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Infrastructure Engineer - Storage, Backup and Cyber Recovery

Department for Transport · Swansea, WLS, United Kingdom
Swansea, WLS, United Kingdom37,090-40,590 GBP/yearlyHybrid
Remuneration
Employer pension contribution of 28.97%; 25 to 30 days of annual leave, plus 8 bank holidays and a privilege day; learning and development; flexible working; employee assistance programme; free parking; on-site gym, nursery, restaurants and coffee bar.
Location
Swansea, WLS, United Kingdom
Visa sponsorship
No visa sponsorship
Unable to sponsor individuals for UK Skilled Worker Sponsorship; candidates must already have appropriate UK work rights.

Job summary

The Infrastructure Engineer supports and maintains enterprise storage, backup, and cyber recovery platforms, helping ensure critical services remain available, resilient, secure, and recoverable. The role involves technical support and incident resolution, routine maintenance and recovery activities, infrastructure improvements, and collaboration with colleagues and suppliers. It also contributes to data protection and business continuity through reliable infrastructure services and well-maintained technical documentation.

Benefits

Employer pension contribution of 28.97%25 to 30 days of annual leave, 8 bank holidays, and a privilege dayRole-specific learning and developmentFlexible working optionsEmployee assistance programmeFree parkingOn-site gym, nursery, restaurants, and coffee bar

Qualifications

  • Experience supporting and maintaining reliable, secure, and available infrastructure services.
  • Experience contributing to infrastructure service delivery and continuous improvement.
  • Experience working with colleagues and suppliers to resolve technical issues.
  • Experience implementing infrastructure changes and service improvements.
  • Experience maintaining technical documentation, procedures, and recovery processes.
  • Experience resolving infrastructure incidents and reducing future disruption.

Responsibilities

  • Support and maintain enterprise storage, backup, and cyber recovery platforms.
  • Help ensure critical services remain available, resilient, secure, and recoverable.
  • Provide operational infrastructure support and resolve technical incidents.
  • Contribute to routine maintenance, monitoring, recovery activities, and service improvements.
  • Collaborate with colleagues, technical specialists, engineers, and third-party suppliers.
  • Create and maintain technical documentation.

Skills

Linux

Work schedule

Flexible workingFull-time, part-time, or job share37 hours per week for full-time roles; minimum 35 hours per week for this positi

Industry

GovernmentInformation technology

Security clearance

Security Check clearance requiredAt least five years of continuous UK residency required

Relocation

No