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Infrastructure Manager

 North East England  Permanent  45000 Ref: 418112

About the Role:

Our client is seeking an experienced Infrastructure Manager to join their Technology leadership team. This is a key role responsible for ensuring the reliability, security, and continuous improvement of a predominantly cloud-based IT environment.

Supporting a workforce of approximately 200 employees—many operating within a fast-paced, customer-focused environment—you will ensure that core technology platforms, collaboration tools, and end-user services are highly available, secure, and efficient.

This is a hands-on leadership role, blending technical expertise across infrastructure and cloud platforms with strong people management capabilities.

Key Responsibilities:

Key Responsibilities

Leadership & Team Management

  • Lead, mentor, and develop a small team of infrastructure engineers and support analysts
  • Set priorities, manage workloads, and balance reactive support with proactive improvement
  • Foster a collaborative, customer-focused team culture
  • Act as the escalation point for complex technical and service issues

Service & Support Delivery

  • Own and manage the internal IT support service end-to-end
  • Ensure effective triage, prioritisation, and resolution of incidents and service requests
  • Define and monitor SLAs, using performance data to drive service improvements
  • Maintain a knowledge base to increase first-time resolution and efficiency

Infrastructure & Workplace Technology

  • Oversee the lifecycle of end-user devices (Windows and macOS), including provisioning and decommissioning
  • Manage device configuration and compliance using modern endpoint management tools
  • Administer core productivity platforms (email, collaboration, document management)
  • Manage identity, access, and security controls across the organisation

Cloud, Security & Governance

  • Own the security posture of cloud-based infrastructure environments
  • Implement and maintain best practice security controls, including identity and access management
  • Conduct regular vulnerability assessments and security reviews
  • Respond to and manage security incidents
  • Ensure compliance with relevant data protection and security frameworks

Collaboration & Projects

  • Work closely with other technology leaders to deliver the IT roadmap
  • Collaborate across data and development functions to maintain consistent governance
  • Support delivery of infrastructure and workplace technology projects
  • Manage supplier relationships and ensure service levels are met

Business Continuity & Risk

  • Develop and maintain disaster recovery and business continuity plans
  • Maintain IT policies, standards, and documentation
  • Contribute to and manage the IT risk register

Skills & Experiences

Skills & Experience

  • Proven experience in IT infrastructure, operations, or IT management roles
  • Experience leading and developing technical teams
  • Strong knowledge of modern workplace technologies and cloud-based environments
  • Experience administering enterprise productivity platforms and identity management systems
  • Solid understanding of cloud security, governance, and compliance
  • Experience managing IT support / helpdesk functions and service delivery
  • Excellent communication skills, with the ability to engage across technical and non-technical audiences

Desirable

  • Experience supporting high-volume, customer-facing environments (e.g. contact centre)
  • Familiarity with cloud platforms and security best practices
  • Knowledge of data governance and compliance tooling
  • Awareness of recognised security and compliance frameworks
  • Relevant industry certifications

What's on Offer:

  • Opportunity to join a growing, technology-driven organisation
  • Leadership role with real ownership and impact
  • Supportive and collaborative culture
  • Ongoing development and career progression
  • Competitive salary and benefits package

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