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DDI Specialist

Job type:Contract
Town/City:Cambridge
County:Remote
Salary/Rate:£450 - £500 per day
Business Sector:IT
Job ref:BBBH154345
Post Date:May 06, 2026

DDI Engineer / DDI Migration Specialist - SC Cleared


📍 Cambridge (Hybrid)
📅 12-Month Contract
💰 £450-£500 per day Inside IR35

Overview


We are seeking an experienced DDI Specialist to lead a large-scale migration from BlueCat to Infoblox within a complex global enterprise environment.
This is a hands-on engineering role requiring strong expertise across DNS, DHCP and IPAM, with responsibility for assessing the current estate, defining the migration strategy and delivering a low-risk implementation across multi-region infrastructure.
The successful candidate will also help shape the future-state DDI platform through improved standards, automation, documentation and operational processes.


Key Responsibilities

  • Lead the migration from BlueCat to Infoblox
  • Assess current DDI estate and define migration strategy
  • Deliver DNS, DHCP and IPAM solutions across enterprise-scale environments
  • Design and support scalable DDI architectures
  • Implement and manage GeoDNS / GSLB solutions
  • Integrate DDI services with:
    • Active Directory
    • Hybrid infrastructure environments
    • ServiceNow workflows
  • Drive automation using Ansible and Terraform
  • Improve operational standards, documentation and platform governance
  • Ensure minimal disruption to production services during migration activities

Required Experience

Essential

  • Proven experience delivering end-to-end DDI migrations
  • Strong hands-on expertise with both:
    • BlueCat
    • Infoblox
  • Deep technical knowledge of:
    • DNS (authoritative, forwarding, conditional forwarding)
    • DHCP (scopes, failover, reservations)
    • IPAM design and data modelling
  • Experience within large-scale, multi-region enterprise environments
  • Strong understanding of:
    • Active Directory integrated DNS/DHCP
    • Hybrid infrastructure environments
  • Strong automation skills using:
    • Ansible
    • Terraform
  • Experience integrating DNS/DHCP services into ServiceNow workflows
  • Active SC Clearance

Highly Desirable

  • Experience with GeoDNS / GSLB
  • Experience designing enterprise DDI architectures
  • Strong documentation and operational improvement mindset

Contract Details

  • Rate: £450-£500 per day
  • Contract Length: 12 Months
  • IR35: Inside IR35
  • Location: Cambridge (Hybrid)
  • Clearance: Active SC Clearance required


If you are an experienced DDI Engineer with strong Infoblox migration expertise and SC Clearance, apply now for immediate consideration.