Infrastructure Engineer

Robert Half have partnered with a Business Consultancy Firm to recruit for an experienced Infrastructure Engineer to help one of their clients design, build, and evolve the systems they rely on to deliver and operate software.

• Collaborate within delivery teams to implement new projects, assess existing infrastructure, and drive technical improvements.

• Engage with clients to understand their needs, develop technical roadmaps, and design solutions aligned with ambitious business objectives.

• Contribute to building the organisation's cloud and infrastructure capabilities through internal knowledge-sharing, capability development, and thought leadership.

• Implement and refine processes for continuous delivery and evolution of infrastructure and applications, embedding automation at all stages.

• Monitor and uphold technical quality standards across projects.

• Provide expert advice in DevOps, cloud, platform, and infrastructure engineering to both internal teams and client stakeholders.

• Build trusted relationships with client engineering leadership.

• Identify constraints and propose innovative, practical solutions to business challenges.

• Experience with infrastructure-as-code tools such as Terraform to provision, manage, and version cloud resources.

• Proven experience designing and implementing enterprise-scale or high-traffic hosting platforms, including administration of application servers, web servers, and databases.

• Strong understanding of cloud and vitalisation platforms, infrastructure automation, and modern application hosting technologies.

• Experience collaborating with software delivery teams, with applied knowledge of DevOps principles, Agile methodologies, and Infrastructure as Code.

• Hands-on experience with at least one major IaaS cloud provider and two or more application runtime environments (e.g., physical servers, virtual servers, container clusters, serverless, or database platforms).

• Proficiency in at least one scripting language, with experience building Linux or Windows servers, or container-based environments.

• Familiarity with continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) tools across varied technology stacks.

• Experience with infrastructure monitoring for availability, performance, and/or security.

• Understanding of infrastructure security principles, including vulnerability management, secrets management, network security, and supply chain security.

• (Desirable) Experience with automated testing, performance testing, and stress testing tools.

Organisation:

• Initial 12-month contract
• Fully remote role with occasional on-site attendance as required
• Competitive day rate

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