Design // Deploy // Deliver

Welcome To Astuco Secure IT Solutions

We are a systems integrator building the secure digital backbone for UK Defence - designing, deploying and delivering hyper-converged private clouds and mission-critical capabilities that give our clients a strategic advantage.

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Multi-Tenant Secure Platforms

Astuco hold a robust and demonstrable skills and experience in delivering secure infrastructure and platform solutions which are multi-tenanted and exploit delivery automation.

Secure By Design

We are experts in delivering Secure By Design as well as systems, architecture and implementation of compliant platforms. Consultancy and briefing on Secure By Design is available upon request.

AI Infrastructure Platforms

We design and deliver infrastructure architecture that brings GPU acceleration to secure environments, enabling AI inference and containerised workloads to run within air-gapped and classified networks.

Defence personnel at dusk
25+ Years of Experience
Who we are

Experts in secure Information Systems within Defence

Our team of experts have a broad and varied background ranging from an ex-Military CIS SME to a former Big-Four advisory Director. We are integrators of complex and non-complex mission and operational capabilities with specialisms in:

  • Secure By Design
  • Defence Applications
  • C4ISR
  • Managed Service Delivery
  • Software Defined Datacentres
  • Security Cleared Resources
  • Multi-Tenant Secure Platforms
  • Synthetic Environment Management
  • Platform Performance Benchmarking
  • AI Infrastructure Platforms

Strong industry relationships with leaders of secure tech

We have forged enduring relationships with industry leading senior executives to provide technology enabled solutions to the Public Sector underpinned through shared capabilities, expertise and experience.

  • VMware
  • Dell
  • Microsoft
  • HPE
  • Cisco
  • Boxxe
  • Nova
  • CI
Why Choose Us

Design // Deploy // Deliver

Committed to excellence, we strive to empower our nations defence capabilities with innovative and resilient IT systems.

Founded during the challenges of the COVID pandemic, we have already been instrumental in the development and delivery of Secure by Design solutions and Deployed Mission Capabilities to the Front-Line Commands.

We have established a flexible resource pool of permanent employees, sub-contractors and associations with other SMEs from across the UK to ensure that we have the right people, in the right place, with the right clearance, at the right time, to meet the needs of our current and future clients.

Adaptability, flexibility and the ability to respond at pace are the cornerstones of our business model and service offerings.

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IT Strategy and Advisory Service

We can support the development of your IT strategy and roadmap through our advisory practice. We can then facilitate your vendor selection phase through our procurement capabilities. - or - We can help you realise your roadmap by enhancing your in-house capabilities through technical resource augmentation from our engineering services.

Outcome Based Delivery (Fixed Price)

We believe in quality output and the value of what we deliver. With significant experience of outcome based projects we are able to structure engagements and deliver within defined costs and timeframes to deliver tangible results and associated benefits. With access to existing Crown Commercial Service Frameworks we can respond to requirements at pace and expedite the procurement process.

Astuco Roles

Our Current Vacant Roles and Services

Technical Architect

Enterprise-grade VMware/VCF solutions; virtualization, infrastructure optimization, and aligning delivery with business objectives.


£70–100k per year

  • Hybrid, UK
  • Permanent
  • Ongoing for 2026
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Infrastructure Engineer

Enterprise Windows Server, Active Directory (GPO, PKI, MECM) and virtualization platforms.


£40–60k per year

  • Hybrid, UK
  • Permanent
  • Ongoing for 2026
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Linux Engineer

Enterprise Linux (Ubuntu, Red Hat), RHCE, scripting, hardening and automation.


£50–70k per year

  • Hybrid, UK
  • Permanent
  • Ongoing for 2026
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Cyber Security Operations - Senior Analyst

Own the PROTECT, DETECT and RESPOND controls of a major defence client's Security Operations Centre.


£650–700 per day (Inside IR35)

  • Corsham, UK
  • Contract - Inside IR35 - until 31st March 2028
  • Apply by 10 Jun 2026
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Network Engineer

Design, build and assure the core network fabric - Cisco Nexus, VXLAN and leaf-and-spine - behind a major UK Defence C2 programme.


£600–700 per day (Inside IR35)

  • Hybrid, UK (Corsham)
  • Contract - Inside IR35 - until 31st March 2028
  • Apply by 15 Jun 2026
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Military CIS Leaver

L2/L3 support for UK MoD systems; interest in Wintel/Linux; OR-6/SNCO grade.


£45–55k per year

  • Hybrid, UK
  • Permanent
  • Ongoing for 2026
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Get in Touch

Send Us a Message

Simply fill in the form below with a brief message about what you'd like to engage with Astuco about, and we'll endeavour to respond within one working day.

Speak to Defence IT Specialists

Whether you're scoping a programme, looking for security-cleared resource or want to talk Secure by Design, our specialists are ready to help.

Office Address

Christmas Tree Farm, Hangersley Hill,
Ringwood, BH24 3JR