Cloud Infrastructure Engineer (1 Year Fixed Term Contract)
Hybrid
Oakdale, United Kingdom
Freelance
03-03-2025
Job Specifications
Company Description
General Dynamics Mission Systems engineers a diverse portfolio of high technology solutions, products and services that enable customers to successfully execute missions across all domains of operation. With a global team of more than 13,000 top professionals, we partner with the best in industry to expand the bounds of innovation in the defence and scientific arenas. In the UK, we are leading the way in avionics and communication systems. Given the nature of our work and who we are, we value trust, honesty, alignment and transparency.
General Dynamics in St Leonards-on-Sea currently provide avionic mission computing systems for a wide range of military fast jets, helicopters, and UAV’s. Recent success has resulted in General Dynamics developing the next generation of Advanced High Performance, Safety Critical Mission Computer Systems to meet the needs of latest platforms in development by several aircraft manufacturers. These Mission Computing Systems provide the functionality that integrates aircraft systems, sensor systems and stores management systems with the information and control systems required by the aircrew to meet the demanding operational needs of these aircraft.
Job Description
We are seeking a skilled Azure Cloud Infrastructure Engineer to join our dynamic IT team.
You will work with vendors, architectural teams and department management to continually improve information technology infrastructure as well as drive the adoption of the latest technologies.
You will work closely with the IT Leadership team to deliver transformation aligned to a “Cloud First” strategy.
You will provide mentoring and training to others both within and outside of the IT Services department.
Typical Responsibilities Include
Deploy scalable, highly available, and fault-tolerant systems on Azure
Manage and monitor cloud infrastructure, ensuring high availability and performance
Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using tools such as Bicep, Terraform or ARM templates
Collaborate with teams to ensure seamless integration of applications with cloud services
Automate cloud operations and workflows to improve efficiency and reduce manual intervention
Ensure compliance with security policies and best practices
Qualifications
For the full job description click here.
To be successful in this role you will be experienced in virtualization and modern cloud technologies and contribute to helping shape our infrastructure services as a whole to provide assurance, stability and reliability across delivery and support of IT projects, programs and services.
You Will Bring
Hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure as a subject matter expert (SME)
Significant background and experience in IT infrastructure support and implementation activities
Certifications in fields of expertise are an asset, such as Microsoft Azure, etc. but not required.
Additional Information
Salary for this position is £42,400 to £53,000, depending on experience plus our excellent flexible benefits package.
We are open to this role being spent with time working from home and in the office (hybrid - typically 2/3 days working in office) on a weekly basis or fully in our offices.
We pride ourselves in being a great place to work with a shared sense of purpose, offering impressive benefits:
A compressed nine-day fortnight and compressed hours - which means every other Friday off.
A personalized career development plan, alongside regular progress reviews - supporting and valuing your progression within the Company.
A flexible working environment where your contributions are recognized and rewarded with flexible benefits
We believe in maintaining a diverse workplace - inclusive of beliefs, cultural background, job experiences, thoughts and ideas. If who we are and what we do resonates with you, we welcome you to join our inclusive team!
Our success is fuelled by our colleagues and the wide variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills they bring to the Company - learn more about our commitment to inclusion and diversity here
We are a Disability Confident Employer, as such we offer an interview to disabled people who meet the minimum criteria for the job.
Please email [email protected] if you would like your application to be considered under the DC Scheme. For more information on the Disability confident scheme in General Dynamics click here.
All successful/appointed applicants must be able to obtain a level of UK Security clearance that is appropriate for the role and undertake suitable Right to work checks
About the Company
General Dynamics UK is one of the UK’s leading defence companies and an important supplier to the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD). We have more than 60 years’ experience delivering C4I communication solutions, Armoured Fighting Vehicle (AFV) capability and avionic systems. We also provide tactical communications systems to the UK Armed Forces. Bowman is our current communication system, and developing the next-generation tactical communication and information system, known as Evolve to Open (EvO). This will be used to plan,... Know more
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