Infrastructure & Network Manager — Hybrid Role & Growth

Bensons for Beds; Accrington; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Life Assurance and pension

Career development

Flexible hybrid/onsite work

Job summary

Bensons for Beds is seeking an experienced Infrastructure and Network Manager to lead the management, security, and improvement of our IT infrastructure and network services across the organisation.

You will oversee networks, servers, cloud services and related technologies, ensuring reliable, secure, and high-performing IT services while guiding policy, incident response, and continuous improvement initiatives.

Qualifications

• Proven experience managing IT infrastructure, networks and services in a complex org.
• Strong knowledge of TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, VPNs, firewalls, routing and wireless tech.
• Experience with server technologies, virtualization, cloud platforms and monitoring tools.
• Knowledge of infrastructure security, vulnerability management and data protection best practices.

Responsibilities

• Managing and maintaining the organisation's IT infrastructure, networks, servers, systems and cloud services.
• Leading the design, implementation and support of secure and resilient network solutions.
• Monitoring infrastructure performance, availability, capacity and security to identify issues proactively.
• Overseeing upgrades, installations and technology change programmes.
• Developing and maintaining disaster recovery and business continuity plans.
• Managing suppliers, technology partners, service agreements and budgets.
• Ensuring compliance with information security policies and data protection requirements.

Skills

Infrastructure management

Network architecture

Security & compliance

Leadership

Vendor management

Troubleshooting

Education

ITIL certification

Cisco/Microsoft certifications

Tools

Windows Server

VMware

Cloud platforms

Backup solutions

Monitoring tools

Job description

Bensons for Beds is seeking an experienced Infrastructure and Network Manager to lead the management, security, and improvement of our IT infrastructure and network services across the organisation.

You will oversee networks, servers, cloud services and related technologies, ensuring reliable, secure, and high-performing IT services while guiding policy, incident response, and continuous improvement initiatives.