Infrastructure Manager

Context ,
Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
Salary: £60000.00 - £70000.00 per annum

Overview

Opportunity with a rapidly expanding (400 staff, headcount grown by ¼ in the past 6 months), multi-site technology services organisation. This is a newly created position which will assume responsibility and architectural ownership for the organisations Data Centre estates - hundreds of fully populated cabinets - and Private / Shared cloud services portfolio. Working closely with senior management, you'll look after governance of the estate; operational performance and risk management, with considerably input into the technology roadmap. This position carries budgetary responsibility and in addition you'll help manage and develop a small (growing), team of technical subject matter experts. Given the nature of the business you'll be working with absolutely cutting-edge technology (often working with early-access technology products and pilots), ensuring the platforms in place are able to support the demands placed upon them. You'll also be working to drive forward the inception of automation and orchestration within the business; you don't need prior experience of this. You'll also be involved in integration work required as a result of future acquisitions, working to consolidate group estates and streamline systems. A first-class opportunity to both enhance your current skillset and to progress your career; where the business is expanding rapidly it's creating a significant opportunity for all involved. What you'll need: Experience managing technology engineering teams, ideally within a cloud services environment. Experience delivering operational processes and systems that support the delivery of cloud platforms. Ability to lead and motivate a team, provide direction and manage resources Ability to motivate and influence cross-functional teams. Experience of contract negotiations and timing. Excellent communication skills at all levels including the ability to present technology plans and commercial performance clearly Ability to managed multiple projects in parallel, often with changing requirements and priorities. Able to manage stakeholders with changing priorities. Demonstrable experience providing networks that underpin Cloud Based Solutions Demonstrable experience in improving and selecting technology to improve OSS capability Experience of performance improvement across cloud services Knowledge of AWS and Azure is desirable Ideally you'll also have: Relevant technology certifications, for example MCSA, MCITP or MCSE. Experience of developing a DevOps culture An interest in or experience of developing a DevOps culture. ILM Management 3 or similar. TOGAF, ITIL or Prince2 certification Scripting / automation / development experience This job was originally posted as www.totaljobs.com/job/89944509