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Sanderson Government & Defence

Infrastructure Engineers - eDV cleared

On site

Cheltenham, United kingdom

Freelance

13-01-2026

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Skills

SQL NoSQL Firewalls GitLab CI/CD DevOps Docker Kubernetes Monitoring Jenkins VMware Linux Windows Databases Azure AWS Recruitment Grafana Linux Administration

Job Specifications

Role: Infrastructure Engineer (All levels)
Location: Cheltenham or London
Contract duration: 6-12 months
Clearance level: eDV
We provide talent solutions for the UK government and their critical supply chains. We currently are on the look out for eDV cleared infrastructure professionals to join our National Security sector.
Key skills:
Windows administration, hardening, deployment, management architectures, client and endpoint management and device control.
Linux administration, hardening, deployment, management architectures, client and endpoint management and device control.
Domain services - AD, LDAP, patching, AV, backup and auditing.
Monitoring technologies - Elastic, Kibana, Logstash, Grafana.
Containerisation - Docker and Kubernetes management, deployment, monitoring, hardening, design patterns and principles.
Cloud engineering - cloud native design principles and patterns on AWS and Azure, IaC, CI/CD, automation, scaling, security-in-depth, FinOps.
Hosting environments - platform management and hardening, cloud hosting environments.
Virtualisation - VMWare, ESXi and hyper converged infrastructure.
Databases - SQL and NoSQL.
Boundary control systems - gateways, diodes, Firewalls, proxies.
Networks - LAN & WAN (mainly Cisco), Zero Trust Architectures.
Storage - SAN & NAS (mainly EMC).
Messaging - Exchange
Dataflow - NiFi, cloud to and from on-prem.
CI/CD - Bitbucket, GitLab, Concourse, Jenkins.
Sustainable engineering patterns and design principles.
DevOps ways of working.
If you think you would be a good fit please apply with your most recent CV or reach out for more information
Reasonable Adjustments:
Respect and equality are core values to us. We are proud of the diverse and inclusive community we have built, and we welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and perspectives. Our success is driven by our people, united by the spirit of partnership to deliver the best resourcing solutions for our clients.
If you need any help or adjustments during the recruitment process for any reason,please let us know when you apply or talk to the recruiters directly so we can support you.

About the Company

Sanderson Government & Defence was established over 20 years ago as a bespoke solution to a unique talent problem: sourcing and placing high-calibre professional talent to work within the UK government and defence sector. MISSION We provide talent solutions for the UK government and their critical supply chains, including: Ministry of Defence and areas of National Security; Central Government and Arm’s Length Bodies; National Policing and Justice; and the broader Public Sector. EXPERTISE & SKILL Central to our success has b... Know more