Senior Platform Engineer (eDV)
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Oct 17, 2026. First seen by Alion on Oct 5, 2026.
Package: £59,400 - £66,000 (salary dependent on experience) + Benefits
Role ID: SF20744
Are you ready to be part of the future? At QinetiQ, we’re not just imagining tomorrow we are creating it. From cutting-edge defence technology to ground-breaking innovations our mission is to empower and protect lives. Join us as a Senior Platform Engineer at our Malvernsite, where you will have the opportunity to work with cutting-edge technology in partnership with some of the most brilliant minds.
The Role
As a Senior Platform Engineer, you'll play a key role in the design, development and delivery of secure, mission-critical IT infrastructure supporting highly classified customer environments.
Day-to-day, you'll work alongside project managers, architects and engineering teams to design and deliver secure server and network infrastructure solutions. You'll provide technical leadership throughout the project lifecycle, ensuring solutions are secure, scalable and fit for purpose while supporting some of the UK's most challenging national security programmes.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Designing secure infrastructure and platform solutions for highly classified environments
- Providing technical leadership and guidance across delivery teams and engineering disciplines
- Producing high-level and detailed technical designs, delivery plans and supporting documentation
- Supporting the integration of server, virtualisation, networking and security technologies
- Ensuring solutions comply with relevant technical, security and engineering standards
- Supporting customer engagements, bids and business-winning activities
Essential experience of the Senior Platform Engineer:
- Active eDV clearance
- Strong background in enterprise server and infrastructure technologies
- Experience designing and delivering complex networked IT solutions
- Knowledge of virtualisation technologies such as VMware and associated infrastructure platforms
- Experience producing technical architecture and design documentation
- Ability to engage effectively with customers, stakeholders and multidisciplinary engineering teams
Essential qualifications for the Senior Platform Engineer:
- Degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology or a related discipline, or equivalent industry experience
- Demonstrable experience delivering complex IT infrastructure solutions within secure environments
We value difference and we don’t have a fixed idea when it comes to background or education, provided you can show the required level of experience and willingness to learn then we would like to hear from you.
This role is 37 hours per week based at our Malvern site with a minimum average site attendance of five days per week. The Malvern facility is noted for its work in electronic warfare, surveillance and complex system integration, contributing significantly to the UK’s defence capabilities. Developing technologies for military and civilian applications, including sensors, communications and cyber security.
Please note that all applicants for this role must hold eDV Clearance.
UKSV National Security Vetting Solution: guidance for applicants - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
Our Recruitment Process:
At QinetiQ we are committed to building an inclusive, accessible and welcoming workplace where everyone feels valued and supported. We believe that a diverse mix of backgrounds, perspectives and experiences drives innovation and leads to better outcomes for our people, customers and communities. We encourage applications from all candidates and are a disability confident committed employer. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, please let us know by emailing [email protected]. One of our recruitment team will contact you.
Many roles in QinetiQ are subject to national security vetting being completed, applicants who already hold the appropriate level of vetting may be able to transfer it upon appointment. A number of roles are also subject to additional restrictions, which means factors such as nationality or previous nationalities may affect the roles that you can be employed in.
Why Join QinetiQ?
As we continue to grow into new markets around the world, there’s never been a more exciting time to join QinetiQ. The formula for success is our appetite for innovation and having the courage to take on a wide variety of complex challenges.
As a QinetiQ employee, you’ll experience a unique working environment where teams from different backgrounds, disciplines and experiences enjoy collaborating widely and openly as we undertake this exciting and rewarding journey. Through effective teamwork, and pulling together, you’ll get to experience what happens when we all share different perspectives, blend disciplines, and link technologies; constantly discovering new ways of solving complex problems in a diverse and inclusive environment where you can be authentic, feel valued and realise your full potential. Visit our website to read more about our diverse and inclusive workplace culture. www.qinetiq.com/en/careers/life-at-qinetiq
Our Benefits
- Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
- Generous holiday allowance, with the option to purchase additional days
- Options to join Health Cash Plan, Private Medical Insurance and Dental Insurance
- Employee discount portal: Personal Accident Insurance, Travel Insurance, Restaurants, Cinema Tickets and much more
- We are proud to support the Armed Forces community by honouring the Armed Forces Covenant and maintaining our Gold Award standard in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme
- Volunteering Opportunities - helping charities and local community