Job Specifications
As Head of the Infrastructure Engineering, you will define and drive the strategy for UK&I infrastructure engineering. You will lead the design, deployment, and operation of core infrastructure services, spearhead automation and platform innovation, and develop a high-performing team to deliver secure, scalable foundations that empower cross-functional initiatives and business transformation.
Location: London - 3 days per week
Type: Contract - 3-6 months
Rate: £800 Per Day Inside IR35
Key Responsibilities:
Lead the design, delivery, and ongoing operation of infrastructure services across cloud, on-premises, and hybrid environments.
Champion automation across infrastructure provisioning, configuration management, and deployment using modern toolsets.
Ensure infrastructure platforms consistently meet performance, availability, resilience, and security requirements.
Own the full lifecycle management of compute, storage, networking, and virtualisation platforms, with a strong focus on cost efficiency and reliability.
Establish engineering standards and best practices, guiding teams on observability, monitoring, and effective incident response.
Promote close collaboration across engineering, architecture, and operations to deliver a unified and reliable platform capability.
Lead, mentor, and grow a high-performing infrastructure engineering team, fostering deep technical expertise and a culture of continuous improvement.
Enable business and technology transformation initiatives by providing secure, scalable, and well-instrumented infrastructure foundations.
What you’ll bring:
Significant experience in infrastructure engineering or comparable hands-on technical leadership roles.
Strong expertise in cloud platforms such as AWS and/or Azure, including cloud-native infrastructure services.
In-depth knowledge of virtualisation technologies (e.g. VMware, Hyper-V) and their operational management.
Solid understanding of networking fundamentals, including routing, DNS, firewalls, and load balancing.
Proven experience administering and optimising Linux and Windows Server environments.
Advanced skills in infrastructure automation tools (e.g. Terraform, Ansible, Puppet) and CI/CD integration.
Strong knowledge of infrastructure security principles, access management, and vulnerability remediation.
Hands-on experience with monitoring and logging platforms (e.g. Prometheus, ELK, Datadog) and performance optimisation.
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