Principal Platform Engineer - DV Cleared

Principal Platform Engineer
📍 Onsite - London
💰 £75,000 - £85,000 + excellent benefits
🔐 Active DV Clearance Required

Join a mission-critical environment where your expertise truly matters.

We're seeking a highly skilled Principal Platform Engineer to support and enhance a secure, high-performance MOD environment. This is a fantastic opportunity to work at the forefront of enterprise IT, tackling complex challenges while contributing to systems that demand the highest levels of resilience and security.

You'll be part of a collaborative, expert team where your input will shape infrastructure design, delivery, and ongoing optimisation.

💡 What You'll Be Doing

Owning and resolving complex 3rd line technical issues
Designing, deploying, and maintaining secure Windows-based infrastructure
Supporting and optimising enterprise environments across multiple technologies
Implementing security controls and ensuring compliance standards are met
Contributing to key infrastructure and transformation projects

🛠️ Key Technologies

Windows Server (Active Directory, GPO, DNS, DHCP)
VMware (vSphere, ESXi, NSX, vSAN)
MECM, SCOM & endpoint management tools
Ivanti (or similar endpoint control platforms)

✅ What We're Looking For

Proven experience in 3rd line support within enterprise environments
Strong expertise across Windows infrastructure technologies
Solid understanding of virtualisation (VMware stack)
Experience working in secure or MOD environments
Knowledge of compliance frameworks such as NIST, RMADS, SyOPs
A proactive, problem-solving mindset with strong ownership

🌟 Why Join?

Work on high-impact, secure government projects
Be part of a collaborative and highly skilled team
Opportunities to influence infrastructure design and strategy
Competitive salary and comprehensive benefits packageReady to take your infrastructure career to the next level? Apply now and be part of something critical
Only candidates based in UK and eligible to work in UK are allowed