Infrastructure Manager

Experis; Crawley; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

33 days holiday (including BH)

Job summary

Experis in Crawley is seeking an infrastructure manager to lead a team onsite, overseeing ongoing projects and an expanding slate of IT initiatives.

This hands-on role requires strong stakeholder and budget management, deep technical knowledge of networks, servers, and security controls, and daily hands-on operation. You'll collaborate with vendors and drive disaster recovery planning while ensuring ISO27001 and related security standards are followed.

Qualifications

• Experience with ISO 27001, Cyber Essentials and NHS security toolkit.
• Budget management and UK disaster recovery planning.
• Ownership of IT network and infrastructure teams; vendor liaison.

Responsibilities

• Own the IT network and infrastructure teams and lead initiatives.
• Inherit a team and ongoing projects with scope for more.
• Hands-on role managing daily technical running of network and infra.
• Coordinate with 3rd party vendors and manage budget.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Budget management

Team leadership

Infrastructure operations

Vendor management

Technical architecture

Hands-on networking

Security awareness

Education

Bachelor's degree in IT

ITIL/CISSP certs (preferred)

Tools

Dell Servers

Cisco Catalyst Switches

Cisco Meraki

Windows Server (2019-2025)

Windows 10/11

Endpoint Configuration Manager

SQL

Google Workspace

Job description

My client is hiring for an infrastructure manager at their Crawley head office you’ll be required 4 days a week onsite. The office has been recently refurbished and has off street parking and is commutable to major road routes.

You’ll inherit a team and various ongoing projects as well as scope for further project work in our expansion plans. This is a hands‑on role; you’ll be required to don you’re technical and architectural hat as we manage and add to our existing infrastructure solutions.

Role Requirements:

• Ideally, you’ll have commercial understanding of information security compliance following ISO 27001, cyber essentials and the NHS security toolkit.
• Stakeholder management experience as well as budget management, you’ll have responsibility for the network and infrastructure budget.
• Coordinating the UK disaster recover protocols
• Owning the IT network and infrastructure teams, managing initiatives and team members
• Liaising with our 3rd party vendors
• Ideally, you’ll be very technically astute and enjoy rolling up your sleeves and being amongst the technical running of the network and infrastructure daily

Skills:

• Hardware: Dell Servers, Cisco Catalyst Switches, Cisco Meraki
• Software & OS: windows server (2019-2025), windows 10/11, endpoint configuration manager, SQL and google workspace
• ITL AND Microsoft or Cisco certificates are highly desirable
• 33 days holiday (including BH)