Lead IT infrastructure engineer

Breast Cancer Now; Cardiff; Hybrid; GBP 52,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A charity organization in the UK is seeking a hands-on Lead IT Infrastructure Engineer to manage and optimize IT infrastructure, overseeing a migration to Microsoft Azure. The ideal candidate will possess strong technical skills across hybrid environments and provide leadership while ensuring robust cyber security. This position allows for hybrid working and is based in Cardiff, Sheffield, or London, with a competitive salary and comprehensive benefits.

Qualifications

• Proven experience delivering end-to-end infrastructure solutions.
• Strong problem-solving abilities and confidence in decision-making.
• Experience with security frameworks and compliance activities.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical design, build, deployment, and maintenance of infrastructure services.
• Execute the transition to a hybrid Azure environment.
• Strengthen cyber security posture and manage vulnerabilities.

Skills

Designing, building and maintaining hybrid environments

Leading and delivering on-premises to Azure migration projects

Working with enterprise infrastructure technologies

Managing Microsoft services

Strengthening infrastructure security

Job description

£52,000 to £60,000 per annum, subject to location

35 hours per week

London, Sheffield or Cardiff (home and office based)

About us

We’re Breast Cancer Now, the research and support charity. We’re the place to turn to for anything and everything to do with breast cancer. However you’re experiencing breast cancer, we’re here.

The brightest minds in breast cancer research are here. Making life‑saving research happen in labs across the UK and Ireland. Support services, trustworthy breast cancer information and specialist nurses are here. Ready to support you whenever you need it. Dedicated campaigners are here. Fighting for the best possible treatment, services and care for anyone affected by breast cancer.

About the role

We’re looking for a hands‑on Lead IT infrastructure engineer to take ownership of our IT infrastructure and play a pivotal role in our migration from on‑premises to Microsoft Azure.

This is a deeply hands‑on, delivery‑focused role where you’ll lead the technical design, build, deployment and maintenance of our infrastructure services across cloud, hybrid and on‑premises environments. You’ll be responsible for modernising and optimising our infrastructure, ensuring it is secure, scalable, resilient and aligned with best practice.

You’ll take the lead in executing our move to a hybrid Azure environment. Designing, building and deploying solutions yourself while guiding and mentoring engineers across the team. Alongside transformation work, you’ll also own day‑to‑day infrastructure operations, troubleshooting and driving continuous improvement.

You’ll play a key role in strengthening our cyber security posture, including vulnerability management, configuration hardening, incident response, compliance activities and maintaining accreditations such as Cyber Essentials Plus.

Working with the Head of IT, you’ll contribute to the development of the infrastructure roadmap, act as a subject matter expert across the organisation, and ensure our systems support the charity’s vital work.

About you

You’ll be an experienced infrastructure professional with strong hands‑on expertise in :

• Designing, building and maintaining hybrid environments, particularly Microsoft Azure (IaaS, PaaS, networking, storage, compute and monitoring).
• Leading and delivering on‑premises to Azure migration projects.
• Working across a wide range of enterprise infrastructure technologies across networking, virtualisation, storage, security, identity, backup, disaster recovery, and monitoring.
• Managing Microsoft services such as Windows Server, Hyper‑V, Intune, Autopilot, Entra ID, Defender, Exchange, SharePoint etc.
• Strengthening infrastructure security across technical controls and operational procedures.

You’ll bring excellent communication skills, strong problem‑solving abilities and the confidence to lead technical decision‑making. You’ll work proactively, take ownership of outcomes, and collaborate effectively with colleagues and stakeholders at all levels.

You’ll have proven experience delivering end‑to‑end infrastructure solutions, driving transformation projects, and maintaining secure, resilient and cost‑efficient environments. You’ll also be confident working with security frameworks, implementing technical controls, operational processes and delivering compliance activities needed to keep an organisation secure.

Alongside your technical expertise, you’ll provide leadership and mentorship to engineers, helping to build capability and support a culture of continual improvement.

If you’re passionate about shaping how IT infrastructure services support our charity’s vital work, we’d love to hear from you.

Job description and benefits

Please download the job description and our attractive benefits package.

Primary location of role and hybrid working

This role can be based in our London, Sheffield or Cardiff office. Our hybrid working model allows you to work up to 3 days per week at home.

When applying

We hope you choose to apply for this role. To support your application, you’ll be asked to submit your anonymised CV and a supporting statement. Please refer to the essential criteria on the person specification and clearly provide as much information as you can with examples, to demonstrate how and where you meet the criteria.

Our commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion

We’re committed to promoting equity, valuing diversity and creating an inclusive environment – for everyone who works for us, works with us, supports us and who we support.

Closing date : Sunday 7 December 2025 at midnight

We reserve the right to close this advert early and subject to volume of applications. If you’re interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

Interview date : week commencing 15 December 2025