About the role
Cloud & Infrastructure
• Strong hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure .
• Good knowledge of Azure IaaS, PaaS and SaaS services.
• Experience with Azure infrastructure administration and troubleshooting .
• Experience with Azure DevOps .
• Experience supporting Microsoft Dynamics 365 or similar enterprise SaaS platforms.
• Strong experience with Active Directory and Microsoft Entra ID .
• Experience administering Windows-based infrastructure and server environments.
• Strong understanding of infrastructure monitoring, capacity management and high availability.
Networking
• Strong understanding of enterprise networking and connectivity.
• Experience with firewall administration and network security.
• Hands-on experience with Cisco Meraki is highly desirable/required.
• Good understanding of DNS, network traffic, connectivity and troubleshooting.
• Experience managing Wi-Fi and broader network infrastructure.
Endpoint & Identity
• Experience with Microsoft Intune and mobile device management.
• Strong understanding of identity, authentication, access control and security policies.
• Experience managing Microsoft-based enterprise environments.
Security & Compliance
• Good understanding of infrastructure security principles.
• Experience implementing security controls across Azure and Microsoft environments.
• Knowledge of firewall management, endpoint protection and security patching.
• Experience managing SSL/TLS certificates and domain registrations.
• Understanding of security and compliance frameworks such as PCI DSS and Cyber Essentials Plus .
• Experience supporting IT audits, software licensing and information security policies.
Backup, DR & Business Continuity
• Strong experience with infrastructure backup and recovery.
• Experience designing or maintaining Disaster Recovery solutions.
• Knowledge of Azure data replication and resilience.
• Experience participating in Business Continuity / Disaster Recovery testing .
• Ability to document recovery procedures and technical runbooks.
Leadership & Operations
• Previous experience leading or mentoring an infrastructure/technical support team.
• Ability to act as a senior technical escalation point.
• Strong problem-solving and incident management skills.
• Experience managing third-party vendors, support contracts and SLAs.
• Strong documentation and reporting skills.
• Ability to work across technical and non-technical teams.
• Comfortable working in a hands-on technical leadership role.
A leading organisation is looking for an Infrastructure Team Lead to join its technology function with an ASAP start .
The role will focus on leading a small infrastructure team while remaining hands-on with the organisation's cloud, network, identity, security, backup and disaster recovery environments. The successful candidate will act as a senior technical escalation point and drive infrastructure improvements, operational resilience and security initiatives.
The position combines technical leadership, Azure infrastructure, network administration, security, vendor management and 2nd/3rd line support .
Azure, Azure IaaS, PaaS, SaaS, Azure infrastructure administration, Troubleshooting, Azure DevOps, Microsoft Dynamics 365, Active Directory, Microsoft Entra ID, Cisco Meraki, Microsoft Intune, SSL/TLS Certificate, PCI DSS, Cyber Essentials Plus, Disaster Recovery, Business Continuity, Disaster Recovery testing, Proble-Solving, Incident management skills, SLAs, Documentation skills, Reporting skills