Infrastructure Engineer

Your Tech Future; Altofts; On-site; GBP 33,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

Your Tech Future in Devon is seeking a Lead Infrastructure Engineer for a full-time role. You will balance hands-on engineering with leadership, guiding a small team, and shaping infrastructure direction across projects, operations, and strategy.

The position offers a salary up to £55,000 plus benefits and reports into the IT function. The role emphasizes delivering reliable, secure infrastructure, implementing design standards, and mentoring colleagues while collaborating with cross-functional

Qualifications

• We require proven experience in infrastructure engineering within a fast-paced and ever-changing environment.
• We require strong knowledge of virtualisation, cloud platforms, networking, storage, and backend systems.
• We require experience supporting highly available environments.
• We require a good understanding of cybersecurity principles and best practice.
• We require strong troubleshooting and problem-solving capability.
• We require the ability to communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• We value experience in a role that combines hands-on engineering with leadership responsibility.

Responsibilities

• We lead the implementation and deployment of infrastructure solutions.
• We ensure projects are delivered in line with design, timelines, and business needs.
• We carry out testing and validation to ensure performance and reliability.
• We own monitoring, alerting, and proactive issue resolution.
• We manage patching, upgrades, and ongoing system maintenance.
• We analyse performance and plan for future capacity requirements.
• We embed security best practices across infrastructure environments.
• We support vulnerability management, testing, and risk mitigation.
• We ensure alignment with relevant standards and regulatory requirements.
• We provide technical guidance and mentorship to a small team.
• We work closely with cross-functional teams to deliver infrastructure solutions.
• We contribute to architectural and technology decisions.
• We maintain clear documentation across systems and processes.
• We support knowledge sharing and continuous improvement across the team.

Skills

Infra engineering

Virtualisation

Cloud platforms

Networking

Storage

Backend systems

Cybersecurity

Troubleshooting

Stakeholder communication

Leadership

Job description

Salary: £55,000 - 55,000 per year

Requirements:

• We require proven experience in infrastructure engineering within a fast-paced and ever-changing environment.
• We require strong knowledge of virtualisation, cloud platforms, networking, storage, and backend systems.
• We require experience supporting highly available environments.
• We require a good understanding of cybersecurity principles and best practice.
• We require strong troubleshooting and problem-solving capability.
• We require the ability to communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• We value experience in a role that combines hands-on engineering with leadership responsibility.

Responsibilities:

• We lead the implementation and deployment of infrastructure solutions.
• We ensure projects are delivered in line with design, timelines, and business needs.
• We carry out testing and validation to ensure performance and reliability.
• We own monitoring, alerting, and proactive issue resolution.
• We manage patching, upgrades, and ongoing system maintenance.
• We analyse performance and plan for future capacity requirements.
• We embed security best practices across infrastructure environments.
• We support vulnerability management, testing, and risk mitigation.
• We ensure alignment with relevant standards and regulatory requirements.
• We provide technical guidance and mentorship to a small team.
• We work closely with cross-functional teams to deliver infrastructure solutions.
• We contribute to architectural and technology decisions.
• We maintain clear documentation across systems and processes.
• We support knowledge sharing and continuous improvement across the team.

Technologies:

• Backend
• Cloud
• Support
• Security
• DevOps

More:

We are a stable, well-established organisation based in Devon, offering a full-time Lead Infrastructure Engineer role with a salary of up to £55,000 plus benefits. This is a high-impact position within a collaborative IT function, where infrastructure is operationally critical and underpins day-to-day business operations. The role offers a strong balance of hands-on engineering and leadership, with the opportunity to influence infrastructure direction, standards, and the future evolution of our environment while working across projects, operations, and strategy.

last updated 40 week of 2026