Synergize Consulting
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Principal Platform Engineer – Privileged Access Management (PAM)
DV Cleared
Yeovil HQ (Full time onsite - Condensed Hours Available)
Inside IR35 - Up to £96 p/h
Work where your clearance really matters.
If you're DV Cleared and looking for a role that genuinely makes use of your expertise, this is an opportunity to work on some of the UK's most sensitive and technically complex defence programmes.
We're seeking a Principal Platform Engineer with strong Privileged Access Management (PAM) experience to lead the design, integration and evolution of secure enterprise platforms within highly classified environments. This is a role for engineers who enjoy solving difficult security challenges, influencing technical direction and working alongside some of the UK's leading infrastructure and cyber specialists.
You'll play a key role in delivering resilient, secure-by-design platforms that underpin mission-critical national security capabilities.
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Key responsibilities
- Leading the design and implementation of enterprise Privileged Access Management solutions.
- Driving secure platform architecture across complex, highly classified environments.
- Providing technical leadership and mentoring other engineers.
- Automating infrastructure and security processes using modern tooling.
- Working closely with infrastructure, cyber security and architecture teams to deliver resilient, scalable platforms.
Key skills
- DV Cleared (This is a non negotiable)
- Enterprise CyberArk administration (or another leading PAM platform)
- VMware VCF (Aria experience is essential) or Hyper-V virtualisation
- Networking fundamentals (TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, Firewalls)
- Infrastructure automation using PowerShell, Bash, Python, Ansible or Terraform
- Secure privileged access design and identity security
- Secure-by-Design principles and cyber security best practice
- Delivering infrastructure within Defence, Government or other highly secure environments
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Why This Role?
- Join a long-term national security programme where your expertise has real impact.
- Work on technically challenging, enterprise-scale secure infrastructure.
- Influence architecture and technical strategy rather than simply maintaining existing environments.
- Collaborate with highly experienced engineers and security specialists.
- Condensed working hours available to support work-life balance.
- Stable, long-term contract on one of the UK's most significant Defence programmes.
Security Requirements
Current DV Clearance is essential, Due to the highly classified nature of the work, only candidates holding active UK Developed Vetting (DV) clearance can be considered.
If you're looking for a technically rewarding role where you'll work on genuinely mission-critical infrastructure and contribute to programmes that support UK national security, we'd love to hear from you.
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