhurst site you ll provide comprehensive support for the Time and Attendance system, from initial implementation to successful ongoing adoption of the system at Capenhurst. The Time and Attendance System Coordinator plays a crucial role in maintaining the integrity and efficiency of the organisation's time-tracking processes, contributing to smooth operations, informing Senior Management in their understanding of hours worked, accurate payroll management and activity costings. At Urenco we re committed to giving you opportunities to be your best. If you feel you meet some, but not all of what we're looking for, please still apply. We believe in embracing the passion and potential of our people, and to achieve this we offer market leading training and development experiences. Along with the opportunity to be mentored and coached by some of the smartest minds in the industry. What you ll do: Providing pragmatic and useful advice, guidance and support to the Time and Attendance process, working with the Time and Attendance Manager, across the following work fronts: System development and maintenance Reporting including time, job costing, absence and holidays Communications Process and Training development, amendment, roll out Continuous Improvement of all of the above. Support the development and implementation of solutions and processes which are: a fit for purpose take the best from both internal and external working ensure compliance with legislative, regulatory and company policy standards are practical to apply across Capenhurst. Provide day-to-day co-ordination and support to Time and Attendance System deliverables, including but not limited to scheduling briefings / focus groups / workshops, collating and synthesising feedback, producing summary insights and driving actions and delivery of improvements. Work collaboratively with colleagues to identify improvement opportunities and sharing of best practices across Time and Attendance Systems. Maintain delivery plans, system risk assessments and status reports to effectively support management of the Time and Attendance Business system and reporting Be a driver for change, providing a positive influence across Capenhurst in terms of Time and Attendance, standards and behaviours. Identify business risks and barriers to change adoption and identify/manage mitigations. Support the development of clear roles and responsibilities for users, managers, project manager, departmental administrators etc, which include knowledge transfer, reinforcement, and the ongoing ownership and monitoring of successful role delivery. What do you need to thrive in this role? Expected to have diverse range of skills capable of delivering across a range of topics with understanding gained through business experience to date. Degree qualification may be useful, but not essential if equivalent relevant experience and skills can be demonstrated Expected to have diverse range of skills capable of delivering across a range of topics with understanding gained through business experience to date. Degree qualification may be useful, but not essential if equivalent relevant experience and skills can be demonstrated Experience of working with and administering business critical systems such as SAP etc. Experience of working with and influencing across different levels of the organisation (including department managers and the wider work force). Experience of working at and across the Capenhurst Site with an understanding of the ways of working and current challenges The ability to analyse, interpret and report necessary data to stakeholders Experience of acting as a liaison with the business in order to achieve cultural improvements and ensuring completeness and accuracy with the system and maintaining stakeholder confidence and engagement What can you expect from us? More than just a job, we offer a future. More than just a place to work, we provide an opportunity to prosper. As an employee of Urenco you will receive: Annual leave starting at 25 days, which increases by one day for every two years of service up to a maximum of 30 days. In addition, you will accrue 13 additional days off to be used flexibly. There s also a newly added scheme for buying and selling holiday, up to 5 days. A diverse range of family friendly policies. A generous bonus scheme. A defined contribution pension scheme; with up to 16% employer s contribution. Single private medical and dental cover. Flexible benefits package; including life assurance and income protection. In addition, you ll have an opportunity to purchase additional benefits that suit your lifestyle and take advantage of tax and NI savings. Education and training; we take pride in helping people learn and develop by supporting, accelerating and directing your learning. As well as the completion of mandatory health and safety courses, training packages will be offered to meet your specific needs. FTC duration until end October 2027 Security vetting Due to the nature of the industry that Urenco operates in, all personnel regardless of employment status working for Urenco are required to obtain security clearance at the level required for their role. Security clearances are assessed in accordance with regulations and official guidance issued by the relevant competent authorities for national security vetting. In certain circumstances, additional enhanced security clearance considerations apply to roles within Urenco owing to the particular activities that the Urenco Group undertakes in relation to uranium enrichment. Successful candidates will need to satisfy security requirements, and all offers of appointment are made subject to the successful approval of all checks initiated. Creating a diverse and inclusive workforce As a truly global company with a presence in the UK, USA, Germany, and the Netherlands, we know that our individual differences make us stronger. Putting people at the heart of our business, we strive to create an open and inclusive workplace that allows every voice to be heard and diversity to thrive. If you require any reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process, please let our talent acquisition team know. Because together, we are one Urenco. We are enriching the world. And enriching your future.
Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the country in which the role is being hired. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa at this time. Mark43's mission is to empower communities and their governments with new technologies that improve the safety and quality of life for all. We build powerful, scalable, and elegant software that sets a new standard for the tools upon which first responders rely. Our users are diverse, and we are committed to embracing diversity of thought, experience, and background within our team. About This Role We are seeking a UK-based Senior / Staff Database Administrator to help lead the design, reliability, security, and operational maturity of Mark43's production database infrastructure for UK public safety customers. In this role, you will serve as a senior technical owner for database reliability and performance. You will partner with engineering, infrastructure, security, delivery, and customer teams to ensure that Mark43's database systems are stable, scalable, secure, observable, and ready to support mission critical public safety workloads. You will independently own complex database initiatives, mentor others, provide technical direction, influence cross team architecture, lead high impact reliability programs, and serve as a trusted authority across the organization. Because this role may involve work with UK police customers, candidates must be eligible to obtain and maintain the required UK police and/or government security vetting, including NPPV3 and, where applicable, SC clearance. What You'll Do Own and improve the reliability, performance, security, and scalability of production database systems. Lead database monitoring, alerting, capacity planning, backup, recovery, replication, and disaster recovery practices. Identify, diagnose, and resolve complex database performance and availability issues. Partner with engineering teams on schema design, indexing strategies, query optimization, and safe database change management. Lead technical planning for database migrations, upgrades, scaling strategies, and operational improvements. Improve infrastructure as code, automation, observability, and repeatability across database operations. Define and maintain database runbooks, operational standards, and production readiness criteria. Participate in and, when appropriate, lead database related incident response, post incident reviews, and remediation planning. Collaborate with security, compliance, and delivery teams to meet customer, regulatory, and vetting requirements. Provide technical guidance and mentorship to engineers, DBAs, and operational teams. Represent database reliability concerns in architecture reviews, roadmap planning, and customer readiness discussions. Help build the operational foundation required to support UK police customers and future UK public safety partners. What You'll Need Significant professional experience administering MySQL or similar relational databases in production environments. Deep experience operating cloud hosted database platforms, preferably AWS RDS, Aurora, or Azure database services. Strong expertise in database performance tuning, query optimization, replication, backup, recovery, and high availability. Experience designing and operating database infrastructure for complex cloud based software applications. Experience with infrastructure as code, automation, observability, and production operations. Strong understanding of cloud infrastructure, networking, security, access controls, and operational risk. Ability to influence engineering teams and guide database design decisions across services. Strong incident management skills and sound judgment during high pressure production events. Clear written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to explain complex technical tradeoffs to technical and non technical audiences. Demonstrated ability to mentor teammates and improve team wide technical practices. Eligibility and willingness to complete UK police vetting requirements for customer facing public safety work. UK Security Vetting Requirement This role may require access to UK police customer systems, infrastructure, operational data, or secure customer environments. The successful candidate must be eligible to obtain and maintain the appropriate security clearance before accessing police data, systems, or premises. Depending on the assignment, this may include NPPV3 clearance for work involving UK police systems, infrastructure, or operational data, or SC clearance where work involves central government, cross agency, or SECRET level systems. People Who Thrive at Mark43 Humble, open, and curious. Attentive, active listeners. Resilient when facing challenging operational problems. Enthusiastic collaborators who believe in shared ownership. Comfortable working through uncertainty. Passionate about personal and professional growth. Eager to support teammates and share knowledge. Able to raise the technical bar while bringing others along. Preferred Experience Experience supporting AWS RDS, Aurora, or Azure database platforms at scale. Experience with microservices based architectures and distributed systems. Experience supporting SaaS platforms, public sector customers, law enforcement customers, or regulated environments. Experience with compliance sensitive environments, security reviews, customer audits, or government delivery programs. Experience leading database migrations, major version upgrades, disaster recovery planning, or reliability programs. Experience defining SLOs, SLAs, operational metrics, and production readiness standards. Compensation and Benefits Total compensation for this role is market competitive and may include base salary, bonus opportunity, equity, and a comprehensive benefits package. Final compensation will be determined based on experience, location, skills, and level. Equal Opportunity Employer Mark43 is an equal opportunity employer. We value diverse perspectives and are committed to building an inclusive environment for all employees. Mark43 is approved to hire in Canada, the UK, and 36 U.S. states, including Alabama, Arizona, California (excluding San Francisco), Colorado, Connecticut, Washington D.C., Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, North Carolina, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Vermont, Washington, Wisconsin, and West Virginia. Before applying to a remote role, please ensure you are able to perform the position in one of the states listed above. State locations and specifics are subject to change as our hiring requirements shift.
