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Automation Engineer in Farnborough (GU14) | Sanderson Government and Defence My career My jobs MA My account Search These jobs were popular with other job seekers DevSecOps Engineer Hackajob Ltd Farnborough Park, Farnborough (GU14) Competitive 5 days ago Teamcenter Engineer - DV cleared CBSbutler Holdings Limited Reading (RG1), RG1 £500 - £1000 per day 3 days ago Golang Engineer Talent-Relay Limited Burgess Hill (RH15) From £37.50 to £40 per hour Long term / Multi year contract 3 days ago Security Engineer, DevSecOps, AWS, EKS Sanderson Recruitment London £600 - £650 per day 1 week ago Network Automation Engineer VIQU IT Recruitment City of London, London £550 - 650 per day + Inside IR35 3 days ago Applications Architect Hackajob Ltd Farnborough (GU14) Competitive 1 month ago Senior Hardware Systems Engineer Morson Edge Portsmouth, Hampshire £40.00 - 60.69 per hour + None 3 days ago Systems Engineer Omega Resource Group Bournemouth, Dorset £45 - 55 per hour 4 days ago Lead Systems Engineer Morson Edge Reading (RG6) £75.00 - 101.85 per hour + None 5 days ago Billing Architect Oracle BRM / SAP BRIM 7P UK Ltd Newbury (RG14) From £400 to £450 per day Outside IR35 4 days ago Automation Engineer Sanderson Government and Defence Farnborough (GU14) Temporary Contract; On-site Published: 3 days ago Negotiable Apply Save Automation Engineer Sanderson Government and Defence Apply Automation Engineer 5 days a week on-site in Farnborough £550-£650 a day Inside IR35 Requires Active SC Clearance We are recruiting an Automation Engineer to support the delivery of critical defence programmes within a secure environment. This is a fully onsite role in Farnborough, requiring candidates to hold active SC clearance and be comfortable working on sensitive projects. Key Skills Ansible Terraform Bash PowerShell Python (desirable) Responsibilities Develop and maintain infrastructure and configuration automation. Build Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solutions using Terraform. Create and manage Ansible playbooks for system deployment and configuration. Develop scripting solutions using Bash and PowerShell. Support secure, scalable, and repeatable deployment processes. Work closely with infrastructure, platform, and engineering teams within a defence setting. Requirements Active SC Clearance (essential). Proven automation engineering experience. Strong Ansible, Terraform, Bash, and PowerShell skills. Experience working in secure or defence environments. Python knowledge would be advantageous but is not essential. This is an excellent opportunity to join a high-performing team delivering important solutions across the UK defence sector. To learn more, please do reach out to Jess Walrond at Sanderson Government and Defence at Reasonable Adjustments: Respect and equality are core values to us. We are proud of the diverse and inclusive community we have built, and we welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and perspectives. Our success is driven by our people, united by the spirit of partnership to deliver the best resourcing solutions for our clients. If you need any help or adjustments during the recruitment process for any reason , please let us know when you apply or talk to the recruiters directly so we can support you. 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