Job Reference: AW50820
Job Duration:
Start date: ASAP
Description:
Infrastructure Manager - Internal Managed Services - West Midlands or Full Remote Working from anywhere within the UK - Salary circa £60,000 - £65,000 Plus Flexible Benefits Package
As the Infrastructure Manager for this superb international corporate that provides Software Solutions to the Insurance industry, you will be both a "hands-on" Senior Engineer & team manager, leading a small team of Infrastructure Specialists who support the business across all IT Infrastructure including Servers, Applications, Databases, Networking & Communications.
With the role requiring both good technical skills & understanding (70%) & people leadership/management (30%), the Infrastructure Manager enjoys a broad range of responsibilities within this fast paced environment.
With the infrastructure team operating as the internal "Managed Services" function, the Infrastructure Manager ensures all IT Services & Networks are available, technical support is available for troubleshooting issues and all maintenance, upgrades and installations are planned and executed efficiently.
Responsibilities Include:
* Leading a team of Infrastructure & Technical Specialists
* Providing technical oversight/guidance and getting hands-on with technical issues, design & architectural decisions, installations or troubleshooting problems.
* Managing infrastructure projects &providing project management support.
* Engaging effectively with stakeholders with regards to technical issues or future technology requirements.
* Monitoring & reviewing infrastructure performance and identifying challenges or bottlenecks acrossServers, Applications or Networks.
* Ensuring internal SLA's are achieved including the availability of Hosted solutions.
*Scheduling & supervising maintenance or installation work.
* Managing incidents received by the Service Desk.
* Managingprocesses, standards & documentation of the Data Centres.
* Undertaking risk based audits of current & planned infrastructure & technologies.
* Developing effective relationships with 3rd Party Suppliers & Vendors.
Preferred Skills& Experience:
* Previous experience as an Infrastructure Manager or Team Leader within a large or complex corporate environment.
* A good Infrastructure Engineer who enjoys the challenges of being both hands-on and leading a team.
* Has good experience of Windows Servers, Active Directory, DHCP, DNS, TCP/IP, VMWare, MS Exchange, Storage solutions, Cloud platforms (AWS is preferred but Azure experience is also beneficial), Citrix is useful to have too.
* A broad knowledge of Networking such asCisco Routers, VLAN's, Load Balancers, Switches etc.
* Previous experience within a Managed Service environment would be ideal!
* A natural self-starter who enjoys making informed decisions and works hard to help their team to continue to learn &grow professionally.
Interested Candidates seeking a role where they can take ownership of building & maintaining high quality infrastructure and support services, need to apply now !
Industry: IT
Salary: £60000 - £65000 per annum + Plus Benefits Package
Salary Benefits: Plus Benefits Package
Vacancy Type: Permanent
Job Skills: Infrastructure Manager - Windows, Active Directory, VMWare, Citrix, MS Exchange, SCCM, Security & Anti-Virus
Contact Name: Alec White
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