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Senior Infrastructure Engineer

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GBP 60,000 - 69,000

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Job summary

A leading organisation is seeking an experienced IT Infrastructure Lead in York to oversee IT operations and strategy across multiple locations. This key role combines hands-on technical responsibilities with leadership, requiring expertise in both cloud technologies, particularly Azure, and on-premise systems. The successful candidate will drive the technology vision, ensuring systems remain stable and secure in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

  • Strong technical proficiency in on-premise and cloud infrastructures.
  • Experience in migrating services to cloud infrastructure, preferably Azure.
  • Strong communication and project management skills.

Responsibilities

  • Manage and optimise on-premise and cloud environments.
  • Lead junior engineers and develop infrastructure strategy.
  • Ensure resilience, security and scalability of IT systems.

Skills

On-premise infrastructure
Cloud technologies
Virtualisation technologies
FortiGate firewalls
Nimble storage solutions
Project management
Mentoring
Problem-solving

Job description

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We are seeking a highly experienced IT Infrastructure Lead to join our organisation in York, working three days a week on-site. With a competitive salary of £60,000, this role is ideal for a hands-on technical expert who thrives in both strategic leadership and day-to-day operational responsibilities. Following a substantial recruitment drive across our IT department, this position will involve leading more junior engineers while taking ownership of our IT infrastructure across multiple sites. You must be under an hour commute from York.

You will be responsible for managing and optimising both on-premise and cloud-based environments, ensuring the resilience, security and scalability of our systems.

The ideal candidate will possess strong technical proficiency, demonstrable experience in migrating services to cloud infrastructure—preferably Azure—and a solid grounding in on-premise technology. You will have a proactive mindset, strong mentoring abilities, and be capable of setting the direction for technology and infrastructure strategy within the business.

Key skills and experience required:

  • Extensive experience with on-premise infrastructure environments
  • Proven experience with cloud technologies, ideally Microsoft Azure
  • Strong understanding of virtualisation technologies, ideally VMWare
  • Experience with FortiGate firewalls and related security infrastructure
  • Demonstrated ability to successfully migrate services and workloads to the cloud
  • Hands-on approach to solving complex technical challenges
  • Experience with Nimble storage solutions
  • Previous experience mentoring or leading more junior IT staff
  • Ability to develop and drive infrastructure strategy across multiple sites
  • Strong communication and project management skills

This is a fantastic opportunity to step into a strategic role where you will influence the future of the IT landscape across the organisation and ensure systems are stable, secure and future-proofed. If you are driven, collaborative, and keen to work in a dynamic environment with a mix of on-premise and modern cloud technologies, we would love to hear from you.

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