Infrastructure Engineer
Ref: JO-2603-359565
- United Kingdom, Manchester
- Cloud, Network and Infrastructure, Technology
- IT
- 1,000 - 4,999 Employee
- £400.00 - £425.00 per day
- Environment: Hybrid
- Contract Type: Contract
- Starts: 2026-03-23
- Duration: 6 month rolling
We’re looking for a hands-on Infrastructure Engineer to support a critical healthcare screening platform used for large-scale diagnostic and population health services.
The platform currently runs on physical datacentre infrastructure and is migrating to Microsoft Azure, so experience across both traditional infrastructure and cloud environments is essential.
Responsibilities
- Administer and maintain Linux production and staging environments (multi-distro experience desirable, Red Hat essential)
- Deploy and manage containerised applications using Docker and Kubernetes, alongside traditional VM infrastructure
- Monitor system performance, availability, logging and security
- Manage configuration, patching, and system hardening
- Implement Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, ARM or Bicep in Azure
- Configure and monitor networking, firewalls, routing and connectivity
- Support PostgreSQL database setup, configuration and monitoring
- Use Prometheus and Grafana for monitoring and observability
- Support Git-based CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps)
- Work with engineers and developers to ensure platform stability during migration
Essential Key Skills
- Strong Linux administration (Red Hat essential)
- Docker and Kubernetes container platforms
- Terraform / ARM / Bicep for Infrastructure as Code
- Bash and/or Python scripting (advanced level)
- Networking fundamentals (firewalls, routing, monitoring)
- PostgreSQL administration
- Git and CI/CD pipelines
*Rates depend on experience and client requirements

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