R&D IT Infrastructure Specialist
Agratas – A Tata EnterpriseOxford, England, United Kingdom
Added 28 Jul · still live
Not disclosed
Salary
Not disclosed by employer
£54,700
Going rate
Skilled Worker going rate
This role may qualify for a Skilled Worker visa
SOC 2134 is an eligible occupation, but we classified this role with low confidence (49% match). If the code is right — and Agratas – A Tata Enterprise is a licensed sponsor — it should qualify, but double-check the occupation eligibility rules against the actual role.
About the role
Purpose of the Role
The R&D IT Infrastructure Manager will be responsible for planning, deploying, operating, and continuously improving IT infrastructure services that support research, engineering, product development, testing, simulation, laboratory, and innovation environments. The role requires a strong blend of infrastructure technology expertise, project execution capability, operational governance, cybersecurity awareness, and stakeholder management to ensure reliable, secure, scalable, and high-performance IT services for R&D teams.
Key Responsibility Areas
The R&D IT Infrastructure Manager will be responsible for planning, deploying, operating, and continuously improving IT infrastructure services that support research, engineering, product development, testing, simulation, laboratory, and innovation environments. The role requires a strong blend of infrastructure technology expertise, project execution capability, operational governance, cybersecurity awareness, and stakeholder management to ensure reliable, secure, scalable, and high-performance IT services for R&D teams.
Key Responsibility Areas
- Own the end-to-end management of IT infrastructure services for R&D facilities, including network, compute, storage, backup, collaboration, endpoint, and laboratory IT environments.
- Partner with R&D, engineering, product development, manufacturing, cybersecurity, enterprise IT, and external vendors to understand business requirements and translate them into infrastructure solutions.
- Lead infrastructure projects for new R&D labs, test environments, engineering workspaces, simulation platforms, and specialized technology zones.
- Ensure high availability, performance, reliability, and security of critical infrastructure supporting R&D workloads, design applications, test systems, and engineering data platforms.
- Develop and maintain infrastructure roadmaps aligned with R&D growth plans, technology refresh cycles, cybersecurity standards, and business continuity requirements.
- Manage IT assets, lifecycle planning, capacity planning, licensing coordination, inventory governance, and infrastructure documentation.
- Drive incident, problem, change, and service request management in line with ITIL-aligned practices and internal governance standards.
- Coordinate with cybersecurity teams to implement access controls, segmentation, vulnerability remediation, patching, monitoring, and compliance requirements for R&D environments.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Electronics, Engineering, or a related discipline; master's degree preferred.
- 8-10 years of experience in IT infrastructure, site IT operations, technology project management, or enterprise infrastructure delivery.
- Minimum 3-5 years of experience managing infrastructure teams, vendors, or cross-functional technology programs.
- Experience supporting R&D, engineering, manufacturing, laboratory, simulation, automotive, battery, electronics, or industrial technology environments is preferred.
- Strong knowledge of enterprise networking, data center infrastructure, server and storage platforms, virtualization, cloud services, endpoint management, backup, monitoring, and disaster recovery.
Key Skills And Competencies
- Infrastructure architecture and solution design
- R&D and engineering systems support
- Project planning, execution, risk management, and stakeholder communication
- Vendor management, negotiation, and service governance
- IT operations management and service excellence
- Cybersecurity and compliance awareness
- Analytical thinking, problem-solving, and decision-making
Documentation, reporting, and executive communication
- Continuous improvement and automation
- Stakeholder management and commercial leadership
- Infrastructure uptime, availability, and performance against agreed service levels
- On-time and within-budget delivery of R&D infrastructure projects
- Reduction in recurring incidents and improvement in mean time to restore service (MTTR)
- Compliance with cybersecurity, audit, patching, and vulnerability remediation targets
- Effective capacity planning and technology lifecycle management
- Vendor SLA adherence and service quality improvement
- ITIL Foundation or higher - PMP, PRINCE2, or equivalent project management certification
- Cisco, Microsoft, VMware, Azure, AWS, or equivalent infrastructure certifications
- Cybersecurity certifications such as ISO 27001, CISSP, CISM, or equivalent exposure
- Infrastructure architecture and solution design
- R&D and engineering systems support
- Project planning, execution, risk management, and stakeholder communication
- Vendor management, negotiation, and service governance
- IT operations management and service excellence
- Cybersecurity and compliance awareness
- Analytical thinking, problem-solving, and decision-making
Documentation, reporting, and executive communication
- Continuous improvement and automation
- Stakeholder management and commercial leadership
- Infrastructure uptime, availability, and performance against agreed service levels
- On-time and within-budget delivery of R&D infrastructure projects
- Reduction in recurring incidents and improvement in mean time to restore service (MTTR)
- Compliance with cybersecurity, audit, patching, and vulnerability remediation targets
- ITIL Foundation or higher - PMP, PRINCE2, or equivalent project management certification
- Cisco, Microsoft, VMware, Azure, AWS, or equivalent infrastructure certifications
- Cybersecurity certifications such as ISO 27001, CISSP, CISM, or equivalent exposure
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Where this offer sits in the market
SOC 2134 · UK · ONS ASHE 2025 · ~343k in sampleP25 £42kP75 £76k
£33kmedian £57kgoing rate £55k£103k
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