02/06/2026
Full time
Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the country in which the role is being hired. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa at this time. Mark43's mission is to empower communities and their governments with new technologies that improve the safety and quality of life for all. We build powerful, scalable, and elegant software that sets a new standard for the tools upon which first responders rely. Our users are diverse, and we are committed to embracing diversity of thought, experience, and background within our team. About This Role We are seeking a UK-based Senior / Staff Database Administrator to help lead the design, reliability, security, and operational maturity of Mark43's production database infrastructure for UK public safety customers. In this role, you will serve as a senior technical owner for database reliability and performance. You will partner with engineering, infrastructure, security, delivery, and customer teams to ensure that Mark43's database systems are stable, scalable, secure, observable, and ready to support mission critical public safety workloads. You will independently own complex database initiatives, mentor others, provide technical direction, influence cross team architecture, lead high impact reliability programs, and serve as a trusted authority across the organization. Because this role may involve work with UK police customers, candidates must be eligible to obtain and maintain the required UK police and/or government security vetting, including NPPV3 and, where applicable, SC clearance. What You'll Do Own and improve the reliability, performance, security, and scalability of production database systems. Lead database monitoring, alerting, capacity planning, backup, recovery, replication, and disaster recovery practices. Identify, diagnose, and resolve complex database performance and availability issues. Partner with engineering teams on schema design, indexing strategies, query optimization, and safe database change management. Lead technical planning for database migrations, upgrades, scaling strategies, and operational improvements. Improve infrastructure as code, automation, observability, and repeatability across database operations. Define and maintain database runbooks, operational standards, and production readiness criteria. Participate in and, when appropriate, lead database related incident response, post incident reviews, and remediation planning. Collaborate with security, compliance, and delivery teams to meet customer, regulatory, and vetting requirements. Provide technical guidance and mentorship to engineers, DBAs, and operational teams. Represent database reliability concerns in architecture reviews, roadmap planning, and customer readiness discussions. Help build the operational foundation required to support UK police customers and future UK public safety partners. What You'll Need Significant professional experience administering MySQL or similar relational databases in production environments. Deep experience operating cloud hosted database platforms, preferably AWS RDS, Aurora, or Azure database services. Strong expertise in database performance tuning, query optimization, replication, backup, recovery, and high availability. Experience designing and operating database infrastructure for complex cloud based software applications. Experience with infrastructure as code, automation, observability, and production operations. Strong understanding of cloud infrastructure, networking, security, access controls, and operational risk. Ability to influence engineering teams and guide database design decisions across services. Strong incident management skills and sound judgment during high pressure production events. Clear written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to explain complex technical tradeoffs to technical and non technical audiences. Demonstrated ability to mentor teammates and improve team wide technical practices. Eligibility and willingness to complete UK police vetting requirements for customer facing public safety work. UK Security Vetting Requirement This role may require access to UK police customer systems, infrastructure, operational data, or secure customer environments. The successful candidate must be eligible to obtain and maintain the appropriate security clearance before accessing police data, systems, or premises. Depending on the assignment, this may include NPPV3 clearance for work involving UK police systems, infrastructure, or operational data, or SC clearance where work involves central government, cross agency, or SECRET level systems. People Who Thrive at Mark43 Humble, open, and curious. Attentive, active listeners. Resilient when facing challenging operational problems. Enthusiastic collaborators who believe in shared ownership. Comfortable working through uncertainty. Passionate about personal and professional growth. Eager to support teammates and share knowledge. Able to raise the technical bar while bringing others along. Preferred Experience Experience supporting AWS RDS, Aurora, or Azure database platforms at scale. Experience with microservices based architectures and distributed systems. Experience supporting SaaS platforms, public sector