Head of Infrastructure

Eutopia Solutions; Liverpool; Hybrid; GBP 61,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Contributory pension >20%

Holiday entitlement >40 days

Job summary

Eutopia Solutions is seeking a Head of IT Infrastructure to own and lead the strategy across data centres, networks and telephony in a hybrid Liverpool role. You will manage several technical managers and drive initiatives to ensure availability and stability of all platforms.

The role requires senior leadership experience in large-scale infrastructure, with a focus on service delivery, security and incident response.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience leading IT infrastructure teams.
• Proven ability to manage complex infrastructure across data centres, networks, storage and servers.
• Familiarity with ITIL and service-delivery standards.

Responsibilities

• Lead IT infrastructure strategy and delivery.
• Line-manage technical managers and staff across a matrix environment.
• Ensure high availability and performance of systems, networks and data centres.

Skills

IT Infrastructure Leadership

Data Centre Management

Networks & Telephony

ITIL

Budget management

Staff management

Job description

Head of Infrastructure - £61,000 - £75,000 - Liverpool with hybrid working

A Head of IT Infrastructure is required by our internationally renowned client, who are consistently ranked as one of the leaders in their sector both nationally and internationally. The Head of Infrastructures primary purpose is to be fully accountable for ensuring all systems across Data Centres, Platforms, Networks & Telephony environments remain highly available, stable, monitored and maintained, in line with the strategic operational objectives of IT Services.

As the Head of IT Infrastructure, you will act as the line manager for a number of technical managers, who will themselves and their staff, work in a matrix environment, also reporting operationally to project managers. They are looking for someone with extensive experience in managing a complex IT Infrastructure environment at a senior level, ideally with experience in IT infrastructure technical resources, covering networks, data centre environments and servers.

About the Company:

They are a large-scale organisation, based in over 300 buildings locally, and internationally and with approx. 30,000 unique users for IT. and a complex structure which means you will be liaising with a wide-variety of stakeholders. You will enjoy working within a professional and friendly team and can take advantage of an exceptional benefits package including a contributory pension scheme of in excess of 20%, as well as a very healthy holiday allowance of 30 days base plus bank holidays and additional site closure days (in total in excess of 40 days annually). The organisation are truly human centric and advocate a healthy work/life balance for their employees.

• contributory pension scheme of in excess of 20%
• very healthy holiday allowance of 30 days base plus bank holidays and additional site closure days (in total in excess of 40 days annually)

This is a hybrid role with a requirement to be onsite a minimum of 2 days a week.

Join this world leader in their field, as they continue a new Digital strategy that will result in the delivery of a number of significant digital & technology initiatives.

KEY SKILLS & BACKGROUND

• Extensive experience in managing IT infrastructure teams at a senior level


• Experience in continuity management and disaster recovery


• Knowledge across Networks, Servers, Storage, Virtualisation and managing Data Centre environments


• Familiarity with Service Delivery standards and frameworks such as ITIL.


• Ability to plan, assign, direct, manage, motivate and engage staff successfully


• Ability to define, implement and promote IT Infrastructure Strategy


• Develop and maintain relationships with senior management across lines of business and relevant 3rd parties


• Responsible for IT Infrastructure budget management, including provision of month-end reports for senior management


• Ability to direct and line manage Technical Managers and the wider Infrastructure team.