IT Infrastructure Engineer

Introduction

Saab UK is part of Scandinavia’s largest defence company, bringing together the best of Swedish and British innovation. Saab offers world-leading solutions and services in defence, aviation, space, and civil security to keep people and society safe. Our UK presence has been growing at pace, meaning we can offer a wide range of opportunities for personal fulfilment and career growth. We currently employ over 600 people across eight sites in the UK, and our specialisations include software engineering, underwater robotics, radars, AI, and armed forces training.

Saab is a leading defence and security company with an enduring purpose, to help nations keep their people and society safe.

Empowered by its 28,000 talented people, Saab constantly pushes the boundaries of technology to create a safer and more sustainable world.

Saab designs, manufactures and maintains advanced systems in aeronautics, weapons, command and control, sensors and underwater systems.

Saab is headquartered in Sweden. It has major operations all over the world and is part of the domestic defence capability of several nations.

Required

• Experience with enterprise storage platforms, including SAN or NAS technologies.
• Awareness of IT security controls, vulnerability management, infrastructure patching, and compliance requirements.
• Experience working within an ITIL-aligned support or service management environment.
• Relevant technical certifications in VMware, Microsoft, Azure, networking, backup, or infrastructure technologies.
• Experience supporting infrastructure change, migration, modernisation, cloud adoption, or service improvement projects.
• Experience working with hybrid infrastructure environments spanning on-premise services and Microsoft Azure.

The Infrastructure Engineer is responsible for supporting, maintaining, and improving the organisation’s core IT infrastructure services. The role provides technical support across on-premises VMware environments, backup and recovery platforms, server infrastructure, networking, wireless services, Microsoft Azure, and selected Microsoft 365 and SharePoint services. The post holder will help ensure that infrastructure services remain secure, reliable, available, and appropriately documented across both on-premises and cloud-based environments.

This role is a 12 month fixed term contract and is based out of Fareham, with occasional travel to other Saab locations.

By submitting an application to Saab UK you consent to undertaking workforce screening activities that may include but are not limited to: Baseline Personnel Security checks, National Security Vetting, reference checks, verification of working rights and in all circumstances preferred candidates will be placed through a security interview.