Senior Infrastructure Engineer - Flexera Lead

Manchester Digital; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 58,000 - 69,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading digital agency in Manchester is seeking a Senior Infrastructure Engineer to lead a team in managing IT systems performance using Flexera FlexNet Management Suite. The role offers competitive pay up to £68,517, a substantial pension contribution, and a generous leave package. Ideal candidates will have expertise in Kubernetes, scripting languages, and hybrid environments, and will be passionate about technology and teamwork.

Benefits

Employer pension contributions of 28.97%

Flexible hours

Generous leave package starting at 26 days

Qualifications

• Proven significant experience of designing, implementing and managing a Flexera on-premise installation.
• Strong track record in delivering infrastructure services in hybrid environments.
• Experience in providing specialist technical support to projects.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Enterprise Tooling Team to manage IT systems performance.
• Design and deliver new services using Flexera FlexNet Manager Suite.
• Work collaboratively with stakeholders to ensure monitoring tools are effective.

Skills

Flexera FlexNet Management Suite

Kubernetes deployment

Scripting languages

Linux and Windows Server

Infrastructure as Code

Team management and mentoring

Job description

Senior Infrastructure Engineer - Flexera Lead

Pay up to £68,517 plus 28.97% employer pension contributions, hybrid working, flexible hours, and great work life balance.

DWP. Digital with Purpose.

We are looking for a talented and highly skilled Senior Infrastructure Engineer with experience in Flexera FlexNet Management suite to join our community of tech experts and to lead our Flexera Engineering Team

We're using fresh ideas and leading-edge tech to build and maintain digital solutions that will be used by nearly every person in the UK, every day and at key moments in their lives.

DWP is the UK's largest government department. We help people into work and make payments worth over £195bn a year to support and empower millions of people.

The scale of what we do is extraordinary, and our purpose is unique. We'd love you to join us.

What skills, knowledge and significant experience will you need?

• Proven significant experience of designing, implementing and managing a Flexera on-premise installation including agent rollout and integrations with multiple technologies including Kubernetes deployment in AKS and EKS.
• Evidence a strong track record in designing and delivering infrastructure services and solutions, working within a hybrid server estate including multiple Operating Systems such as Microsoft Windows Server, multiple Unix or Linux distributions and containerised platforms, to meet strategic plans and roadmaps.
• Demonstrate significant experience in providing specialist technical support and assistance to projects ensuring definition and delivery of requisite non-functional requirements to architectural and roadmap developments.
• Exhibit significant experience managing, supporting and mentoring the development of team members to successfully deliver high quality outcomes that meet the customers' needs and provides value for money.
• Be able to show significant demonstrable experience of using multiple scripting languages across different operating systems including the deployment of Infrastructure as Code.
• Demonstrate significant experience of effectively communicating at different levels, across support and engineering, business users, architecture and suppliers.

You and your role

We're looking for someone who's passionate about tech and ready to take the lead in shaping how we monitor and manage the performance of our IT systems. You'll be part of the Enterprise Tooling Team, working on tools that keep our services running smoothly for millions of people across the UK.

In this role, you'll be the go-to expert for Flexera FlexNet Manager Suite, designing and delivering new services, keeping everything stable and resilient and helping us get the most out of our infrastructure. You'll lead a small team, work closely with other engineers and stakeholders and make sure our monitoring tools are accurate, reliable and future ready.

We're after someone who knows their way around cloud platforms, containers and infrastructure as code. If you've rolled out Flexera One agents across different environments and can navigate Windows, Linux, and Kubernetes with confidence this is the role for you.

Hybrid Working: We work a hybrid model - you'll spend some time working at home and some time collaborating face to face in a hub.

Pay: We offer competitive pay of up to £68,517

Pension: You'll get a brilliant civil service pension with employer contributions of 28.97%, worth over £16,000 per year.

Holidays: A generous leave package starting at 26 days rising to 31 days over time.

You can also take up to 3 extra days off a month on flexi-time. You'll also get all the usual public holidays.

Process:

We know your time is valuable, so our application and selection process are just two stages:

Apply: complete your application on Civil Service Jobs. There'll be full instructions when you click through.

Interview: a single stage interview online.

CLICK APPLY for more information and to start your application.