Senior Infrastructure Engineer - Outside IR35/MOD/Defence - High Security Clearance£550-£600 per day Outside IR35 (expenses if required)Somerset | On-siteDV ClearedAre you an Infrastructure Engineer with strong hands-on experience across networking, storage, virtualisation and Windows infrastructure?This is a contract role working on the build and deployment of infrastructure within a highly secure Defence environment in Somerset. You''ll be working across the physical and virtual infrastructure stack, including Cisco Nexus networking, NetApp storage, Hyper-V, VMware and Windows Server.This is a hands-on engineering position, suited to someone comfortable building, configuring and hardening infrastructure rather than purely supporting an established environment.The roleWorking alongside infrastructure engineers and architects, you''ll be responsible for areas including:Configuring and hardening Cisco Nexus Leaf/Spine network infrastructureInitialising and presenting NetApp storage, including data-at-rest encryptionBuilding and hardening Hyper-V clusters for core services including AD, DNS and PKISupporting the integration and enablement of VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF)Working with HSM/KMS appliances and hardware-based cryptographic systemsSupporting key management and key ceremony activitiesBuilding and configuring Windows Server 2022/2025 environmentsCompleting physical infrastructure installation, including rack-and-stack and secure cablingWorking to the security and ..... full job details .....