IT Infrastructure Manager in Solihull

Job Description

Job Title: IT Infrastructure Manager

Hours: Monday – Friday 9.00 – 17:30

Location: B90

Pay: £45,000 – £60,000 + Bonus

Benefits: Bonus Scheme, Private Medical Insurance, Income Protection, Life assurance, Pension, 33 Days Holiday inc BH, Cycle 2 Work Scheme + many more.

The IT Infrastructure Manager will be responsible for managing & reviewing the IT department and its function, whilst working with the Compliance team to ensure legal compliance with audits and all business activities. They will be responsible for building a plan for the future within the business.

The IT Infrastructure Manager will be a member of the Management Team and work closely with the Leadership Team to determine and execute the IT strategy of the business.

The IT Infrastructure Manager will be:

• Part of the Management Team
• Reviewing the structure of the IT department & provide a strategic roadmap to enable business growth
• Producing and executing a business continuity plan that addresses current and future business needs
• Managing the IT team by carrying out reviews, team performance reviews and mentoring
• Managing the IT function within the business which will be responsible for all internal servers, desktops, network, telephony and systems as well as 3rd party applications
• Ensuring the IT function delivers the highest standards of internal customer service
• Working to tight deadlines and provide high levels of technical support & compliance within the business environment
• Overseeing and managing all internal IT projects
• Creating and maintaining IT KPI targets to ensure strategy is on target
• Complying with the guidelines, controls and processes in the Quality, Environment & Information Security policies where relevant to the role
• Working with the Compliance Manager to ensure compliance with all business audits
• Maintaining the security of all information entrusted to them
• If requested to undertake a role as part of the ISO committee, at which point additional duties may become applicable

The ideal IT Systems Manager will have experience of:

• Administering Windows Server technology
• Administering Virtualisation Platforms, predominantly Hyper-V
• Supporting highly available SQL Solutions
• Supporting Microsoft Office365 / SharePoint / AD
• Administering Azure and Azure-Stack infrastructure
• Administering Quest AppAssure or similar backup and recovery systems
• Supporting Data-warehousing and storage technology (SAN / NAS / Software Defined)
• Administering IT Automation management technology (e.g. System Centre Operations Manager)
• Administering Linux servers and KVM environments
• Supporting Software Configuration Management (e.g. Chef, Puppet, Ansible)
• Supporting OpenStack or similar cloud management and orchestration platforms
• Undertaking audits
• DESIRABLE: Knowledge of delivering secure services into public sector
• DESIRABLE: Any skills in SDN (e.g. NSX)
• DESIRABLE: Any skills in scripting / programming
• DESIRABLE: VM Ware, Fortinet, Cisco
• DESIRABLE: Working Knowledge of ISO27001, GDPR and ITIL

If you would like to be considered for this opportunity please do apply.