Lead Infrastructure Engineer

UK Home Office; Sheffield; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Lead Infrastructure Engineer to spearhead innovative infrastructure solutions. This role involves managing third-party services and directing teams to ensure robust and efficient operations. You will be at the forefront of cloud adoption, leveraging your expertise in Microsoft Azure and Infrastructure as Code to deliver high-quality solutions. With generous benefits including exceptional pension contributions and flexible working options, this position offers a unique opportunity to lead in a dynamic environment focused on continuous improvement and innovation.

Benefits

Exceptional pension contribution of 28.97%

25 days annual leave (rising to 30 with service)

8 public holidays

Flexible working options

Access to training and funded qualifications

Diversity and inclusion initiatives

Annual bonuses

Recognition awards

Qualifications

• Strong experience in managing Microsoft Azure environments.
• Ability to develop and implement multi-region solutions in Azure.

Responsibilities

• Lead infrastructure teams in managing and maintaining solutions.
• Oversee projects, ensuring continuous improvement and compliance.

Skills

Microsoft Azure Management

Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

Terraform

Cloud Adoption Support

Performance Monitoring

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Azure Local (Edge computing)

Azure Policy and Governance

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A Lead Infrastructure Engineer assumes responsibility for managing third party provision of infrastructure services and the provision of expertise to deliver architectural solutions for infrastructure services throughout the service lifecycle.

You will oversee programmes and projects and work with Technical Architects to translate the architectural designs into operations and support technical architects in operationalising the designs.

What will you be doing?

You will lead and direct infrastructure teams in building, managing, transitioning, supporting and maintaining solutions according to departmental policy and ensure a feedback loop exists with service support to ensure continuous improvement. You are responsible for overall management activities such as workforce planning, budgeting, technology roadmaps, projects and tasks.

Strong experience in the following technologies:

• Azure Local (Edge computing)
• Azure Policy and Governance
• Terraform

Your skills for this role

You’ll have a demonstrable passion for Infrastructure Engineering, with the following skills or strongexperience in:

• Manage and administer the Microsoft Azure environment, including provisioning, configuration, performance monitoring, policy and financial governance and security.
• Design, develop and implement efficient, highly available, multi-region solutions within Microsoft Azure.
• Develop infrastructure as code (IaC) leveraging cloud native tooling to ensure automated and consistent platform deployments.
• Support cloud adoption of applications as they are being transformed and/or modernised.
• Participate in a 24/7 on-call rotation to address and resolve technical escalations.
• Advising on future technology changes and innovations and define best practice for network improvements and information security.
• Key engineering principles and standards, and the ability to inspire others to follow these.
• Ensuring all solutions are robust, resilient and appropriately implemented, secured, tested and documented.
• Exceptional pension: Employer contribution of 28.97%.
• Generous leave: 25 days annual leave (rising to 30 with service), 8 public holidays, and 1 day for the King’s Birthday.
• Flexible working: Options include full-time, part-time, compressed hours, job sharing, and a hybrid model (minimum 60% on-site).
• Learning and development: Access to training, technical accreditations, and funded qualifications (subject to approval).
• Inclusion and recognition: A culture that champions diversity, enhanced parental leave schemes, annual bonuses, and recognition awards.

Learn more about our benefits: Benefits - Home Office Careers

Please note: This role requires SC clearance. To meet national security vetting requirements, you must typically have been resident in the UK for at least five years.

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Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Engineering, Information Technology, and Management

• Industries

  Engineering Services, Data Infrastructure and Analytics, and IT System Design Services

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