Sr Infrastructure Engineer

We are looking for a highly skilled and motivated Senior Infrastructure Engineer to join our Infrastructure Engineering team. You will be a hands-on technical expert, helping to design, build and run the corporate IT infrastructure that keeps the group companies productive and secure. You will work on complex, high-impact projects, act as an escalation point for the team, and help raise engineering standards through mentoring and example.

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy and maintain corporate infrastructure, including servers, storage, domain services, cloud services and enterprise applications.
• Act as a senior technical authority for the team, providing guidance, design reviews and mentorship to more junior engineers.
• Contribute to the team’s technology strategy and roadmap, helping to shape priorities and technical direction.
• Evaluate and recommend new technologies that improve reliability, security and operational efficiency.
• Lead and deliver infrastructure projects from design to handover, on time, within scope and to a high standard.
• Own the resolution of complex incidents and problems, leading root cause analysis and driving lasting fixes.
• Build and maintain disaster recovery and business continuity capabilities for critical systems, including regular testing.
• Drive automation and infrastructure-as-code to reduce manual effort, improve consistency and make the estate easier to run.
• Build security into designs and solutions from the outset, working with our security teams to meet policy and compliance requirements.
• Collaborate with stakeholders across the business to understand requirements and deliver solutions aligned with business objectives.
• Produce and maintain clear technical documentation, standards and runbooks.
• Take part in the team’s on-call and out-of-hours support arrangements where required.

Requirements

The ideal candidate will have the following skills and experience:

• Significant experience in an infrastructure engineering role, with a strong understanding of enterprise IT infrastructure components (e.g. networking, virtualization, storage, cloud computing, domain services).
• Strong proficiency in both Microsoft and Linux operating systems.
• Substantial hands-on experience designing, operating and troubleshooting large VMware estates or alternate virtualization platforms.
• Experience with automation and DevOps tooling (e.g. Ansible, Python, Terraform, CI/CD pipelines), with a track record of automating real operational work.
• Sound knowledge of IT security principles and practices, and the ability to build security into designs and solutions.
• Strong problem-solving skills and a results-oriented mindset, with the ability to diagnose complex issues under pressure.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Experience delivering projects, with working knowledge of Agile or other delivery methodologies.
• A collaborative approach, and a willingness to mentor and develop others.