DV Senior Infrastructure Engineer

Join the SiXworks Revolution as a DV Senior Infrastructure Engineer! 🌟 

Welcome to SiXworks, where innovation thrives and excitement knows no bounds! 

What are we looking for in a DV Infrastructure Engineer? 

We are looking to recruit an DV Infrastructure Engineer to join us on exciting and important work that is underway. The successful candidates will be fully briefed on the work and their part in it. They will have daily contact with the company directors, and the opportunity for progression. Time and money will be provided for personal development and training. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to shape the company going forward, in work and in its wider environment. 

 Essentials Key skills:   

• Windows Server 2016+ administration & build.  

• VMware vSphere/vCenter/VCF/Hyper-V clustering. 

• Linux (CentOS/RedHat/Ubuntu). 

• PowerShell. 

• EUD provisioning, maintenance, patching and hardening. SSO – concepts and operation. 

• Understanding of working in protectively marked environments.  

 Desirable skills:  

• Containerization 

• Elastic 

• Nessus  

• Application Packaging 

• HashiCorp Products 

• DV Clearance  

Responsibilities will be defined during induction and are likely to include:  

• Maintain, improve, and secure SiXworks’ multi-classification, virtualised, collaboration and development environments.  

• Work with IT infrastructure colleagues to improve SiXworks’ ‘Secure by Design’ capabilities, internally and across its projects.  

• Provide Infrastructure support to SiXworks’ project-based systems (public, private and hybrid clouds) in implementation and support lifecycles.  

• Perform maintenance tasks on the infrastructure through change control.  

• Assist with monitoring and management of SiXworks’ and project-based ticketing and alerting systems for new changes and security alerts.  

• Triage monitoring alerts and perform appropriate action.  

• Maintain monitoring components in line with infrastructure developments.   

• Ensure all platforms are patched in line with provider recommendations and SiXworks security policy.   

• Quickly and accurately assess impact of incidents, initiate return to service and ensure follow up actions are completed.  

• Identify trends and problems and plan changes to improve stability and performance.   

• Maintain cutting edge knowledge and skills in the design and build of secure public, private, and hybrid cloud and network technologies.  

• Develop personal knowledge through study/research toward vocational certifications in relevant technologies/vendors.   

• Advise customers and project teams on infrastructure and support aspects.   

• Cascade knowledge through knowledge articles for the team and wider organisation.   

• Support the SiXworks team in winning business.  

Why SIXWORKS?   

SiXworks is a leading provider of secure digital solutions, specialising in digital experimentation and focused on fail-safe-fast cutting-edge technology solutions deployed in highly secure environments. We are unified in our mission to accelerate innovation and adoption of secure, digital technology to improve the operational agility of Defence and National Security. This is an exciting time for us, we have ambitious plans for continued growth and development, and we are seeking to add brilliant, experienced, motivated, and passionate people to our team to work with us on this journey.   

Why join SiXworks?   

Our team is a fusion of brilliance, featuring senior operational, technical, and business leaders from various industries and the armed forces. We're also powered by a league of extraordinary IT engineers, architects, developers, and project managers. Together, we're an unstoppable force of digital innovation!   

SiXworks’ expertise includes Secure-by-Design, cloud computing, advanced network and infrastructure design, rapid application development, cross-security domain systems, multi-tenanted High-Performance Compute, multi-source data platforms, cyber vulnerability mitigation, and intelligence systems.  

A word on UK Security Clearance   

Due to the secure nature of the position and working environment, you must have Security Clearance and be willing to obtain DV. 

SiXworks is an IBM subsidiary which has been acquired by IBM and will be integrated into the IBM organisation. SiXworks will be the hiring entity.  By proceeding with this application, you understand that SiXworks will share your personal information with other IBM subsidiaries involved in your recruitment process, wherever these are located. More Information on how IBM protects your personal information, including the safeguards in case of cross-border data transfer, are available here: https://www.ibm.com/privacy  

To be eligible for the role, you must hold UK nationality (British Citizenship).