Infrastructure Manager

The Infrastructure and Automation Manager is a critical role responsible for driving the evolution of the organisation’s infrastructure during a pivotal period of modernisation and cloud transformation. This role manages a team of infrastructure engineers while championing automation as a core operational principle — ensuring scalability, resilience, and efficiency across all IT services.
With a major migration underway from on-premises environments to cloud platforms, this is an exciting opportunity to shape the future-state infrastructure landscape and accelerate automation across the estate.

The role is Hybrid with a requirement to be onsite 2-3 times a week in Welwyn Garden City or Liverpool offices. Occasional travel will also be required between both sites.

Oversee the delivery, performance, and lifecycle of the organisation’s infrastructure across on-prem, cloud, and hybrid environments.
Automation Strategy & Delivery
Own and drive the automation roadmap, embedding automation across provisioning, configuration, monitoring, and operational workflows.
Set standards for automation tooling and practices (e.g., Identify opportunities to eliminate manual processes, increase reliability, and reduce operational overhead.

Lead, coach, and develop a high-performing infrastructure and automation team.
Project & Stakeholder Management
Own end-to-end delivery of infrastructure and automation initiatives, ensuring they meet timelines, quality standards, and business needs.
Act as a key point of contact for stakeholders across IT and the wider business, providing clear updates and expert guidance.

Manage vendor relationships, ensuring high-quality service delivery and commercial value.
Own and manage the infrastructure and automation budget, including forecasting, procurement, and cost optimisation.

Governance, Risk & Policy
Develop, maintain, and enforce IT policies, standards, and best practices, including disaster recovery, security, and compliance.
Ensure infrastructure services meet operational, security, and regulatory requirements.

Proven experience (5+ years) in IT infrastructure management and automation, with a strong background in system administration and cloud technologies.
Proficiency in automation and scripting languages (e.g., Python, PowerShell, Bash) and automation tools (e.g., Solid understanding of IT security principles, data protection regulations, and disaster recovery strategies.
Excellent project management skills, with experience in Agile methodologies being highly desirable.
Windows Server administration (AD, DNS, DHCP, Group Policy)
Linux Server administration (Ubuntu, RHEL, or similar distributions)
Infrastructure automation using IaC and modern tooling (Terraform, Ansible, CI/CD pipelines)
Scripting experience (PowerShell, Bash, Python)

NetApp storage solutions (management, provisioning, capacity planning)
Microsoft Azure
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Hybrid architecture and cloud migration experience


Monitoring and observability tooling
Holiday purchase scheme, with 25 days holiday plus bank holidays as standard.
On-site gym at our office (Free), and nationwide corporate rate gym membership
Online benefits portal where you can access lots of deals, discounts - for example of shopping or holidays
Contributory company pension scheme
Private medical insurance
Electric Car Scheme
Life assurance of 3 x annual gross salary, with the option to purchase additional cover
You’re also able to purchase a range of benefits at a discounted rate including, critical illness cover, bicycles via our Cycle2Work scheme, dental insurance and TasteCard dining discount card

As a disability-confident committed company, we have a passion for championing equality. We welcome all colleagues into a work environment where success is attainable for everyone, regardless of disability, age, race, religion, gender identity, or sexual orientation. We are committed to ensuring that everyone has equal access to growth and opportunities in our workplace.