Senior Infrastructure Lead

Join a growing residential investment and property management organisation as the Senior Infrastructure Lead, responsible for shaping and modernising the Group's infrastructure, cloud services, networks and security capabilities. You'll own the technical roadmap, lead key transformation initiatives, and ensure outsourced partners deliver secure, resilient and high-performing services.

Client Details

Our client is a rapidly growing UK residential investment and property management business, combining investment management with residential property services. Following recent growth and acquisition activity, the organisation is investing heavily in its technology landscape, providing a rare opportunity to influence infrastructure strategy, modernisation and long-term technology direction.

Description

As Senior Infrastructure Lead, you will take ownership of the organisation's infrastructure estate, including Microsoft 365, Azure, networks, security controls, cloud platforms and end-user technology services.

Key responsibilities include:

• Defining and delivering the infrastructure strategy and technology roadmap.
• Supporting wider business transformation programmes, system integrations and platform onboarding.
• Modernising multi-site networking, remote access and cloud infrastructure.
• Improving identity management, device management and endpoint security through Microsoft technologies including Entra ID, Intune and Autopilot.
• Driving infrastructure resilience through effective patching, vulnerability management, disaster recovery and business continuity planning.
• Acting as the primary technical owner for the managed service provider (MSP) and key technology suppliers.
• Leading infrastructure projects from concept through to operational delivery.
• Managing risk, governance, technical documentation and stakeholder communications.

Profile

The successful candidate will bring significant experience leading infrastructure, cloud or IT operations functions within a Microsoft-centric environment.

You'll have:

• Strong expertise across Microsoft 365, Azure, Entra ID, Intune and Autopilot.
• Experience delivering infrastructure modernisation in multi-site organisations.
• Strong networking knowledge covering WAN, LAN, Wi-Fi, firewalls, remote access and network resilience.
• Experience managing and challenging MSPs and third-party suppliers.
• A hands-on background in security, patching, vulnerability management, disaster recovery and incident response.
• Experience operating within regulated or well-governed environments, ideally aligned to ISO 27001 or Cyber Essentials.
• The ability to communicate technical concepts and risk effectively to senior stakeholders.

Desirable experience includes:

• Cyber Essentials Plus and/or ISO 27001 certification programmes.
• Experience within property, financial services or other regulated sectors.
• Relevant Microsoft, networking or security certifications such as AZ-104, MS-102, SC-300, CCNP or CISSP.

Job Offer

• 60,000 - 70,000 salary.
• Hybrid working based in Manchester.
• Opportunity to shape the future technology strategy of a growing organisation.
• Significant influence over infrastructure, security and supplier decisions.
• Exposure to large-scale transformation and modernisation initiatives.
• Pension scheme.
• Flexible working arrangements.
• Employee discount schemes.
• Career growth within an expanding business undergoing significant technology investment and change.
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