Infrastructure Engineer / Team Lead

A leading organisation is looking for an Infrastructure Team Lead to join its technology function with an ASAP start.

The role will focus on leading a small infrastructure team while remaining hands-on with the organisation's cloud, network, identity, security, backup and disaster recovery environments. The successful candidate will act as a senior technical escalation point and drive infrastructure improvements, operational resilience and security initiatives.

The position combines technical leadership, Azure infrastructure, network administration, security, vendor management and 2nd/3rd line support.

Cloud & Infrastructure

Strong hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure.
Good knowledge of Azure IaaS, PaaS and SaaS services.
Experience with Azure infrastructure administration and troubleshooting.
Experience with Azure DevOps.
Experience supporting Microsoft Dynamics 365 or similar enterprise SaaS platforms.
Strong experience with Active Directory and Microsoft Entra ID.
Experience administering Windows-based infrastructure and server environments.
Strong understanding of infrastructure monitoring, capacity management and high availability.

Networking

Strong understanding of enterprise networking and connectivity.
Experience with firewall administration and network security.
Hands-on experience with Cisco Meraki is highly desirable/required.
Good understanding of DNS, network traffic, connectivity and troubleshooting.
Experience managing Wi-Fi and broader network infrastructure.

Endpoint & Identity

Experience with Microsoft Intune and mobile device management.
Strong understanding of identity, authentication, access control and security policies.
Experience managing Microsoft-based enterprise environments.

Security & Compliance

Good understanding of infrastructure security principles.
Experience implementing security controls across Azure and Microsoft environments.
Knowledge of firewall management, endpoint protection and security patching.
Experience managing SSL/TLS certificates and domain registrations.
Understanding of security and compliance frameworks such as PCI DSS and Cyber Essentials Plus.
Experience supporting IT audits, software licensing and information security policies.

Backup, DR & Business Continuity

Strong experience with infrastructure backup and recovery.
Experience designing or maintaining Disaster Recovery solutions.
Knowledge of Azure data replication and resilience.
Experience participating in Business Continuity / Disaster Recovery testing.
Ability to document recovery procedures and technical runbooks.

Leadership & Operations

Previous experience leading or mentoring an infrastructure/technical support team.
Ability to act as a senior technical escalation point.
Strong problem-solving and incident management skills.
Experience managing third-party vendors, support contracts and SLAs.
Strong documentation and reporting skills.
Ability to work across technical and non-technical teams.
Comfortable working in a hands-on technical leadership role.

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