IT Infrastructure Engineer Aston Villa Football Club

Kick It Out; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Aston Villa Football Club seeks an Infrastructure Engineer to support and enhance our core technology infrastructure across Villa Park, Bodymoor Heath, London Office and other Club locations. You will monitor networks, identity services and servers to ensure reliability, performance and security of systems and services that underpin operations.

You will carry out patching, troubleshooting, incident resolution and contribute to security improvements, documentation and infrastructure refresh

Qualifications

• Experience in technical support or infrastructure environments.
• Strong networking fundamentals.
• Experience with Active Directory and Entra ID.
• Experience supporting Windows environments and identity platforms.

Responsibilities

• Monitor and maintain infrastructure across multiple sites (Villa Park, Bodymoor Heath, London Office).
• Manage networks, Wi‑Fi, firewalls, VPNs, servers, storage, and backup solutions.
• Assist with security, vulnerability remediation and patching.
• Create and maintain technical documentation and support incident resolution.

Skills

Networking basics

Active Directory

Entra ID

Windows Server

Troubleshooting

Tools

Intune

VPNs

Virtualization

Cloud services

Job description

• Bodymoor Heath Training Ground / Villa Park

Our Technology team plays a vital role in supporting every area of the Club, providing the systems, infrastructure and innovation that help drive performance on and off the pitch. From supporting matchday operations and elite sporting environments to enhancing the experiences of supporters, partners and colleagues, the team delivers reliable, secure and forward-thinking technology solutions across the Club.

As the Club continues to grow and invest in its digital capabilities, we are looking to expand our Technology team with a number of exciting opportunities across different specialisms. This is a unique chance to play a key role in shaping the future of technology at the Club.

The Role

As an Infrastructure Engineer, you will play a vital role in supporting, maintaining and enhancing the Club’s core technology infrastructure across Villa Park, Bodymoor Heath, London Office and other Club locations. Working within a fast-paced and innovative environment, you will help ensure the reliability, performance and security of the systems, networks and services that underpin the Club’s day-to-day operations both on and off the pitch.

You will be responsible for monitoring and maintaining a wide range of infrastructure technologies, including networking, Wi-Fi, firewalls, VPNs, servers, storage, backup solutions, virtualisation platforms and cloud-based identity services. Supporting technologies such as Microsoft Active Directory, Entra ID, Intune and Windows Server, you will carry out routine administration, troubleshooting, patching and maintenance activities while helping to resolve infrastructure incidents and minimise service disruption across the business.

Working closely with colleagues across IT, Information Security and external partners, you will support technology improvement projects, platform upgrades, service enhancements and infrastructure refresh programmes. You will also contribute to maintaining a secure and resilient environment through vulnerability remediation, adherence to security best practices and the creation of high-quality technical documentation.

For further information about the Role, please see the Role Profile.

The Person

We are looking for a proactive and technically-minded IT professional with experience in a technical support or infrastructure environment and a genuine passion for technology. You will have a strong understanding of networking fundamentals, Microsoft technologies and core infrastructure services, alongside experience supporting Windows environments and identity platforms such as Active Directory and Entra ID.

You will possess strong problem-solving, communication and organisational skills, with the ability to troubleshoot technical issues, manage competing priorities and work effectively within a collaborative team environment.

You must be able to work flexible hours as the Club requires, this will include evenings and weekends and have access to a vehicle and / or the ability to travel between our Club sites; Villa Park, London Office and Bodymoor Heath Training Ground.

Why Join Us?

There has never been a better time to join Aston Villa Football Club. Our drive to succeed is visible on the global stage, we are building a family ethos and culture to be proud of, and realising our ambitious plans for the expansion and improvement of our world-class facilities. If you are already excited by this challenge and want to play your part in our historic Club, then you'll be pleased to hear about our amazing staff benefits you'll receive whilst working for us! See our Staff Benefits booklet to find out more.

The Club reserves the right to close any advertised vacancies earlier than the advertised closing date if sufficient applications have been received.

Equality Statement

Aston Villa Football Club celebrates the diversity of its Club and embrace equal opportunities for all.

We welcome applications from all candidates regardless of age, race, disability, gender reassignment, pregnancy and maternity, sexual orientation, marriage and civil partnership, sex and religion or belief.

Safeguarding Statement

Aston Villa Football Club is fully committed to safeguarding children and adults at risk across our Club. As such, we adhere to Safer Recruitment processes and for some roles a satisfactory enhanced disclosure via the Disclosure & Barring Service may be required prior to starting in a role at the Club. For more information, please see Aston Villa Football Club | The official club website | AVFC - Safeguarding