Senior Infrastructure Engineer - Central Government

Role: Senior Infrastructure Engineer REF 96675
Contract Length: Until 31/03/27
Location: Hybrid/Newcastle, Manchester, Leeds, Birmingham or Blackpool - 60% on-site
IR35: Inside
Pay Rate to Intermediary: Market Rate
Security Clearance: SC requested

Spinwell is recruiting for a Senior Infrastructure Engineer for an excellent opportunity within the public sector.

RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE SENIOR INFRASTRUCTURE ENGINEER

• Design, implement, and enhance enterprise network infrastructure across data centre, hybrid, and cloud environments
• Engineer and implement network traffic flows to support business-critical services
• Build and maintain secure hybrid connectivity across Azure, AWS, and OCI
• Implement and manage Palo Alto firewall policies across on-prem and cloud environments, aligned to Zero Trust principles
• Design and operate high-availability network services, including routing, segmentation, and resilience
• Develop and maintain network automation using tools such as Python, Ansible, and Infrastructure as Code
• Collaborate with architecture and platform teams to ensure solutions align with engineering standards and strategic direction
• Contribute immediately to delivery work, demonstrating the ability to operate with minimal ramp up
• Document designs and changes clearly and consistently, supporting maintainability and knowledge sharing

  SKILLS/EXPERIENCE OF THE SENIOR INFRASTRUCTURE ENGINEER

• Network automation experience using Python, Ansible, or similar tooling
• Infrastructure as Code mindset (e.g. Terraform)
• Version control and CI/CD exposure (e.g. GitLab CI/CD)
• Applying DevOps-style practices to network and infrastructure engineering
• Strong working experience with at least one major cloud provider (Azure, AWS, or OCI)
• Designing and integrating hybrid cloud network solutions
• Understanding of cloud-native networking constructs and security models
• Proven track record as a Network / Infrastructure Engineer in large-scale enterprise environments
• Experience delivering engineering solutions, not just supporting operations
• Comfortable working across multiple workstreams and priorities
• Experience in regulated or complex environments (public sector experience beneficial but not essential)

• Enterprise Networking Engineering
  • Complex OSPF and BGP environments
  • Designing and implementing secure, resilient traffic flows
  • Strong understanding of typical enterprise and cloud network patterns
• Firewall and Security Technologies
  • Extensive experience with Palo Alto firewalls
  • Policy design and implementation across data centre and cloud
  • Zero Trust and secure network design principles
• Data Centre & Network Architecture
  • VXLAN / EVPN, VRF segmentation, and multi-site fabrics
  • Experience with vendors such as Arista (or equivalent)
  • Load balancing technologies (e.g. F5 BIG-IP: LTM / APM / ASM)

If you are a Senior Infrastructure Engineer, apply now or send your CV to Spinwell!

We welcome all applications regardless of background, in line with our commitment to diversity, equality and inclusion.

Applying to this or any other vacancy advertised by Spinwell Ltd constitutes an agreement for Spinwell Ltd to hold your details for 24 months for the purpose of assessing suitability for the advertised position and to make you aware of any other positions deemed suitable of which You will make you aware by means of either email, text or phone. In line with GDPR regulations you are able to request your details be removed from the company data at any time by emailing us

Disability Confident

As a member of the disability confident scheme, the client guarantees to interview all candidates who have a disability and who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of candidates who have a disability who meet all the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group.

Armed Forces Covenant

The client is proud to support the Armed Forces Covenant and as such, we guarantee to interview all veterans or spouses / partners of military personnel who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of ex-military candidates / military spouses or partners, who meet all of the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group.

If you qualify for the above, please notify us and quote the role you are applying for.

We will be in touch to discuss your suitability and arrange your Guaranteed Interview.

Should you require reasonable adjustments at any point during the recruitment process or if there is a more accessible way for us to communicate, please do let us know.