Infrastructure Specialist
We are looking for an Infrastructure Specialist to take ownership of designing and improving the core platforms that support and secure a high-performance technology environment. This role leans heavily on deep technical expertise, with close collaboration across engineering, security and operations to deliver reliable, scalable systems.
You will operate in a greenfield setting where you can shape how infrastructure is built from the ground up, with a clear impact on performance, stability and long-term architecture.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the design and optimisation of infrastructure across compute, storage, networking and cloud platforms
- Take ownership of a specialist area within the environment, driving configuration standards, deployments and advanced troubleshooting
- Identify performance bottlenecks and reliability issues, and run focused improvements to remediate them
- Turn technical findings into robust, production-ready enhancements that improve system behaviour
- Support and influence architectural direction through hands-on technical input and domain expertise
Requirements
- 4+ years' experience working in infrastructure or systems engineering within complex environments
- Demonstrated depth in a core area such as Linux, networking, storage, or cloud, with less focus on being a broad generalist
- Strong understanding of operating systems, system internals and network fundamentals
- Comfortable working through ambiguous problems and debugging unfamiliar systems
- Track record of improving performance, scalability or resilience in live environments
- Ownership-driven approach with clear, logical thinking and attention to detail
- Degree-level education preferred
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