Infrastructure Engineering Manager

SiXworks an IBM company; Farnborough; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days annual leave + bank holidays

Free Private Medical cover

Life Assurance

Generous pension (10% employer, 5% employee contribution)

Bonus

Professional development and training support

Secure parking

On site gym

Café & restaurant

Open break-out spaces

Job summary

SiXworks an IBM company is seeking an Infrastructure Engineering Manager to lead a large team of engineers. The ideal candidate will possess a strong technical foundation in cloud infrastructure, networking, and service management, along with excellent leadership capabilities.

You will be responsible for team management, driving performance, mentoring engineers, and ensuring high-quality delivery of projects. The role also includes stakeholder management and requiring eligibility for UK Security Clearance.

Benefits include competitive salaries, generous annual leave, and comprehensive wellness support.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated success in managing technical teams and mentoring engineers.
• Good leadership and communication skills.
• Strong organizational and planning skills.
• Familiarity with complex IT environments.

Responsibilities

• Manage a large team of engineers including performance management.
• Lead and mentor team members to develop their skills.
• Act as a contact for project managers and service leadership.
• Contribute to technical problem solving and architecture reviews.

Skills

Team management

Cloud Infrastructure

Networking

People management

ITIL practices

Problem-solving

Agile methodologies

Education

Background in engineering or infrastructure operations

Job description

What You’ll Do

The role of Infrastructure Engineering Manager is a balance of team management and project delivery and requires a solid understanding of infrastructure domains across multiple projects in Cloud Infrastructure (Azure/Google), Networking, Platforms & Servers, End‑User Compute, Scripting & Automation, and Service Management (ITIL).

Responsible for line managing engineers and their skills; ensure skills are developed and aligned to business strategy and needs. This role blends strong people management capability with good technical understanding of infrastructure technologies, ensuring the right engineers with the right skills are assigned to projects, BAU activities and operational priorities. Together with our Operations team, drive & support capacity planning, workforce optimisation and skills development, ensuring high‑quality delivery across infrastructure such as server, storage, networking, cloud, end‑user compute & platform ops.

Your work may include:

• Manage a large team of engineers; holding 1:1s, supporting career development, setting objectives and managing performance.
• Lead on mentoring, coaching, and skills development of team members
• Lead the team; support wellbeing, provide clear guidance/direction, influence team morale.
• Take ownership for recruitment and onboarding of new team members.

Technical Contribution

• Contribute towards technical problem solving, architectural reviews, and hands‑on delivery to maintain technical excellence and team credibility.

Stakeholder Management

• Act as a contact for project managers, operations team and service leadership.
• Communicate resource constraints, risks, and priorities clearly.
• Build strong relationships across technical teams.

What We’re Looking For

We value people who take ownership, think critically, and enjoy working as part of a collaborative team tackling complex challenges. You don’t need to tick every box, but we’re particularly interested in people with skills/experience in:

• Demonstrated success in managing technical teams, mentoring engineers, and delivering solutions aligned to Agile, Scrum, ITIL, and SDLC best practices.
• Good leadership and communication skills.
• Strong organisational and planning skills
• Familiarity with complex multi‑discipline IT environments
• Calm under operational pressure

Qualifications / Technical Experience

• Background in engineering or infrastructure operations

Just as important are curiosity, strong problem‑solving ability, and the motivation to continuously improve how technology is designed and delivered.

A word on UK Security Clearance

Due to the secure nature of the position and working environment, you must have or be eligible to obtain Security Clearance. More details relating to UK Security Clearance can be found here:

United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

Benefits

We offer competitive salaries and a package that supports your wellbeing and development, including 25 days annual leave + bank holidays, free Private Medical cover and Life Assurance, generous pension (10% employer, 5% employee contribution), bonus and professional development and training support. In addition to secure parking, gym, café & restaurant on site and lots of open break‑out spaces.