Infrastructure Manager
The Infrastructure Manager will deliver a lasting impact on our organisation by maintaining hands-on technical oversight of initiatives, such as enhancing system availability and improving our cloud infrastructure.
The role will require extensive and current experience of design and build using Terraform/OpenTofu, Kubernetes, Elasticsearch amongst other cloud technologies/architectures.
This is a fully remote role but there will be an occasional need to travel to Ipswich and/or London for face to face meetings.
The salary range is £40 to £55 k/annum.
Essential Functions
Responsible for developing and delivering Infrastructure and Security strategies that are cost effective and meet the business requirements
Ensure we are adhering to Security best practices and leveraging the best tools, systems and processes for our needs.
Security and risk conscious with experience in incident management, disaster recovery and business continuity planning.
Contribute to the design, management & maintenance of our AWS/Azure hosted infrastructure covering our dev, UAT and production environments
Ensure effective system monitoring is in place and alerts are actioned in a timely manner
Ensure all security policies and procedures are enforced and breaches are reported
Ensure systems are effectively backed up and the backups are regularly tested
Experience in establishing new processes and procedures as well as following those already in place and always looking for improvements
Be responsible for maintaining documentation and change control processes associated with the infrastructure to a high and consistent standard
Contribute to the continuous improvement of IT systems by assisting in the implementation and embedding of IT Best practice using tools such as ITIL and ISO 27001 / SOC2 / PCI-DSS
Lead the effective planning and implementation of all changes to the infrastructure
Establish and maintain positive and effective working relations with all stakeholders
Required education and experience
We're looking for a hands-on expert who is happy to lead from the front and design technical solutions to move the business accelerate.
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience required
Extensive experience working with Linux systems
Experience in architecting and building solutions to support highly available and scalable APIs cloud-based solutions
Active Directory and Group Policy Management
Excellent knowledge around networking and security
Extensive hands-on experience with AWS/Azure technologies
A certified AWS Solution Architect Associate (or equivalent/higher level comparable certification)
With certification of or knowledge of ITIL best practices and ISO27001 certification standard
Able to prioritize in a complex, fast-paced environment
Working with ISO standards ISO9001, ISO27001 and ITIL process skills
Excellent written and verbal communication
Able to challenge appropriately and present effective solutions
Strong People management experience would be beneficial
Candidates with previous experience in and job titles including Infrastructure Engineer, Senior Infrastructure Lead, Infrastructure Specialist may be considered.
Preferred education and experience
Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent work experience.