Data Centre Infrastructure Manager

Anson McCade; Stevenage; Hybrid; GBP 55,675 - 75,325; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus up to 21%

Pension contributions up to 14%

Hybrid working

Flexible working arrangements

Onsite facilities

Job summary

Anson McCade is seeking a leader to manage mission critical data centre and infrastructure environments across the UK. You will oversee operational resilience, disaster recovery and capacity planning, while working with internal teams and suppliers.

The role combines technical expertise with leadership, shaping long-term infrastructure services in a highly secure setting. Hybrid onsite in Stevenage with strong governance and certification aims.

Qualifications

• Experience managing enterprise data centre environments.
• Strong knowledge of servers, storage, networking and hosting infrastructure.
• Experience delivering disaster recovery, business continuity and resilience programmes.
• Knowledge of critical facilities including UPS systems, generators and cooling infrastructure.
• Experience with governance, risk, change control and capacity planning.
• Proven ability to lead operational teams and manage third-party suppliers.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management across technical and business teams.
• Experience in highly secure or regulated environments is advantageous.
• ITIL, CDCP, CDCM or similar certifications would be beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Lead day-to-day management of data centre and hosting environments.
• Drive operational resilience, availability and continuous service improvements.
• Develop and oversee disaster recovery and business continuity strategies and testing.
• Manage capacity planning and long-term operational forecasting.
• Lead incident response and support major service restoration activities.
• Coordinate supplier relationships and third-party providers.
• Ensure operations comply with security, governance and standards.
• Produce documentation, procedures and service improvements.
• Develop infrastructure management teams and foster continuous improvement.

Skills

Operational leadership

Stakeholder management

Disaster recovery planning

Capacity planning

Security governance

Supplier management

Communication

Tools

BMS

Job description

Hybrid working - 2/3 days per week onsite

Do you have experience leading mission-critical infrastructure and data centre operations? Are you passionate about delivering resilient, secure environments that support essential business services?

This is an excellent opportunity to join a leading defence organisation where you'll take ownership of critical infrastructure environments across the UK.

You'll lead operational resilience, oversee data centre performance and drive continuous improvement across highly secure, enterprise-scale platforms supporting nationally important programmes.

Working within a growing infrastructure function, you'll play a key leadership role while helping shape the future of resilient hosting environments and operational excellence.

The Role

You’ll be responsible for the operational management of critical data centre and infrastructure environments, ensuring high levels of availability, resilience and security. Working with both internal teams and external suppliers, you’ll oversee infrastructure operations, disaster recovery planning, capacity management and service improvements across multiple environments.

This role combines technical infrastructure knowledge with operational leadership and offers the opportunity to influence the long-term direction of critical infrastructure services.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the day-to-day management of critical data centre and hosting environments
• Drive operational resilience, availability and continuous service improvement initiatives
• Develop and oversee disaster recovery and business continuity strategies, including testing and recovery exercises
• Manage infrastructure capacity planning and long-term operational forecasting
• Lead operational incident response and support major service restoration activities when required
• Manage supplier relationships and coordinate specialist third-party service providers
• Ensure infrastructure operations comply with security, governance and operational standards
• Produce operational documentation, procedures, policies and service improvements
• Support and develop infrastructure management teams while fostering a culture of continuous improvement

Skills & Experience

• Strong experience managing enterprise infrastructure or data centre environments
• Excellent understanding of server, storage, networking and hosting infrastructure
• Experience delivering disaster recovery, business continuity and resilience programmes
• Knowledge of critical facilities including UPS systems, generators, cooling infrastructure and building management systems (BMS)
• Experience managing operational governance, risk, change control and capacity planning
• Proven ability to lead operational teams and manage third-party suppliers
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills across technical and business teams
• Experience within highly secure or regulated environments would be advantageous
• ITIL, CDCP, CDCM or similar certifications would be beneficial

What's on Offer

• Salary circa £65,500 depending on experience
• Hybrid working with approximately 2 days per week onsite in Stevenage
• Annual bonus of up to 21%
• Pension contributions of up to 14%
• Flexible working arrangements
• Enhanced parental leave package
• Excellent onsite facilities including subsidised meals and free parking
• Outstanding career development within a growing infrastructure and cloud function

Please note: Due to the nature of the work, applicants must be British Citizens and eligible to obtain Developed Vetting (DV) security clearance.