Duty Engineer

Position: Duty Engineer
Job ID: 2394/15
Location: Northallerton
Rate/Salary: Competitive Salary
Benefits: Excellent Benefits Package
Type: Permanent

HSB Technical Ltd is a specialist recruiter within the Power & Propulsion, Shipbuilding, Maritime Shipping, Energy and Subsea sectors – visit: www.hsbtechnical.com for a list of our vacancies. We have a number of permanent and contract vacancies for multiple businesses across the UK and overseas.

The below job description will outline this position of: Duty Engineer

Typically, this person will provide 24/7 operational and incident response support across secure Defence ICT environments, ensuring high availability, resilience, and compliance of critical MOD systems. The Duty Engineer will apply strong technical expertise across networking, virtualisation, security, automation, and Linux systems to maintain and support mission-critical platforms.

HSB Technical’s client is an established and well-regarded Defence-focused organisation delivering secure, high-availability ICT services to the UK MOD.

Duties and Responsibilities of the Duty Engineer:

• Provide 24/7 operational support ensuring availability, security, and performance of Defence ICT systems
• Troubleshoot and maintain LAN, WAN, MPLS, SD-WAN networks, firewalls, and VPN services
• Administer Active Directory, DNS, PKI, RDS, WSUS, and associated domain services
• Manage VMware virtualisation platforms including ESXi, vCenter, and VMware Cloud Foundation
• Operate and support ASTERIX VoIP systems
• Maintain SIEM and monitoring platforms including Splunk, SCOM/SCCM, and telemetry tools
• Perform Linux system administration, patching, and security hardening
• Develop and maintain automation using PowerShell, Ansible, and GitLab
• Support vulnerability remediation, audits, and compliance readiness
• Deliver incident response, root cause analysis, and service restoration in line with SLAs and KPIs

Qualifications and Requirements for the Duty Engineer:

• CCNA (or equivalent networking qualification)
• Strong experience with LAN, MAN/Campus networking environments
• Knowledge of BGP, MPLS, VPLS, and VPN technologies
• Experience with Software Defined Networking (VMware NSX) and SD-WAN
• Security systems experience including IDS/IPS administration
• Strong Active Directory and Microsoft infrastructure knowledge
• VMware vSphere, ESXi, and VMware Cloud Foundation experience
• SIEM and monitoring tools such as Splunk and System Centre Suite
• Linux administration and security patching experience
• Automation skills using PowerShell, Ansible, and GitLab

This vacancy is being advertised by HSB Technical Ltd, who have been appointed to act as a recruitment partner for this role.