Infrastructure Engineer Team Lead

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.

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.

,[Lead and coordinate a small team of Infrastructure Engineers, managing priorities, workload and day-to-day activities., Take ownership of the organisation's infrastructure environment, ensuring high availability, performance and reliability., Administer and support Microsoft Azure environments across IaaS, PaaS and SaaS services., Manage Microsoft Entra ID and on-premises Active Directory environments., Act as a senior technical escalation point for complex Azure and infrastructure-related incidents., Monitor and troubleshoot server, network and infrastructure performance issues., Manage and maintain network infrastructure, including firewalls, connectivity, Wi-Fi and network security., Administer Cisco Meraki firewall configurations and security rules., Manage corporate/mobile devices using Microsoft Intune., Lead infrastructure upgrades, migrations, optimisation and improvement projects., Establish and maintain infrastructure hardware and software standards., Manage SSL/TLS certificates and domain registrations, ensuring timely renewals., Maintain infrastructure documentation, system configurations, procedures and operational knowledge bases., Work closely with Cyber Security teams to implement and maintain security controls., Support security, compliance and audit activities., Contribute to information security policies and ensure infrastructure aligns with relevant industry standards., Manage backup solutions and monitor backup success across servers and critical data., Develop and maintain Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity capabilities., Support data replication and resilience across the Azure estate., Participate in DR/BC testing and document recovery procedures., Manage infrastructure vendors, support contracts, SLAs and service performance., Support Azure commercial/commitment management and optimise cloud expenditure., Provide advanced 2nd/3rd line support for infrastructure and business applications., Collaborate with software development and technical support teams on e] Requirements: Azure, Azure Cloud, Azure Active Directory, Microsoft Dynamics 365 Additionally: Private healthcare, Sport subscription.