Head of Network and Infrastructure

SRT Marine Systems plc (SRT) is a market leader in the domain of international marine surveillance technology and systems. We are a respected, established, and an ambitious multi-national company headquartered in the UK with a global customer base.

The company has a worldwide impact in the marine sector by leading the next generation of maritime domain awareness technologies “MDA”, products, and systems that significantly enhance security, safety, environmental protection, and sustainability. Our customers are global and range from the largest national coast guards to individual vessel owners.

SRT is an exciting company where high-quality results are rewarded. We are ambitious and constantly seek to innovate in order to deliver better products and services to our customers. We strive to make SRT a rewarding and challenging place to work, where talented, hard-working individuals have the opportunity to make a real impact across the marine industry.

About The Role Of Head Of Network And Infrastructure

The Head of Network and Infrastructure is very much a "hands on" role where you will lead a team of Network, Infrastructure, and DevOps Engineers responsible for designing and implementing sophisticated on‑premise systems deployed directly into customer environments. The role includes ownership of high and low level architecture, requirements clarification, and the evolution of both customer facing systems and internal development, testing, and staging environments.

What You’ll Be Doing as our Head of Network and Infrastructure - not exhaustive:

• Provide leadership, direction, and performance management for the Network & Infrastructure team
• Produce high‑quality, detailed high‑level system designs, considering field conditions, civil works, and existing technologies
• Define and refine technical requirements in collaboration with Sales and Project Management
• Develop the strategic roadmap for network and infrastructure evolution, ensuring system reliability and resilience for mission‑critical products

Oversee the strategy and operation of internal development and testing environments to ensure reliability, flexibility, and appropriate capacity

What You’ll Bring to the role of Head of Network and Infrastructure

• Extensive technical expertise in IT and proven experience in a leadership / managerial role
• Strong experience designing and implementing secure, resilient distributed IP networks
• Proven capability in building IT infrastructure solutions, including virtualisation and containerisation
• Ability to lead technical teams and produce high‑quality documentation and architectural diagrams
• Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or equivalent
  
  

Technical Competencies required in the role of Head of Network and Infrastructure

The role requires a solid understanding of the following areas to provide effective technical leadership:

• Network Engineering
• WAN, LAN, mobile networks
• Multi‑vendor operating systems
• Network design through to switch‑level configuration
• Compute & Systems
• Server and compute architecture
• OS implementation and low‑level administration
• Storage engineering, including provisioning, clustering, and replication
• Virtualisation & Containerisation
• Multi‑vendor hypervisors and virtual networking
• Engineering virtualised operating systems
• Container architecture, orchestration, networking, and automated deployment
• Additional Disciplines
• Voice over IP
• Microsoft enterprise architecture (e.g., AD, policies)
• Video wall design and VDI design, including thin‑client infrastructure
  

Why join us here at SRT

• Work on mission-critical maritime surveillance systems used worldwide, making a direct impact on global maritime safety and sustainability
• Competitive salary and benefits, including (not exhaustive):
• Private health care
• Development and training programmes
  

SRT Marine Systems plc is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and welcome applications from all backgrounds.