Infrastructure Team Lead

Potentia; Canterbury; On-site; NZD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Potentia in Christchurch is seeking an experienced Infrastructure Team Lead to guide a small engineering team in a hands-on, delivery-focused role. You will provide technical direction across the team, coordinate workloads, mentor engineers, and improve efficiency, quality and ways of working for clients.

This role emphasizes collaboration with other technical teams and a culture of accountability. Christchurch-based position offering opportunities to lead critical projects while staying

Qualifications

• Strong background in infrastructure, cloud or systems engineering.
• Experience leading and mentoring a team.
• Experience in a fast-paced MSP or managed services environment.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical direction and support across a small infrastructure team
• Coordinate workloads and priorities, helping keep work moving
• Act as a senior escalation point for more complex technical issues
• Mentor and support the development of engineers
• Look for opportunities to improve efficiency, quality and ways of working
• Work closely with other technical teams and clients to deliver strong outcomes

Skills

Infrastructure

Cloud

Systems engineering

Team leadership

Mentoring

Troubleshooting

Communication

Job description

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Infrastructure Team Lead

We're looking for an experienced infrastructure professional who can combine strong technical capability with day-to-day leadership of a small engineering team. This is a hands-on role with responsibility for technical direction, workload coordination, mentoring, and improving how the team delivers services to its clients.

This role is Christchurch-based

What you'll be doing

• Provide technical direction and support across a small infrastructure team
• Coordinate workloads and priorities, helping keep work moving
• Act as a senior escalation point for more complex technical issues
• Mentor and support the development of engineers
• Look for opportunities to improve efficiency, quality and ways of working
• Work closely with other technical teams and clients to deliver strong outcomes

About the role

We're looking for an experienced infrastructure professional who can combine strong technical capability with day-to-day leadership of a small engineering team. This is a hands-on role with responsibility for technical direction, workload coordination, mentoring, and improving how the team delivers services to its clients.

This role is Christchurch-based

What you'll be doing

• Provide technical direction and support across a small infrastructure team
• Coordinate workloads and priorities, helping keep work moving
• Act as a senior escalation point for more complex technical issues
• Mentor and support the development of engineers
• Look for opportunities to improve efficiency, quality and ways of working
• Work closely with other technical teams and clients to deliver strong outcomes

What we're looking for

• Strongbackgroundin infrastructure, cloud or systems engineering
• Previous experience leading and mentoring a team
• Experience working in a fast-paced MSP or managed services environment
• Technically confident, with strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills
• Able to prioritise, make decisions and push back when needed
• A driven, pragmatic approach with a focus on getting things done
• Strong communication skills and a collaborative approach

The opportunity

You'll join a growing organisation with a close-knit technical team and a collaborative culture. This is a chance to remain hands-on while taking ownership of technical direction, team performance and service delivery.

The team values initiative, accountability, quality and continuous improvement, with a strong focus on supporting each other and delivering for clients.