Senior Infrastructure Engineer

JR United Kingdom; Nottingham; On-site; GBP 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in Nottingham is seeking a Senior Infrastructure Engineer to oversee IT infrastructure across multiple sites. This strategic role blends technical leadership with operational responsibilities, ideal for candidates with extensive cloud and on-premise experience. The position offers a competitive salary and the opportunity to influence IT strategy in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience with on-premise infrastructure environments is crucial.
• Proven experience with Microsoft Azure cloud technologies.
• Strong understanding of VMWare and security infrastructures.

Responsibilities

• Manage and optimise on-premise and cloud-based environments.
• Lead and mentor junior engineers in the IT department.
• Develop and drive infrastructure strategy across multiple sites.

Skills

On-premise infrastructure environments

Cloud technologies

Virtualisation technologies

FortiGate firewalls

Complex technical challenges solving

Nimble storage solutions

Communication

Project management

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Posted:

04.06.2025

Expiry Date:

19.07.2025

Job Description:

We are seeking a highly experienced IT Infrastructure Lead to join our organisation in Nottingham, 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 Nottingham.

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.