Senior Infrastructure Engineer - UK&IE

zeissgroup; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

ZEISS is seeking a Senior Infrastructure Engineer to deliver and operate our infrastructure services across the UK & Ireland, including Cambridge. You will act as a trusted technical lead, collaborating with corporate IT, business stakeholders and external partners to maintain high availability and reliability.

You will mentor engineers, oversee data centre facilities, and ensure governance, cybersecurity and compliance while driving improvements in performance and resilience across enterprise

Responsibilities

• Act as technical lead for infrastructure and workplace technologies.
• Manage enterprise infrastructure platforms including virtualization, compute, storage, backup and recovery.
• Monitor infrastructure performance, capacity and availability, and identify improvements.
• Provide senior technical leadership and escalation support for complex incidents.
• Ensure infrastructure services operate within governance, cybersecurity and compliance.
• Mentor and develop engineers, promoting knowledge sharing and succession planning.
• Oversee data centre operations to ensure reliable infrastructure in support of services.

Job description

Senior Infrastructure Engineer

Do you want to take on a new challenge?

Welcome to ZEISS.

ZEISS is an internationally leading technology company operating in the optics and optoelectronics industries. ZEISS is shaping technological progress and through its solutions is extending the horizon of the world of optics and associated areas.

ZEISS consists of four segments: Semiconductor Manufacturing Technology, Industrial Quality & Research, Medical Technology and Consumer Markets.

What you'll be doing.

You'll be acting as a trusted technical advisor and collaborate closely with Corporate IT, business stakeholders and external partners at ZEISS Ltd . We are looking for a Senior Infrastructure Engineer to be responsible for the delivery, operations and continual maintenance of our infrastructure services across UK & Ireland:

Act as technical lead for infrastructure and workplace technologies, maintaining solutions that support commercial, service and manufacturing operations.

Manage enterprise infrastructure platforms, including virtualisation, compute, storage, backup and recovery technologies, ensuring high availability.

Monitor infrastructure performance, capacity and availability, proactively identifying opportunities to improve system reliability, productivity and operational resilience.

Provide senior technical leadership and escalation support for complex incidents and problems, minimising business disruption and driving root cause resolution.

Ensure infrastructure services operate within governance, cybersecurity and compliance frameworks, reducing organisational risk and protecting critical business assets.

Mentor and develop engineers and technical colleagues, strengthening team capability, promoting knowledge sharing and supporting succession planning.

Oversee data centre and critical facilities operations, ensuring the reliable operation of infrastructure environments that underpin business-critical services.

We want you!

With motivation and passion, you'll fit right in at ZEISS!

We're looking for people who are empathetic and passionate, who are committed to achieving their goals, and who get excited about challenging topics. People who deliver top performance and push the limits of what's possible. Who always strive to develop, accept responsibility, and take society into the future.

Your ZEISS Recruiting Team:

Abigail Hannaby, Farzana Rahman, Kate Benyon, Lara Haslam, Natarlee Lawrence, Suya Rolph