IT Infrastructure Manager

NES Fircroft; Basingstoke; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

NES Fircroft is seeking an IT Infrastructure Manager for a permanent role in Bas­singstoke (UK). The position supports the Global IT Team, with travel up to 25% to Europe and North America, and is open to candidates based in Dublin.

Responsibilities include defining IT infrastructure standards and roadmaps, rolling out services across the business, and overseeing network, IAAS, vulnerability scanning, and monitoring.

Qualifications

• At least 10 years in IT infrastructure with cloud focus.
• Experience managing federated IT teams and delivering programmes.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide infrastructure architecture leadership and expert consulting.
• Research emerging IT infrastructure platforms and initiate projects with business case & licensing.
• Propose new IT standards and roadmaps for infrastructure services.
• Collaborate with IT vendors to implement services.
• Provide technical design expertise to the business teams.
• Monitor service adoption, compliance reporting and remediation.

Skills

IT infrastructure management

Cloud-based services

Microsoft ecosystem licensing

Stakeholder management

IAAS management

Vendor negotiation

Programme rollout

Communication

Tools

Azure

Intune

Tenable

Cloudflare

Job description

IT Infrastructure Manager – Permanent – Basingstoke

Location – Basingstoke but open to candidates based in Dublin

Possibly up to 25% travel involved with this position to places like Europe and North America

Required: - At least 10 years’ experience in IT infrastructure, with focus on cloud-based services (e.g. M365, Intune, Azure, Cloudflare, Tenable, etc). Expert level understanding of the Microsoft ecosystem (solutions & licensing model). Experience managing federated IT teams and delivering programmes and projects. Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills. Hands on experience managing an IAAS environment. Good background in vendor negotiation and infrastructure programme rollout.

My client is looking to bring on board an IT Infrastructure Manager to work within their Global IT Team. You will work with stakeholders and define the IT Infrastructure standards and roadmaps, and rollout such services across my client’s business

The IT Infrastructure Manager will have responsibility for services including (but not limited to) network/ firewalls, modern workplace, IAAS, vulnerability scanning and service monitoring/ alerting. The individual will work collaboratively with IT Security and our business specific IT teams to ensure the appropriate services are fully deployed.

IT Infrastructure Manager Key responsibilities

• Provide infrastructure architecture leadership and expert consulting.
• Research emerging IT infrastructure platforms and initiate projects to introduce appropriate solutions (including architecture, business case, licensing model & intended usage).
• Propose new IT standards and implementation roadmaps for infrastructure services.
• Work with IT vendors to select and implement appropriate IT services.

• Provide technical design expertise to the businesses and support their in-house infrastructure teams.
• Monitor adoption of services, manage compliance reporting and, when necessary, assist with remediation.

IT Infrastructure Manager – Permanent – Basingstoke

With over 90 years' combined experience, NES Fircroft (NES) is proud to be the world's leading engineering staffing provider spanning the Oil & Gas, Power & Renewables, Chemicals, Construction & Infrastructure, Life Sciences, Mining andManufacturingsectors worldwide. With more than 80 offices in 45 countries, we are able to provide our clients with the engineering and technical expertise they need, wherever and whenever it is needed. We offer contractors far more than a traditional recruitment service, supporting with everything from securing visas and work permits, to providing market-leading benefits packages and accommodation, ensuring they are safely and compliantly able to support our clients.