Infrastructure & Security Engineer
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Location: Nottingham, United Kingdom
Reports to: IT Director
Agreement: Full-Time Contractor, On-Site
Role Overview
The Infrastructure & Security Engineer is responsible for the overall management, security, stability, and strategic development of the organisation’s IT infrastructure landscape across 590+ sites.
This role combines technical leadership, hands-on engineering, cyber security governance, vendor management, and financial oversight to ensure high availability, resilience, and compliance across all business-critical systems.
The position operates within a complex multi-site environment, supporting both internal teams and external partners while maintaining strict control over infrastructure, security, and change management processes.
Key Responsibilities
1. Infrastructure & Operations Management
- Manage, secure, and control the complete IT technical infrastructure estate (LAN, WAN, Cloud, Datacentre).
- Ensure maximum system availability across all offices and production sites.
- Provide support, maintenance, and development of infrastructure including:
2. Leadership & Internal Team Management
- Provide day-to-day supervision and technical guidance to Infrastructure and System Engineering teams.
- Act in a hands-on capacity where necessary.
- Mentor and develop system engineers to ensure SLA adherence.
- Work closely with Project Management to ensure smooth delivery and handover of infrastructure changes.
- Provide 3rd line support to Desktop Services, IT Store Support, and other internal teams.
- Provide 1st line out-of-hours support when required.
3. Vendor & External Partner Management
- Act as primary technical contact for key infrastructure partners and service providers.
- Manage third-party vendors including:
- Service availability
- SLA performance
- Change requests
- Hardware and software maintenance
- Escalate and propose alternative technical solutions to the IT Director when required.
- Ensure service providers meet contractual and performance obligations.
4. Cyber Security & Governance
- Implement and enforce corporate IT security policies and governance standards.
- Act as Information Security Officer for the organisation.
- Maintain and develop the corporate risk register with appropriate mitigation strategies.
- Lead internal and external security audits.
- Ensure compliance with Parent Company IT policies and governance standards.
- Maintain secure access control and ensure change management processes prevent security breaches.
- Respond to suspicious events in accordance with Business Resilience policies.
5. Change & Availability Management
- Own and develop Service Level Agreements (SLAs) across infrastructure services.
6. Cloud & Systems Strategy
- Manage the organisation’s Cloud environment and strategic roadmap.
- Review existing systems and propose improvements aligned with current and future business requirements.
- Assist in scoping new solutions and preparing detailed proposals including budget forecasts.
- Present technical and financial proposals to senior management.
7. Financial & Budget Responsibility
- Provide forward-looking infrastructure budget forecasts aligned with business needs.
- Deliver monthly budget versus actual expenditure reports to the IT Director.
- Monitor project ROI post-approval.
Key Performance Indicators
Systems Availability
- Develop and maintain infrastructure SLAs.
- Ensure maximum uptime across business-critical systems.
- Deliver robust monitoring frameworks to support performance and availability.
Cyber Security
- Deliver a secure, compliant IT estate aligned with corporate governance.
- Maintain full audit readiness.
- Ensure no security breaches due to process failure.
Change Management
- Ensure all infrastructure and system changes are controlled and secure.
- Deliver zero critical outages caused by unmanaged change.
Resilience & Longevity
- Deliver long-term infrastructure resilience strategy.
- Prevent outages resulting from poor planning.
- Maintain fully compliant Disaster Recovery documentation and testing framework.
Working Hours
Standard working hours are 37.5 hours per week. Due to the nature of the role, flexibility is required for out-of-hours maintenance, emergency support, and critical system updates, including evenings and weekends when necessary.