3rd Line Storage and PKI Engineer

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  • Company Tektora
  • Location Basingstoke
  • Salary £450/day - 550/day
  • Job Type Contract
  • Posted September 28, 2026

3rd Line Storage and PKI Engineer

Location: Hampshire – Basingstoke, 5 days per week on customer site, with periodic travel to other customer sites
Working Pattern: Shift working, 0700–1500 and 1100–1900 on a rotating pattern
Type: Contract, outside IR35
Rate: Open to discussion
Clearance: UK Sole National with active DV Clearance
Company: Tektora, supporting a leading Defence and National Security IT provider

Tektora are supporting a leading Defence and National Security IT provider who are looking to speak with DV Cleared 3rd Line Storage and PKI Engineers for a contract opportunity supporting a high profile user community on a high level government account.

This role would suit someone with strong storage and public key infrastructure support experience who is comfortable within a change-controlled secure environment and is looking to develop further across cloud storage and PKI delivery.

The Role

You will be involved in:

  • Responding to escalations from 2nd Line and completing daily checks
  • Maintaining and supporting the PKI solution
  • Attending PKI activities, requiring travel to other sites several days a month
  • Maintaining and supporting the backup and storage solution, providing timely updates to the Operations Lead
  • Carrying out planned activities through a Change Management process
  • Monitoring the system using Event Management tooling and responding to incidents through the Incident process
  • Triaging incidents and escalating through the Service Management team
  • Carrying out readiness assessments for new releases entering service from the Engineering team
  • Producing and maintaining documentation such as work instructions and patching schedules

Key Experience Required

  • UK Sole National with active DV Clearance
  • Storage solutions experience, for example Dell Avamar and Data Domain
  • Public key technologies, for example Microsoft or Thales
  • Cloud infrastructure storage experience
  • VMware cloud technologies
  • Willing to work a rotating shift pattern and travel to other customer sites

Desirable Experience

  • ITSM tooling and processes
  • Server administration, for example Microsoft Windows Server
  • Event management tooling such as SCOM, use of rather than administration
  • VMware vCenter, use of rather than administration

Interested?

Tektora are looking to speak with DV Cleared 3rd Line Storage and PKI Engineers who are open to contract opportunities and keen to develop further across secure storage and PKI delivery.

Please apply with your CV and we will be in touch to discuss the opportunity in more detail.

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