Senior Technical Authority - Infra & Network

MASS; West of England; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days annual leave

Pension options

Life Assurance 4x salary

Private Medical & Dental Insurance

Health & Wellbeing Allowance

Car leasing scheme

Cycle to work

Job summary

MASS in Corsham (On-site) is seeking an experienced Technical Authority to provide leadership, technical assurance, and strategic direction across our infrastructure and network services. This senior role acts as the final escalation point for complex decisions, ensuring platforms are secure, resilient, and engineered to high standards.

You will work with engineering teams, service delivery, and customers, offering authoritative guidance, challenging assumptions when needed, and ensuring that

Qualifications

• Strong background in infrastructure, networks, or platform engineering in a complex environment.
• Demonstrable experience acting as a senior technical escalation point or authority.
• Deep understanding of change, incident, and problem management processes.

Responsibilities

• Provide expert oversight and approval of infrastructure, network, and platform designs.
• Review, challenge, and assure technical decisions, ensuring solutions are secure, supportable, and aligned with standards.
• Act as the senior technical escalation point for high‑impact or complex issues.
• Ensure documentation, architecture, and change records meet quality and compliance expectations.
• Lead strategic direction across infrastructure and network domains, maintaining a clear view of performance, risk, and lifecycle health.
• Mentor and develop engineers, improving capability and consistency across the team.
• Promote high‑quality engineering practices, secure‑by‑design thinking, and good documentation habits.

Skills

Infrastructure & networks

Senior escalation point

Change, incident, problem mgmt

Stakeholder management

Mentor/lead teams

Tools

ITIL

Job description

MASS in Corsham (On-site) is seeking an experienced Technical Authority to provide leadership, technical assurance, and strategic direction across our infrastructure and network services. This senior role acts as the final escalation point for complex decisions, ensuring platforms are secure, resilient, and engineered to high standards.

You will work with engineering teams, service delivery, and customers, offering authoritative guidance, challenging assumptions when needed, and ensuring that