IT Infrastructure & Security Lead — Hybrid Role

Reed; St Albans; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working (2 days onsite)

Significant ownership and autonomy

Direct exposure to senior leadership

Shape IT and security landscape

Broad technical exposure across infra,

Supportive and collaborative team

Job summary

Reed is seeking an IT Infrastructure Tech Lead in St Albans to own a Microsoft-centric environment and drive infrastructure, security, compliance, and cloud initiatives. The role is hybrid (2 days onsite) and supports circa 30 users.

You will partner with the IT Director to deliver hands-on delivery and strategic planning, enabling robust security governance, identity management, and cloud optimization across the organisation.

Qualifications

• Strong experience across Microsoft 365, Azure AD, and Azure infrastructure.
• Experience implementing ISO27001 and data governance controls.
• Proven ability to automate infrastructure deployment and security validation.

Responsibilities

• Act as the primary liaison between the business, outsourced MSP, and first-line support teams.
• Administer and maintain the Microsoft 365 and Active Directory environments.
• Manage and develop Azure cloud infrastructure, including: Windows Server Virtual Machines, Microsoft SQL Server, Azure Application Gateway, Azure Key Vault, Managed Identities.
• Oversee network and security operations, including: RBAC and IAM, VPN, MFA and Conditional Access, DKIM/DMARC/SPF, DLP, Group Policy.
• Ensure ISO27001 compliance and support cybersecurity improvement initiatives.
• Lead journey towards Cyber Essentials Plus and Cloud Security Alliance compliance frameworks.
• Fulfil responsibilities of the GDPR Data Protection Officer.
• Manage hardware procurement, refresh cycles, lifecycle management.
• Automate infrastructure deployment, monitoring, and security validation with PowerShell and Azure DevOps.
• Maintain and improve technical documentation, policies, and knowledge bases.
• Champion best practices around least privilege, security governance, and separation of duties.

Skills

Microsoft Entra ID (Azure AD)

Microsoft Azure

Windows Server Administration

Active Directory

Microsoft 365 Administration

PowerShell Scripting

Azure DevOps

Cybersecurity and Identity Management

Network Security Technologies

ISO27001 environments

GDPR and data governance

Infrastructure automation

Tools

Azure DevOps

Job description

Reed is seeking an IT Infrastructure Tech Lead in St Albans to own a Microsoft-centric environment and drive infrastructure, security, compliance, and cloud initiatives. The role is hybrid (2 days onsite) and supports circa 30 users.

You will partner with the IT Director to deliver hands-on delivery and strategic planning, enabling robust security governance, identity management, and cloud optimization across the organisation.