customers, law enforcement customers, or regulated environments. Experience with compliance sensitive environments, security reviews, customer audits, or government delivery programs. Experience leading database migrations, major version upgrades, disaster recovery planning, or reliability programs. Experience defining SLOs, SLAs, operational metrics, and production readiness standards. Compensation and Benefits Total compensation for this role is market competitive and may include base salary, bonus opportunity, equity, and a comprehensive benefits package. Final compensation will be determined based on experience, location, skills, and level. Equal Opportunity Employer Mark43 is an equal opportunity employer. We value diverse perspectives and are committed to building an inclusive environment for all employees. Mark43 is approved to hire in Canada, the UK, and 36 U.S. states, including Alabama, Arizona, California (excluding San Francisco), Colorado, Connecticut, Washington D.C., Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, North Carolina, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Vermont, Washington, Wisconsin, and West Virginia. Before applying to a remote role, please ensure you are able to perform the position in one of the states listed above. State locations and specifics are subject to change as our hiring requirements shift.
Database Administrator, Infrastructure - UK Location: Manchester, England, United Kingdom Type: Full Time Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the country in which the role is being hired. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa at this time. Mark43's mission is to empower communities and their governments with new technologies that improve the safety and quality of life for all. We build powerful, scalable, and elegant software that sets a new standard for the tools upon which first responders rely. Our users are diverse, and we are committed to embracing diversity of thought, experience, and background within our team. About the Role We are seeking a UK-based Database Administrator / Cloud Database Engineer to help support the next generation of cloud-based public safety software for UK police forces. In this role, you will help ensure the stability, performance, security, and reliability of Mark43's production database systems. You will work closely with engineering, infrastructure, security, delivery, and customer-facing teams to support highly available systems used by public safety agencies. In this role, it is expected to independently own well-scoped database administration tasks, contribute to production reliability, support incident response, and collaborate effectively with senior engineers and DBAs. Because this role may involve work with UK police customers, candidates must be eligible to obtain and maintain the required UK police and/or government security vetting, including NPPV3 and, where applicable, SC clearance. What You'll Do Support the administration, monitoring, and reliability of production database systems. Help ensure MySQL databases are configured, maintained, backed up, and monitored appropriately. Identify, investigate, and help tune problematic queries. Participate in database performance analysis, capacity planning, and operational readiness reviews. Support database-related incident response, including investigation, remediation, and follow-up actions. Work with engineering teams to help improve database usage patterns, query performance, and schema design. Contribute to infrastructure-as-code workflows and automation for database operations. Help maintain documentation, runbooks, operational procedures, and knowledge-sharing materials. Collaborate with security and compliance teams to support customer, regulatory, and vetting requirements. Work with UK delivery and customer teams to support public safety deployments in a secure and reliable manner. What You'll Need We are looking for someone with: At least 4 years of professional experience administering MySQL or similar relational databases in production environments. Experience supporting cloud-hosted database systems, preferably AWS RDS, Aurora, or Azure database services. Familiarity with database monitoring, alerting, backup, recovery, replication, and performance tuning. Experience troubleshooting database issues in production environments. Comfort working with infrastructure-as-code tools and automated operational workflows. A working understanding of cloud infrastructure, networking, security, and access controls. Ability to collaborate with software engineers to improve query performance and database design. Strong written and verbal communication skills. A high degree of ownership, attention to detail, and operational discipline. Eligibility and willingness to complete UK police vetting requirements for customer-facing public safety work. UK Security Vetting Requirement This role may require access to UK police customer systems, infrastructure, operational data, or secure customer environments. As a result, the successful candidate must be eligible to obtain and maintain the appropriate security clearance before accessing police data, systems, or premises. Depending on the assignment, this may include: NPPV3 clearance for