Strategic IT Technical Authority - Infrastructure & Security

MASS; Corsham; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days leave

Pension schemes

Life assurance 4x

Private medical/dental

CPD support

Car leasing

Cycle to work

Wellbeing allowance

Job summary

MASS in Corsham is seeking an IT Technical Authority to provide leadership, technical assurance, and strategic direction across our infrastructure and network services. This is a senior role serving 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 where necessary, and ensuring technology

Qualifications

• Strong background in infrastructure, networks, or platform engineering in a complex environment.

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.

Skills

Infrastructure

Networks

Platform engineering

Technical leadership

Change management

Incident management

Problem management

Stakeholder management

Mentoring

Security clearance

Job description

MASS in Corsham is seeking an IT Technical Authority to provide leadership, technical assurance, and strategic direction across our infrastructure and network services. This is a senior role serving 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 where necessary, and ensuring technology