Senior Infrastructure Engineer

🧩 What You’ll Bring

You’ll be a great fit for us if you have:

• Extensive experience across cloud platforms, infrastructure, networking, servers and telephony
• Proven diagnostic and troubleshooting ability, especially with complex, multi-system issues
• Considerable knowledge of Microsoft Azure and Amazon Web Services, with Google Cloud Platform experience beneficial
• Strong understanding of physical and virtual networking, routing, hosted cloud environments, monitoring, alerting, traffic analysis, load balancing, backup and recovery
• Demonstrated experience with automation and Infrastructure as Code, using tools such as Terraform, Ansible, Chef, Puppet or PowerShell
• Strong Linux experience, and advanced competency with Terminal/Command Line interfaces
• Proven ability to mentor, coach and support engineers across different technical levels
• Confidence working with stakeholders across Technology, Security, Product, Workplace Experience and external providers
• A clear, thoughtful approach to documentation, knowledge sharing and continuous improvement
• An adaptable working style, with the openness to travel occasionally across UK and wider EMEA offices
• English language skills; additional languages would be beneficial

Helpful Additional Experience May Include

• ITIL qualifications
• Cisco qualifications
• ISO certification experience
• Advanced Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services or Google Cloud Platform certifications
• Audit, governance or compliance documentation experience

🤝 Trust, Authenticity And How We Hire

At Pax8, we care deeply about building genuine, trust based relationships — starting with how we hire.

To protect our business, our teams, and our customers, we use a range of measures throughout the recruitment process to help confirm authenticity and prevent fraud. These safeguards are designed to be fair, respectful, and proportionate, and may evolve as risks change. By applying, you acknowledge that we take steps to verify identity and representation during hiring. If you're applying as your authentic self, you have nothing to worry about — we're excited to meet you.

We also use thoughtfully applied AI-enabled tools to support our hiring process. These tools may assist with tasks such as reviewing or prioritising applications, but hiring decisions are made by our people. More information is available in our Recruitment Privacy Notice. If you have questions about how we hire or would prefer not to have your application supported by these tools, you can opt out at any part of our process.

🌈 Belonging at Pax8

We encourage you to apply even if you don't meet 100% of the criteria. We're committed to diverse perspectives, inclusive hiring and sharing your transferrable skills. To fulfil this role, you must hold valid right to work in the UK.

💙 Salary & Benefits

• Salary: £45,000 - £65,000 depending on experience
• Bonus: Annual performance bonus
• Long term Incentive Plan (Stock Options)
• 25 days holiday (plus bank holidays)
• Private healthcare covered by Bupa
• Dental Plan covered by Bupa
• Life Assurance
• Income Protection
• Royal London Workplace pension scheme – 5% employer contribution
• Pax8 Cycle to Work Support Scheme Available
• Dedicated time for training and personal development
• Unlimited access to LinkedIn Learning
• Health & Wellbeing coaching support
• Fun and frequent company and team socials

📍 Our Hybrid UK Offices

This is a hybrid role, with at least 3 days per week on site. Farnborough is the primary location, and we are open to Bristol for the right person.

Pax8 Farnborough Office Environment

• Amazing new award-winning offices “SILVER” winners in “The Better Futures London Design Awards” 2025 Pax8 Farnborough
• Free onsite parking
• Shuttle bus from Farnborough Main station
• On-site shower
• Regular social & community events
• On-site top grade coffee machine
• Regular in office visits from our dedicated barista specialist
• Plenty of choice for hotdesking with laptop dock + state of the art curved screens
• Fully stocked snacks cupboard and refreshments fridge
• Large communal Kitchen

Pax8 Bristol Office Environment

• Amazing offices at The Distillery
• City Centre location within a 5-minute walk from Temple Meads Station
• 3 floors with natural light, break out rooms, balcony spaces and a wellness area
• Games area with X-Box, Table-Tennis, Air-Hockey and Pool Table
• State-of-the-art Top Brewer Coffee Machines on every floor
• Plenty of choice for hotdesking with laptop dock and two monitors
• Regular social and community events

📈 What’s In It For You?

There's extensive room for a talented individual to grow at pace — whether that's advancing quickly in this role or exploring one of the many opportunities across our global organisation. You'll have access to our internal development hub designed to accelerate your skills and stretch your potential.

Alongside specialist Learning & Development trainers, you'll also tap into AI powered tools, "born in the cloud" mentors, and cross continent collaboration that broaden your perspective and sharpen your expertise. We'll give you the space, trust, and the right projects to help you thrive — and full visibility of what it takes to reach your next level.

☁️ About Pax8

Our mission is to build the managed intelligence marketplace and empower small businesses to do more with smarter technology. We are a fast-growing, dynamic, and high-energy organisation with a start-up feel, allowing you to make a meaningful impact on the business. Culture is also important to us, and at Pax8, it's business, and it IS personal. We are passionate, creative, and unconventional. We work hard, keep it fun, and expect the best! We Elev8 each other. We Advoc8 for our partners. We Innov8 continuously. We Celebr8 life.

✅ Background Checks

As part of our hiring process, we are required to undertake pre-employment checks on all candidates that are successful in their application with Pax8. As part of these checks Pax8 will request ID verification, reference requests and qualification checks (additional checks may be completed for certain countries, such as criminal and financial). All checks are completed by our third-party provider, First Advantage. Once checks have been completed all candidates will receive a copy for their records.

⚖️ Equal Opportunities

Pax8 are an equal opportunities employer and welcome individuals who are in possession of the appropriate requirements to work within the country you have applied for. Offered individuals will be asked to undertake identity, security compliance and reference checks. Your privacy