work involving UK police systems, infrastructure, or operational data. SC clearance where work involves central government, cross-agency, or SECRET-level systems. Employees must complete the required vetting process, provide accurate documentation, and comply with ongoing aftercare obligations, including promptly reporting any personal, financial, legal, or other circumstances that may affect vetting status. People Who Thrive at Mark43 People who thrive on our team tend to be: Humble, open, and curious. Attentive, active listeners. Resilient when facing challenging operational problems. Enthusiastic collaborators who believe in shared ownership. Comfortable working through uncertainty. Passionate about personal and professional growth. Eager to support teammates and share knowledge. Preferred Experience The following experience is helpful but not required: Experience supporting AWS RDS, Aurora, or Azure database platforms. Experience with microservices-based architectures. Experience supporting SaaS platforms, public sector customers, or regulated environments. Experience working with incident management, SLOs, SLAs, or production readiness processes. Experience contributing to automation, observability, or database reliability improvements. Compensation and Benefits Total compensation for this role is market competitive and may include base salary, bonus opportunity, equity, and a comprehensive benefits package. Final compensation will be determined based on experience, location, skills, and level. Mark43 is an equal opportunity employer. We value diverse perspectives and are committed to building an inclusive environment for all employees. Mark43 is approved to hire in Canada, the UK, and 36 U.S. states, including Alabama, Arizona, California (excluding San Francisco), Colorado, Connecticut, Washington D.C., Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, North Carolina, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Vermont, Washington, Wisconsin, and West Virginia. Before applying to a remote role, please ensure that you are able to perform the position in one of the states listed above. State locations and specifics are subject to change as our hiring requirements shift. Our Privacy Notice describes how Mark43 uses and protects the personal information of prospective employees during the recruitment process. It informs you about our handling of the personal information you provide to us when you apply for a position in our organization and in general when you express your interest in joining our team. As a part of Mark43's security measures all employees must: Engage in appropriate use of the company's electronic information resources; Become knowledgeable about and follow relevant security policies and guidelines; Protect the resources under their control, such as passwords, computers, and data that they create, receive, or download; and Promptly report security-related incidents and violations, and responding to official reports of security incidents involving their systems or accounts. Mark43 is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, or genetic information. As part of this commitment, we will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations. If reasonable accommodation is needed, please email requesting the accommodation.
02/06/2026
Full time
Database Administrator, Infrastructure - UK Location: Manchester, England, United Kingdom Type: Full Time Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the country in which the role is being hired. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa at this time. Mark43's mission is to empower communities and their governments with new technologies that improve the safety and quality of life for all. We build powerful, scalable, and elegant software that sets a new standard for the tools upon which first responders rely. Our users are diverse, and we are committed to embracing diversity of thought, experience, and background within our team. About the Role We are seeking a UK-based Database Administrator / Cloud Database Engineer to help support the next generation of cloud-based public safety software for UK police forces. In this role, you will help ensure the stability, performance, security, and reliability of Mark43's production database systems. You will work closely with engineering, infrastructure, security, delivery, and customer-facing teams to support highly available systems used by public safety agencies. In this role, it is expected to independently own well-scoped database administration tasks, contribute to production reliability, support incident response, and collaborate effectively with senior engineers and DBAs. Because this role may involve work with UK police customers, candidates must be eligible to obtain and maintain the required UK police and/or government security vetting, including NPPV3 and, where applicable, SC clearance. What You'll Do Support the administration, monitoring, and reliability of production database systems. Help ensure MySQL databases are configured, maintained, backed up, and monitored appropriately. Identify, investigate, and help tune problematic queries. Participate in database performance analysis, capacity planning, and operational readiness reviews. Support