Senior ICT Infrastructure and Digital Delivery Lead

Dorset Council; England; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days leave

Pension scheme

Hybrid working

Flexitime

Training opportunities

Free onsite parking

Job summary

Dorset Council’s Alliance ICT Department seeks an experienced ICT Infrastructure & Digital Delivery Manager to design, deliver and performance-manage the core infrastructure underpinning policing operations across the alliance.

You’ll lead multidisciplinary teams and suppliers, drive cloud adoption, data centres, networks, and security, and work with Digital, Innovation and operational stakeholders to transform infrastructure while ensuring security, resilience and high availability.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience managing enterprise-scale IT infrastructure environments.
• Strong knowledge of cloud, networks, hosting, and security domains.
• Experience managing suppliers, contracts, and outsourced services.
• Track record of delivering resilient, high-availability services.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement and influencing skills.

Responsibilities

• Own infrastructure service performance, availability, and continuous improvement.
• Lead supplier and partner relationships, including strategic partners such as BT.
• Manage contracts, SLAs, and commercial performance.
• Drive modernisation of infrastructure across hybrid and cloud environments.
• Collaborate with Digital, Innovation, and operational stakeholders.

Skills

Enterprise-scale IT infrastructure

Cloud, networks, hosting, and security

Supplier and contract management

High-availability services

Stakeholder engagement

Job description

Dorset Council’s Alliance ICT Department seeks an experienced ICT Infrastructure & Digital Delivery Manager to design, deliver and performance-manage the core infrastructure underpinning policing operations across the alliance.

You’ll lead multidisciplinary teams and suppliers, drive cloud adoption, data centres, networks, and security, and work with Digital, Innovation and operational stakeholders to transform infrastructure while ensuring security, resilience and high availability.