Senior Infrastructure Engineer

JR United Kingdom; Newcastle upon Tyne; On-site; GBP 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the IT sector is seeking a Senior Infrastructure Engineer in Newcastle upon Tyne. This role involves strategic management of both cloud-based and on-premise infrastructures, mentoring junior team members, and ensuring system resilience. With a competitive salary and a robust technology landscape, this position promises to be both impactful and dynamic. Join us to shape the future of our IT environment.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience with on-premise infrastructure.
• Proven experience in cloud technologies, ideally Microsoft Azure.
• Strong mentoring abilities and technical leadership.

Responsibilities

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

Skills

Cloud Technologies

On-premise Infrastructure

Virtualization Technologies

Security Infrastructure

Project Management

Communication

Education

IT related degree or equivalent experience

Tools

Microsoft Azure

VMWare

FortiGate Firewalls

Nimble Storage Solutions

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newcastle-upon-tyne, tyne and wear, United Kingdom

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Posted:

04.06.2025

Expiry Date:

19.07.2025

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Job Description:

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.