database-related incident response, including investigation, remediation, and follow-up actions. Work with engineering teams to help improve database usage patterns, query performance, and schema design. Contribute to infrastructure-as-code workflows and automation for database operations. Help maintain documentation, runbooks, operational procedures, and knowledge-sharing materials. Collaborate with security and compliance teams to support customer, regulatory, and vetting requirements. Work with UK delivery and customer teams to support public safety deployments in a secure and reliable manner. What You'll Need We are looking for someone with: At least 4 years of professional experience administering MySQL or similar relational databases in production environments. Experience supporting cloud-hosted database systems, preferably AWS RDS, Aurora, or Azure database services. Familiarity with database monitoring, alerting, backup, recovery, replication, and performance tuning. Experience troubleshooting database issues in production environments. Comfort working with infrastructure-as-code tools and automated operational workflows. A working understanding of cloud infrastructure, networking, security, and access controls. Ability to collaborate with software engineers to improve query performance and database design. Strong written and verbal communication skills. A high degree of ownership, attention to detail, and operational discipline. Eligibility and willingness to complete UK police vetting requirements for customer-facing public safety work. UK Security Vetting Requirement This role may require access to UK police customer systems, infrastructure, operational data, or secure customer environments. As a result, the successful candidate must be eligible to obtain and maintain the appropriate security clearance before accessing police data, systems, or premises. Depending on the assignment, this may include: NPPV3 clearance for work involving UK police systems, infrastructure, or operational data. SC clearance where work involves central government, cross-agency, or SECRET-level systems. Employees must complete the required vetting process, provide accurate documentation, and comply with ongoing aftercare obligations, including promptly reporting any personal, financial, legal, or other circumstances that may affect vetting status. People Who Thrive at Mark43 People who thrive on our team tend to be: Humble, open, and curious. Attentive, active listeners. Resilient when facing challenging operational problems. Enthusiastic collaborators who believe in shared ownership. Comfortable working through uncertainty. Passionate about personal and professional growth. Eager to support teammates and share knowledge. Preferred Experience The following experience is helpful but not required: Experience supporting AWS RDS, Aurora, or Azure database platforms. Experience with microservices-based architectures. Experience supporting SaaS platforms, public sector customers, or regulated environments. Experience working with incident management, SLOs, SLAs, or production readiness processes. Experience contributing to automation, observability, or database reliability improvements. Compensation and Benefits Total compensation for this role is market competitive and may include base salary, bonus opportunity, equity, and a comprehensive benefits package. Final compensation will be determined based on experience, location, skills, and level. Mark43 is an equal opportunity employer. We value diverse perspectives and are committed to building an inclusive environment for all employees. Mark43 is approved to hire in Canada, the UK, and 36 U.S. states, including Alabama, Arizona, California (excluding San Francisco), Colorado, Connecticut, Washington D.C., Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, North Carolina, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Vermont, Washington, Wisconsin, and West Virginia. Before applying to a remote role, please ensure that you are able to perform the position in one of the states listed above. State locations and specifics are subject to change as our hiring requirements shift. Our Privacy Notice describes how Mark43 uses and protects the personal information of prospective employees during the recruitment process. It informs you about our handling of the personal information you provide to us when you apply for a position in our organization and in general when you express your interest in joining our team. As a part of Mark43's security measures all employees must: Engage in appropriate use of the company's electronic information resources; Become knowledgeable about and follow relevant security policies and guidelines; Protect the resources under their control, such as passwords, computers, and data that they create, receive, or download; and Promptly report security-related incidents and violations, and responding to official reports of security incidents involving their systems or accounts. Mark43 is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, or genetic information. As part of this commitment, we will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations. If reasonable accommodation is needed, please email requesting the accommodation.
