Infrastructure Engineering Manager — Secure Infra Leader

IBM SiXworks; Farnborough; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days leave

Private Medical

Life Assurance

Generous pension

Bonus

Training support

On-site facilities

Job summary

SiXworks is seeking an Infrastructure Engineering Manager to balance team leadership with project delivery across cloud, networking, and platform domains. You will recruit, onboard, and mentor engineers while aligning skills with business goals and operational priorities.

You will work with the Operations team to drive capacity planning, ensure high‑quality delivery, and manage stakeholder relationships across project managers and service leaders.

Qualifications

• Background in engineering or infrastructure operations.
• Familiarity with complex multi‑discipline IT environments.
• Calm under operational pressure.
• Strong leadership and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage a large team of engineers; conduct 1:1s, develop careers, set objectives, assess performance.
• Lead mentoring, coaching, and skills development across the team.
• Provide direction, support wellbeing, influence team morale and recruitment onboarding.
• Coordinate with Operations to ensure capacity planning and delivery of infrastructure projects.

Skills

Team management

Mentoring engineers

Agile methodologies

ITIL/SDLC

Strategic planning

Education

Engineering background or infrastructure operations

Job description

SiXworks is seeking an Infrastructure Engineering Manager to balance team leadership with project delivery across cloud, networking, and platform domains. You will recruit, onboard, and mentor engineers while aligning skills with business goals and operational priorities.

You will work with the Operations team to drive capacity planning, ensure high‑quality delivery, and manage stakeholder relationships across project managers and service leaders.