IT Infrastructure Manager

Description:

We are seeking an experienced and highly technical IT Infrastructure Manager to join a large business based in Croydon, at an exciting phase of growth for the company.

About the company you are joining:
Our client has a large footprint in the UK and have embedded themselves as one of the leaders within their field, with a rich heritage of caring for their people, customers and suppliers.

The business has an extremely people centric ethos and places a huge emphasis on the value of collaboration, hard-work and recognising success. Above all, it is vital that everyone that comes to work for them enjoys what they do - this isn't just a buzz word, but something the business truly stands by!

About the role:
The IT Infrastructure Manager will be responsible for the delivery of an end to end enterprise IT infrastructure strategy and vision. You will own the planning, design, implementation, operation and support of the company’s technology infrastructure.

Leading an in-house team and third parties across architecture, security, engineering, delivery and support, you will have accountability for all infrastructure services including network and telephony, storage, hosting and server infrastructure (on-premise and cloud), infrastructure applications and end user computing

Some of the key responsibilities for the IT Infrastructure Manager will involve the following:

Defining, agreeing and then owning an infrastructure strategy which is aligned with the wider IT and business strategies.
Managing internal and third party resources as required to plan, design, build and run the enterprise IT infrastructure.
Overseeing the delivery of the infrastructure initiatives plan, ensuring all infrastructure projects are delivered within the pre-agreed parameters of time, cost, scope, risk, quality and benefits.
Ensuring all infrastructure services are managed and supported according to industry/vendor best practice, following defined processes and procedures and to meet agreed availability and performance KPIs.
Ensuring that all infrastructure components are managed to the appropriate level of risk with respect to security patches, software/firmware revision levels and supplier supported versions.
Working closely with other IT teams within the business to ensure there is a coordinated approach to infrastructure delivery and operations.
Providing periodic reporting and management information on infrastructure delivery initiatives, operational KPIs and budget management. The ideal candidate for the IT Infrastructure Manager role will have the following background:

Extensive IT Infrastructure experience, ideally within a multi-site/multi-branch environment with a Head Office (Retail, Distribution, etc)
A proactive, hands-on all rounder who combines a highly technical skillset with the ability to lead technical teams. 
Significant experience of leading enterprise scale infrastructure transformation, including planning, designing and building solutions that are aligned to strategic objectives.
Previous experience working in mixed on-premise/cloud environments particularly Nutanix and Azure eco systems
Working knowledge of cyber security and information security threats Technologies required:

Wintel (Server-(phone number removed) & later; Windows-10 and later; SQL-(Apply online only))
Office 365 – ongoing management
Nutanix
VDI – XenApp
Networking (LAN, WAN, VLAN, WiFi) preferably Juniper & Fortinet devices
Security (ACL, Firewall, PCI, GDPR)
ISO27001 principles
Storage technologies (SAN, NAS, hyperconverged)
Virtualisation technologies (Hyper V, VMWare, cloud Based PAAS and IAAS)
Linux
MS System Centre Keywords: IT Infrastructure Manager, Infrastructure Manager, IT Infrastructure Lead, IT Manager