At IBM Consulting UK FutureNow, you'll build a career at the forefront of hybrid cloud and AI, working with leading clients across the public and private sectors. You'll collaborate with top industry professionals, gain hands on experience with cutting edge technologies, and deliver solutions that create real business impact. From day one, you'll work on meaningful, high profile programmes that stretch your skills and accelerate your growth. We invest heavily in you-supporting continuous learning, in demand skills development, and long term career progression. You'll thrive in a flexible, inclusive environment that values curiosity, encourages reinvention, and recognises what makes you unique. We offer: Tools and policies to support your work-life balance from flexible working approaches, sabbatical programs, paid paternity leave, maternity leave and an innovative maternity returners scheme More traditional benefits, such as 25 days holiday (in addition to public holidays), private medical, dental & optical cover, online shopping discounts, an Employee Assistance Program, life assurance and a group pension plan through salary sacrifice. In this role, you'll work in one of our IBM Consulting Client Innovation Centers (Delivery Centers), where we deliver deep technical and industry expertise to a wide range of public and private sector clients around the world. Our delivery centers offer our clients locally based skills and technical expertise to drive innovation and adoption of new technology. Your role and responsibilities Build, automate, and operate container platforms using Kubernetes, Docker, and CRI O. Deploy and manage infrastructure across multi cloud and hybrid environments (AWS, Azure, IBM Cloud, Red Hack). Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, Ansible, and cloud native IaC tools. Implement high availability, disaster recovery, load balancing, and hybrid networking solutions. Integrate monitoring, SLOs, and quality gates into CI/CD pipelines to support resilient delivery. Administer Red Hat OpenShift clusters and support migrations to container platforms. Collaborate with architects and developers to enhance automation, performance, and security. Depending on seniority, contribute to technical leadership, shape DevOps practices, and mentor engineers. Required education None Preferred education Bachelor's Degree Required technical and professional expertise Solid hands on experience in Linux engineering, AWS, and modern container platforms. Operating and managing Kubernetes clusters, including deployments, scaling, networking, upgrades, and security. Practical experience with Docker and CRI O container runtimes. Experience administering OpenShift and supporting migrations to container platforms. Cloud Platforms (AWS Focused) Strong experience with AWS services, with the ability to work across other clouds such as Azure or GCP when required. Exposure to hybrid and on prem environments, including modernisation of legacy systems. Understanding of VPC design, IAM and identity controls, and hybrid networking. Automation and Infrastructure as Code Experience using Terraform and/or Ansible for Linux platform automation. Familiarity with AWS CloudFormation or other cloud native IaC tools. Working knowledge of CI/CD tooling such as GitHub Actions, GitLab, Jenkins, Azure DevOps, or Tekton. Observability and Reliability Experience using monitoring and logging tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, CloudWatch, or Azure Monitor. Understanding of high availability, disaster recovery, load balancing, and resilience approaches. Awareness of SRE and GitOps methods. Security and Compliance Knowledge of platform security, Linux hardening, secrets management, and identity tooling. Experience integrating security controls into build and deployment pipelines. This role is subject to pre employment screening in line with the UK Government's Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS). An additional range of Personal Security Controls referred to as National Security Vetting (NVS) may apply, this could include meeting the eligibility requirements for The Security Check (SC) or Developed Vetting (DV). Preferred technical and professional experience A strong foundation in Linux systems administration, with supporting knowledge in areas such as networking, security, or databases. Experience running and supporting production workloads on AWS, including on call support, incident response, and root cause analysis. Hands on automation of security or compliance tasks on Linux or AWS platforms, such as vulnerability remediation, scanning, or policy as code. Experience integrating traditional Linux infrastructure with AWS services and containerised environments. Ability to collaborate effectively with architecture, development, operations, and security teams. Desirable Certifications AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate AWS Certified SysOps Administrator - Associate AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA) IBM is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, pregnancy, disability, neurodivergence, age, or other characteristics protected by the applicable law. IBM is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status. Other relevant job details IBM wants you to bring your whole self to work and for you this might mean the ability to work flexibly. If you are interested in a flexible working pattern, please talk to our recruitment team to find out if this is possible in the current working environment. Senior Linux Infrastructure Engineer - eSC or eDV Clearance Required Job ID 110327 City / Township / Village State / Province Hampshire, Gloucestershire, London, City of, Manchester, Leicester Country United Kingdom Work arrangement Hybrid Area of work Software Engineering Employment type Regular Position type Professional Up to 80% or 4 days a week (home on weekends - based on project requirements) Company Shift General (daytime) Is this role a commissionable/sales incentive based position?
