Location: London (Fenchurch Street)
Hours: Monday to Friday, 9:00am-5:30pm
Working Pattern: Hybrid (50/50)
Reports to: Technical Services Manager
Department: Information Technology - IT Infrastructure
Travel: Occasional UK travel as required
We're looking for an experienced Infrastructure Automation Engineer to join our IT Infrastructure team at Hampshire Trust Bank.
This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in modernising and automating our infrastructure estate across both onpremises and cloud environments. You'll be responsible for designing, developing and maintaining scalable automation solutions that improve resilience, consistency, security and operational efficiency across the bank.
Working closely with infrastructure, security and transformation teams, you'll help drive our automation strategy, reduce manual processes, embed DevOps best practices and support the delivery of secure, reliable technology services.
Infrastructure Automation
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Design, develop and maintain infrastructure automation solutions across onpremises and cloud platforms
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Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using tools such as Terraform, Ansible and PowerShell
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Automate provisioning, configuration, patching and decommissioning processes
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Build reusable, modular and secure automation frameworks aligned to enterprise standards
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Reduce manual intervention and configuration drift across environments
Platform Reliability & Operations
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Improve infrastructure resilience, consistency and stability through automation
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Support incident resolution through automated remediation and recovery processes
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Participate in outofhours support for critical infrastructure or automation incidents where required
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Contribute to infrastructure modernisation initiatives across the technology estate
DevOps & Engineering Excellence
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Integrate automation workflows with version control, testing and approval processes
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Embed quality gates, testing and validation into infrastructure delivery pipelines
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Promote DevOps principles and automation best practices across the wider technology teams
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Identify opportunities to automate repetitive or highrisk activities
Security, Risk & Compliance
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Ensure automation solutions align with securitybydesign principles
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Embed security controls including secrets management, least privilege access and audit logging
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Support internal and external audits through traceable and repeatable deployment processes
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Maintain compliant and auditable infrastructure standards
Documentation & Knowledge Sharing
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Maintain clear technical documentation, runbooks and operational guides
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Share knowledge and support capability development across infrastructure and operations teams
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Champion continuous improvement and innovation within the function
You'll collaborate closely with:
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Server, Network and Desktop teams
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Information Security teams
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Business Transformation teams
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Thirdparty suppliers
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Colleagues across the wider bank
Technical Skills & Experience
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Strong experience with infrastructure automation and Infrastructure as Code
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Handson experience with tools such as:
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PowerShell, Bash or Python
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Terraform, Ansible or Puppet
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REST APIs, Postman and cURL
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YAML and automation frameworks
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Strong Windows and Linux administration knowledge
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Experience with Microsoft Power Automate and Microsoft Configuration Manager
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Understanding of VMware, networking and enterprise infrastructure
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Experience with Docker and containerisation technologies
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Knowledge of GitHub and version control best practices
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Experience supporting Microsoft 365 environments
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Interest in AIdriven automation and technologies such as Microsoft Copilot
Skills & Attributes
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Strong problemsolving and analytical capability
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Excellent communication skills with both technical and nontechnical audiences
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Strong attention to detail and commitment to quality
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Customerfocused mindset with a focus on service excellence
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Selfmotivated with a passion for continuous learning
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Comfortable working in a fastchanging technology environment
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Strong ownership mentality with the ability to drive issues through to resolution
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Competitive salary
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Discretionary annual bonus
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Hybrid working (50/50)
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25 days annual leave (increasing with service) + Holiday Buy Scheme
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Private Medical Insurance (Bupa)
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Mental health & wellbeing support via YuLife & Bupa
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Pension scheme - 8% employer contribution (noncontributory)
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Cycle to Work & Green Car Schemes
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Interestfree season ticket loan
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Study support & professional memberships
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Annual volunteering day & Net Zero commitment
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YuLife Rewards - retail, lifestyle & experience discounts
If you're passionate about automation, infrastructure engineering and modern DevOps practices, and want to help shape the future technology landscape of a growing specialist bank, we'd love to hear from you.
