Infrastructure Engineer / Specialist Infrastructure Engineer - Cheltenham

As an Infrastructure Engineer, you could be developing Cloud native tech, deploying applications, assisting in our drive to automate Infrastructure as Code (IaC) techniques, or identifying innovation that shapes the way we work, you’ll play a key part in our operations.

And, with bespoke technologies protected by strict legal safeguards and oversights, we have the scope to do things that wouldn’t be possible elsewhere. The roles range from pure software development, automation, database development to security and vulnerability research. So, you’ll experience plenty of variety – and deliver real impact in an ever-changing tech environment.
Working as part of a friendly team, you’ll build relationships with customers and colleagues, and support external industry partners as well as our own IT teams and partners from other security agencies. Whoever you’re working with you’ll be supporting, maintaining and developing new capabilities and infrastructure solutions that underpin all internal user services from hardware to cutting-edge technology and cloud. For some roles, there may be line management responsibilities.
Salary
£34,663 Infrastructure Engineers and £41,935 Specialist Infrastructure Engineers
Roles based in London will receive an additional £6,250 London Allowance.

Skills will be assessed at interview and candidates who qualify may receive a skills payment of between £4,000 and £9,812.

You’ll also have the opportunity to qualify for a one-off recruitment bonus subject to your technical proficiency.
You’ll receive a full training package tailored to you, which could include structured external training, internal training courses, or self-guided learning. We’ll even cover the cost for training, with further opportunities to apply for professional registration with the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) or British Computer Society (BCS). Upon joining, you’ll also be paired up with mentors for both technical and personal development.
This is an exciting opportunity to build a career in a unique tech environment. We’d particularly encourage applications from women, or those from ethnic minority backgrounds who are currently underrepresented in our workforce.
At GCHQ diversity and inclusion are critical to our mission. To protect the UK, we need a truly diverse workforce that reflects the society we serve. This includes diversity in every sense of the word: those with different backgrounds, ages, ethnicities, gender identities, sexual orientations, ways of thinking and those with disabilities or neurodivergent conditions. We therefore welcome and encourage applications from everyone, including those from groups that are under-represented in our workforce such as women, those from an ethnic minority background, people with disabilities and those from low socio-economic backgrounds. Find out more about our culture, working environment and diversity on our website.
Opportunities are available in Central London, Cheltenham and Manchester.