21/05/2026
Full time
At IBM Consulting UK FutureNow, you'll build a career at the forefront of hybrid cloud and AI, working with leading clients across the public and private sectors. You'll collaborate with top industry professionals, gain hands on experience with cutting edge technologies, and deliver solutions that create real business impact. From day one, you'll work on meaningful, high profile programmes that stretch your skills and accelerate your growth. We invest heavily in you-supporting continuous learning, in demand skills development, and long term career progression. You'll thrive in a flexible, inclusive environment that values curiosity, encourages reinvention, and recognises what makes you unique. We offer: Tools and policies to support your work-life balance from flexible working approaches, sabbatical programs, paid paternity leave, maternity leave and an innovative maternity returners scheme More traditional benefits, such as 25 days holiday (in addition to public holidays), private medical, dental & optical cover, online shopping discounts, an Employee Assistance Program, life assurance and a group pension plan through salary sacrifice. In this role, you'll work in one of our IBM Consulting Client Innovation Centers (Delivery Centers), where we deliver deep technical and industry expertise to a wide range of public and private sector clients around the world. Our delivery centers offer our clients locally based skills and technical expertise to drive innovation and adoption of new technology. Your role and responsibilities Build, automate, and operate container platforms using Kubernetes, Docker, and CRI O. Deploy and manage infrastructure across multi cloud and hybrid environments (AWS, Azure, IBM Cloud, Red Hack). Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, Ansible, and cloud native IaC tools. Implement high availability, disaster recovery, load balancing, and hybrid networking solutions. Integrate monitoring, SLOs, and quality gates into CI/CD pipelines to support resilient delivery. Administer Red Hat OpenShift clusters and support migrations to container platforms. Collaborate with architects and developers to enhance automation, performance, and security. Depending on seniority, contribute to technical leadership, shape DevOps practices, and mentor engineers. Required education None Preferred education Bachelor's Degree Required technical and professional expertise Solid hands on experience in Linux engineering, AWS, and modern container platforms. Operating and managing Kubernetes clusters, including deployments, scaling, networking, upgrades, and security. Practical experience with Docker and CRI O container runtimes. Experience administering OpenShift and supporting migrations to container platforms. Cloud Platforms (AWS Focused) Strong experience with AWS services, with the ability to work across other clouds such as Azure or GCP when required. Exposure to hybrid and on prem environments, including modernisation of legacy systems. Understanding of VPC design, IAM and identity controls, and hybrid networking. Automation and Infrastructure as Code Experience using Terraform and/or Ansible for Linux platform automation. Familiarity with AWS CloudFormation or other cloud native IaC tools. Working knowledge of CI/CD tooling such as GitHub Actions, GitLab, Jenkins, Azure DevOps, or Tekton. Observability and Reliability Experience using monitoring and logging tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, CloudWatch, or Azure Monitor. Understanding of high availability, disaster recovery, load balancing, and resilience approaches. Awareness of SRE and GitOps methods. Security and Compliance Knowledge of platform security, Linux hardening, secrets management, and identity tooling. Experience integrating security controls into build and deployment pipelines. This role is subject to pre employment screening in line with the UK Government's Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS). An additional range of Personal Security Controls referred to as National Security Vetting (NVS) may apply, this could include meeting the eligibility requirements for The Security Check (SC) or Developed Vetting (DV). Preferred technical and professional experience A strong foundation in Linux systems administration, with supporting knowledge in areas such as networking, security, or databases. Experience running and supporting production workloads on AWS, including on call support, incident response, and root cause analysis. Hands on automation of security or compliance tasks on Linux or AWS platforms, such as vulnerability remediation, scanning, or policy as code. Experience integrating traditional Linux infrastructure with AWS services and containerised environments. Ability to collaborate effectively with architecture, development, operations, and security teams. Desirable Certifications AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate AWS Certified SysOps Administrator - Associate AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA) IBM is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, pregnancy, disability, neurodivergence, age, or other characteristics protected by the applicable law. IBM is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status. Other relevant job details IBM wants you to bring your whole self to work and for you this might mean the ability to work flexibly. If you are interested in a flexible working pattern, please talk to our recruitment team to find out if this is possible in the current working environment. Senior Linux Infrastructure Engineer - eSC or eDV Clearance Required Job ID 110327 City / Township / Village State / Province Hampshire, Gloucestershire, London, City of, Manchester, Leicester Country United Kingdom Work arrangement Hybrid Area of work Software Engineering Employment type Regular Position type Professional Up to 80% or 4 days a week (home on weekends - based on project requirements) Company Shift General (daytime) Is this role a commissionable/sales incentive based position?
