Infrastructure and Cloud Engineer
Salary/Rate:35-40,000 per annum
Job type:Permanent
Town/City:Birmingham (Hybrid)
Country:United Kingdom
Sector:Infrastructure
Job ref:TN - IC - 007
Post Date:June 2, 2026
Short description:
TechNest Talent is supporting one of Europe's biggest defence organisations to recruit an Infrastructure & Cloud Engineer.
This role offers the opportunity to work on complex, high-impact systems within a secure and highly regulated environment.
Based in Birmingham on a hybrid working model, the position is ideal for an engineer who enjoys solving technical challenges, improving infrastructure, and collaborating across cloud, security, and application teams. Due to the nature of the work, candidates must be SC Cleared or eligible for SC Clearance.
If you’re looking for complex challenges, improving systems, and collaborating across infrastructure, security, and applications then this is for you.
Scroll
About the Role
About the Role
The Role
As an Infrastructure & Cloud Engineer, you will play a key role in supporting, maintaining, and enhancing critical IT infrastructure and cloud services. Working alongside infrastructure, security, and application teams, you will help ensure systems remain secure, reliable, and scalable while contributing to continuous improvement initiatives across the technology estate.
This is an excellent opportunity to gain exposure to enterprise-scale environments within the defence sector while developing your cloud and infrastructure expertise.
Key Responsibilities
- Support and maintain AWS cloud infrastructure and associated services.
- Administer and troubleshoot Windows Server environments.
- Develop and maintain automation scripts using PowerShell and infrastructure automation tools.
- Manage Active Directory services, Group Policy, DNS, and DHCP.
- Monitor system performance and proactively identify opportunities for improvement.
- Support infrastructure deployments, upgrades, and operational activities.
- Collaborate with security teams to maintain compliance and security best practices.
- Assist with incident response, troubleshooting, and root cause analysis.
- Contribute to infrastructure documentation and operational procedures.
- Support the implementation of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and automation initiatives.
Required Skills & Experience
- Experience working with AWS services including EC2, IAM, S3, VPC, and CloudWatch.
- Strong Windows Server administration experience.
- Hands-on experience with PowerShell scripting and automation.
- Knowledge of Active Directory, Group Policy, DNS, and DHCP.
- Solid understanding of networking fundamentals.
- Experience with infrastructure automation tools such as Ansible, Terraform, or CloudFormation.
- Exposure to monitoring tools, security controls, and compliance frameworks.
- Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving abilities.
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
Desirable Skills
- Previous experience within defence, government, or other highly regulated environments.
- Familiarity with cloud security best practices.
- Experience supporting hybrid cloud environments.
- Knowledge of infrastructure monitoring and observability platforms.
- Understanding of ITIL processes and operational best practices.
What's on Offer
- Opportunity to work with one of Europe's leading defence organisations.
- Exposure to complex, mission-critical infrastructure and cloud environments.
- Flexibility of a Hybrid working model.
- Ongoing training and professional development opportunities.
- Collaborative team environment with strong career progression prospects.
- Competitive salary of £35,000 - £40,000 plus benefits.
If you're looking for a role where you can make a real impact, work on challenging technologies, and continue developing your cloud and infrastructure expertise, we'd love to hear from you.