IT Infrastructure Team Lead

Job Title: IT Infrastructure Team Lead

Location: Preston / Warton; Lancashire.

Salary: Up to £60,000 depending on experience

What you’ll be doing:

• Day-to-day management of the team, including task delegation, performance reviews, and the promotion of a collaborative and efficient working environment

• Leading the support and management of the business infrastructure across Windows and Linux platforms

• Designing, deploying and maintaining the organisation’s IT infrastructure, including servers, storage, networking and security systems

• Overseeing the installation, configuration and deployment of IT hardware, drawing on your infrastructure hosting experience

• Investigating and resolving problems by gathering information from physical and informational sources, reviewing platform or assembly defects, and ensuring comprehensive understanding of issues

• Administering a virtualised production environment using industry-standard tools

• Regular engagement with senior stakeholders to ensure alignment on objectives and strategic priorities

  Your skills and experiences:

  Essential:

  • Proven experience in a team leader or supervisory role

  • Installing, configuring and supporting Windows and/ or Linux operating systems

  • Detailed understanding of network architecture, with a focus on Palo Alto firewall and network security technologies

  • In-depth knowledge of hypervisor technologies, including VMware, VxRail and Hyper-V

  • Experience using a variety of IT administration and management applications

  • Awareness of cyber security methodologies and best practices

    Desirable:

    • Experience administering virtualisation and cloud platforms, including Citrix and thin client technologies

      Benefits:

      As well as a competitive pension scheme, BAE Systems also offers employee share plans, an extensive range of flexible discounted health, wellbeing and lifestyle benefits, including a green car scheme, private health plans and shopping discounts - you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

      The Infrastructure Engineering Team:

      You’ll be joining a collaborative team dedicated to delivering new enabling capabilities, developing and supporting systems and services, and resolving infrastructure issues with speed and precision. We partner closely with our internal engineering and product teams, bridging the gap between infrastructure and software development to drive efficiency through high levels of automation. While delivering technology is at the heart of what we do, we also take pride in understanding how our work enables the wider business and ensures exceptional service availability. This is a fantastic opportunity to work with cutting-edge technologies, influence how we shape our infrastructure, and make a visible impact on the success of the organisation.

      Why BAE Systems?

      This is a place where you’ll be able to make a real difference. You’ll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity of thought, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome people from all backgrounds and want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder etc.) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.

      Please be aware that many roles at BAE Systems are subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within the organisation. All applicants must as a minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks.

      Closing Date: 9th September 2025

      We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

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