SC Cleared Senior Infrastructure Engineer

Detailed Description From Employer:

Senior Cloud & Infrastructure Engineer (SC Cleared)

UK (Hybrid/Onsite as required)

Contract: 1st July 2026 - 30th June 2027

Clearance: Active SC Clearance Required

Role Overview

We are seeking an experienced Senior Cloud & Infrastructure Engineer to join a high-performing delivery team within a major programme. This is a hands-on, technical role focused on building and delivering complex customer solutions, with a strong emphasis on cloud infrastructure engineering and supporting data-driven platforms.

You will play a critical role in the early phase of the programme, shaping and deploying scalable, secure, and automated infrastructure in a fast-paced and evolving environment.

This role is ideal for someone with a developer mindset who thrives on building solutions rather than advising, and is comfortable working at pace within agile delivery teams.

Key Responsibilities

Infrastructure Engineering (Primary Focus)

Design, deploy, and maintain cloud-based infrastructure solutions

Build robust, secure, and scalable environments across cloud platforms

Develop and implement automation and Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC)

Perform hands-on system administration and platform engineering

Work with strong awareness of networking, security, and architecture best practices

Data Engineering & Application Support (Secondary Focus)

Support the development of data platforms and pipelines

Enable data ingestion, processing, and analytics capabilities

Collaborate with data scientists and engineering teams

Contribute to API development and integration

Work with tools/technologies such as Python, SQL, and Spark (desirable)

Essential Skills & Experience

Strong hands-on Experience in cloud and infrastructure engineering

Proven ability with automation, Scripting, and system administration

Experience with data engineering concepts (SQL, Python; Spark advantageous)

Exposure to API development and data-driven applications

Demonstrated Experience working in agile, fast-paced delivery environments

A builder mindset - able to develop solutions, not just design or advise

Profile & Behaviours

Comfortable working in a high-tempo, evolving programme environment

Adaptable, proactive, and solution-oriented

Strong bias for action and ownership

Collaborative team player with strong communication skills

Likely to excel coming from an engineering/DevOps background rather than traditional advisory roles

Why Join?

Opportunity to work on a high-impact, early-stage programme

Be part of a team of technical experts shaping real-world solutions

Hands-on engineering role with meaningful delivery responsibility

Exposure to modern cloud, data, and automation technologies

Skills

• infrastructure engineering
• automation
• Scripting
• system administration
• SQL
• Python
• Spark

Employee Value Proposition

Long term opportunity

Job Title: SC Cleared Senior Infrastructure Engineer

Location: Reading, UK

Rate/Salary: 600.00 - 650.00 GBP Daily

Job Type: Contract

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