IT Infrastructure Lead Engineer

1 month ago


Wakefield, Wakefield, United Kingdom Interface Recruitment UK Full time
IT Infrastructure Lead Engineer

We are seeking an experienced IT Infrastructure Lead Engineer to join our team at Interface Recruitment UK. As a key member of our IT department, you will be responsible for managing the day-to-day operations of our server estate, designing and developing scalable IT infrastructure, and providing technical expertise to support the planning and delivery of transformational IT projects.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Design and implement secure, reliable, and resilient IT infrastructure solutions to support business growth and transformation.
  • Develop and maintain high-level designs for IT infrastructure projects, working closely with stakeholders to ensure alignment with business objectives.
  • Collaborate with our solutions partners to stay up-to-date with new technologies and industry trends, and to identify opportunities for innovation and improvement.
  • Execute, test, and roll-out innovative IT solutions to ensure they meet business requirements and are scalable for future growth.
  • Manage the Lamp stack (Linux, Apache, MySQL, and PHP servers), Linux email platforms, MS Windows Servers, VM-Ware platform, and monitoring & alerting tools.
  • Provide technical expertise in areas such as Jenkins, Puppet, Chef, and similar tools, and assist in the planning and deployment of software updates and patches.
  • Work with the wider IT department and third parties to continually monitor IT security, reacting in a timely manner to any vulnerabilities identified.
  • Regularly audit instance usage and ensure monetary and resource costs are understood with stakeholders.
  • Provide auditing and reporting for all internal and customer IT infrastructures, highlighting risks and plans for mitigation.
  • Support emergency Business Continuity and/or Disaster Recovery actions if required.
  • Manage the planning and execution of all core infrastructure upgrades and implementations, following a CAB approval process for any live service-affecting change.
  • Manage third-party contracts and relationships.
  • Conduct audit and inventory of software systems, licensing, and services.
Essential Competencies/Skills and Experiences:
  • Experience in script writing.
  • Experience in RPM packaging, configuration management, and infrastructure as code.
  • Ability to explain technical matters to non-technical members of the team.
  • Ability to work on and lead technical projects, delivering on time and to budget.
  • Flexibility to support the team and business out-of-hours where necessary.
  • Ability to prepare infrastructure designs and provide support to the B2B team with presales queries and solution questions.
  • Ability to support and mentor junior members of the IT Operations team on technical matters.
Desirable Competencies/Skills and Experiences:
  • VM-Ware/RedHat accredited.
  • Experience in a client-facing or consultancy role.
  • Experience of cloud migration projects (Azure and similar).


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