Senior Infrastructure Lead — Projects & Operations

Department for Culture, Media and Sport; Manchester; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Department for Culture, Media and Sport is seeking an Infrastructure Engineer to act as a technical leader, balancing strategic oversight with hands-on guidance. You will work with Technical Architects to translate complex designs into live operations and ensure infrastructure supports critical services.

You will direct a team of specialists, manage third-party providers, and drive infrastructure programmes across the service life cycle to deliver robust, scalable solutions for the department's

Qualifications

Responsibilities

• Manage third-party infrastructure services and provide expert technical guidance to develop architectural solutions across the product life cycle.
• Collaborate with technical architects and specialists to translate high-level designs into live, stable operational environments.
• Drive the successful execution of infrastructure programmes and projects to meet core organisational objectives.
• Direct and lead infrastructure specialist teams in building, managing, and maintaining solutions in strict accordance with departmental policies.
• Ensure internal user services and public-facing services are underpinned by infrastructure designed, built, and supported to exceptionally high standards.
• Act as a senior technical leader within IT Operations, champion engineering standards and foster a culture of continuous improvement.
• Provide regular updates to the Head of Technology Operations & Strategy regarding project progress and infrastructure stability.

Job description

Department for Culture, Media and Sport is seeking an Infrastructure Engineer to act as a technical leader, balancing strategic oversight with hands-on guidance. You will work with Technical Architects to translate complex designs into live operations and ensure infrastructure supports critical services.

You will direct a team of specialists, manage third-party providers, and drive infrastructure programmes across the service life cycle to deliver robust, scalable solutions for the department's