IT Infrastructure Engineer in Leeds

We’re hiring for an IT Infrastructure and Security Engineer to join our team in Leeds to ensure the resilience, security, and efficiency of the firm’s IT infrastructure, supporting the delivery of high-quality legal services. This role is critical in maintaining secure systems, managing infrastructure projects, and ensuring compliance with industry standards and legal sector-specific requirements.

Key Deliverables:

• Infrastructure Management: Play a key role in implementing, and maintaining robust IT systems—including servers, networking, and cloud services—to ensure high availability and reliability.
• Cybersecurity Initiatives: Support the implementation of advanced security measures, conduct vulnerability assessments, and respond to incidents to protect our organisation.
• Champion Compliance: Ensure our IT operations meet legal and regulatory standards (ISO 27001, GDPR, Cyber Essentials Plus), and support audits with up-to-date documentation.
• Collaborate on Strategic Projects: Collaborate with the wider IT team to deliver infrastructure and security projects and evaluate new technologies.
• Provide Expert Support: Offer advanced 3rd line support for escalated issues, work closely with the wider IT team, and mentor junior IT staff on best practices.

About You

We’re looking for a proactive and technically skilled professional with a strong foundation in IT infrastructure and cybersecurity, ideally within a professional services or legal environment. You understand how your role contributes to broader business objectives and can clearly articulate this connection. You’re methodical in your approach to planning and problem-solving, using established systems and processes to manage day-to-day challenges and meet deadlines. Your analytical mindset enables you to gather, validate, and report on data using standard tools, supporting informed decision-making. You’re comfortable working as part of a project team, contributing to improvement initiatives and supporting wider workstreams. You consistently adhere to internal policies and standards, demonstrating a strong awareness of risk and compliance.

Qualifications/Experience

Essential:

• Proven experience in IT infrastructure and cybersecurity within a professional services or legal environment.
• Strong knowledge of Windows Server, Intune, M365, Active Directory, Hyper-V, networking (LAN/WAN), and cloud platforms (Azure/AWS).
• Experience with security tools such as Sophos, Fortinet, or similar.
• Excellent troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.
• Proven experience in managing mobile devices using Microsoft Intune and administering identity and access policies through Microsoft Entra.
• Experience in monitoring IT infrastructure and proactively addressing issues before they impact users or services.

Desirable:

• Certifications such as CompTIA+, Windows Server Hybrid Administrator Associate, Microsoft Azure Administrator.
• Experience with legal sector applications and data protection requirements.
• Knowledge of scripting and automation (PowerShell, Python).
• Familiarity with Salesforce administration.

About HGF:

HGF Limited is one of Europe’s largest intellectual property specialist firms offering a fully integrated IP solution, bringing over 200 Patent Attorneys, Trade Mark Attorneys and IP Solicitors together to provide a full-service IP solution. With 25 offices across the UK, Ireland, Germany, Netherlands, France, Switzerland & Austria, HGF’s Patent and Trade Mark Attorneys provide specialist technical and legal advice to blue chip organisations and small to medium businesses across the world. Many of our clients are household names and the work HGF does allows them to protect and exploit their inventions, new products and branding.

Why move to HGF?

• HGF takes a transparent and merit-based approach to your career development and you will have the opportunity to shape your long-term progression.
• We’re a firm with a focus on DEI (Diversity, Equality and Inclusion), with a staff led DEI Focus Group, affinity networks and a DEI Board sponsor.
• As a business we have a dedicated Learning and Development team focused on career long development of your skills along with a digital learning platform covering a wide range of content.
• Benefits including our award winning enhanced parental leave policy, 27 days holiday, bonus scheme and flexible working.

HGF Values

• People: People matter. We treat people fairly, with respect and compassion. We foster a friendly, inclusive and enjoyable culture for everyone to prosper in. We invest in our people and offer appropriate coaching and training to assist with development and learning. We promote a healthy work-life balance. Progression is based on merit.
• Excellence: We strive to be the best. We pursue excellence in all our individual roles resulting in outstanding legal and technical advice for our clients. Our people are pragmatic, responsive and commercially minded. We do not presume but listen to understand so we can engage proactively and appropriately.
• Teamwork: We stand together. We work with our clients to protect their interests, and with each other as a mutually supporting firm. We value, appreciate and listen to others, regardless of role, recognising each individual’s particular blend of talent, skill and experience. We are individually and jointly accountable and take responsibility for our actions and decisions.
• Progressive: We innovate. We continually improve our services and processes through understanding, creativity, and investment. We evolve by taking opportunities and adopting new business procedures, unencumbered by historical structures or out-of-date attitudes. As a firm, we have an entrepreneurial spirit, and encourage new thinking in our people.