IT Operations Engineer (MoD)
CV-LibraryGainsborough, LincolnshirepermanentPosted: 29 October 2026
Apply NowGBR Recruitment Ltd are proudly working exclusively with a modern & long standing Lincolnshire based commercial defence business, recruiting for an experienced IT Operations Engineer (Windows Specialism 2016 / 2019) to work on a clients MoD base managing, maintaining & optimising the organisation's core information technology infrastructure, including servers, networks, cloud services & software systems, with the primary goal being to ensure that the technology services remain reliable, secure, available & scalable to support daily commercial defence / MoD business activities.
Our client pride themselves in delivering first class, operationally focused services to the Defence Industry, Ministry of Defence, including UK & overseas Armed Forces.
In this key IT Operations Engineer role you will report directly to the Programme Manager & the end using MoD client, with the opportunity to effectively influence, develop, deliver, maintain & support a Lincolnshire based MOD Organisation.
This role would ideally, suit an experienced IT Operations Engineer / IT Support Engineer / Windows Systems Administrator, Systems Engineer (Windows), or IT Operations Specialist from a Civil Service, Royal Navy, Royal Air Force or Army background as SC clearance will be required to undertake this role.
Duties:
* To provide CIS IT operations engineering Windows specialist expertise on behalf of the Company to the MOD Organisation to support current & future CIS priorities. Maintaining / implementing cybersecurity best practices & actionable safeguards designed to defend the organisation against potential cyberattacks.
* Provide IT operations advice, mentoring & guidance, written & verbal, to an CIS team, technical and programme management. Capture customer practices, processes & requirements.
* Identify areas of operational difficulty, patterns, inefficiency & effectiveness in CIS operations.
Attributes:
Practical Understanding
* Able to create & configure virtual environments & manage resource allocation
* Able to investigate & resolve virtual environment incidents
* Able to install, configure & administer Microsoft Windows Server operation systems
* Able to administer remote desktop services
* Able to investigate & resolve Windows Server operating system incidents
Theoretical Understanding:
* VMWare Sphere or equivalent (Nutarix, PVE, Hyper-V, Kubevirt, Kubernetes or XCP-ng or similar)
* Windows Server 2019 or equivalent (Windows 2022 or 2025)
* HPE Nimble Administration & Integration or equivalent (HPE Alletra)
* Automating Administration with Windows PowerShell or equivalent (Bash, PowerShell or Python)
* Arctera Backup Exec or equivalent (Veeam, VDP, Catalogic DPX or similar)
This role is based 5 days on-site in Lincolnshire (no hybrid) & is commutable from Lincoln, Sleaford, Spalding, Boston, Newark, Gainsborough, Retford, Worksop, Holbeach, Grantham, Long Bennington, Stamford, Scunthorpe, Nottingham & Mansfield.
Interviews to take place immediately.
Please Note: you must be happy to undertake a SC security check for this role as it is on an MoD base
Our client pride themselves in delivering first class, operationally focused services to the Defence Industry, Ministry of Defence, including UK & overseas Armed Forces.
In this key IT Operations Engineer role you will report directly to the Programme Manager & the end using MoD client, with the opportunity to effectively influence, develop, deliver, maintain & support a Lincolnshire based MOD Organisation.
This role would ideally, suit an experienced IT Operations Engineer / IT Support Engineer / Windows Systems Administrator, Systems Engineer (Windows), or IT Operations Specialist from a Civil Service, Royal Navy, Royal Air Force or Army background as SC clearance will be required to undertake this role.
Duties:
* To provide CIS IT operations engineering Windows specialist expertise on behalf of the Company to the MOD Organisation to support current & future CIS priorities. Maintaining / implementing cybersecurity best practices & actionable safeguards designed to defend the organisation against potential cyberattacks.
* Provide IT operations advice, mentoring & guidance, written & verbal, to an CIS team, technical and programme management. Capture customer practices, processes & requirements.
* Identify areas of operational difficulty, patterns, inefficiency & effectiveness in CIS operations.
Attributes:
Practical Understanding
* Able to create & configure virtual environments & manage resource allocation
* Able to investigate & resolve virtual environment incidents
* Able to install, configure & administer Microsoft Windows Server operation systems
* Able to administer remote desktop services
* Able to investigate & resolve Windows Server operating system incidents
Theoretical Understanding:
* VMWare Sphere or equivalent (Nutarix, PVE, Hyper-V, Kubevirt, Kubernetes or XCP-ng or similar)
* Windows Server 2019 or equivalent (Windows 2022 or 2025)
* HPE Nimble Administration & Integration or equivalent (HPE Alletra)
* Automating Administration with Windows PowerShell or equivalent (Bash, PowerShell or Python)
* Arctera Backup Exec or equivalent (Veeam, VDP, Catalogic DPX or similar)
This role is based 5 days on-site in Lincolnshire (no hybrid) & is commutable from Lincoln, Sleaford, Spalding, Boston, Newark, Gainsborough, Retford, Worksop, Holbeach, Grantham, Long Bennington, Stamford, Scunthorpe, Nottingham & Mansfield.
Interviews to take place immediately.
Please Note: you must be happy to undertake a SC security check for this role as it is on an MoD base