Lead Infrastructure & Security Engineer

We're looking for an Lead Infrastructure & Security Engineer to act as a Senior within a growing, evolving technology estate at a pivotal point in its journey. This is a role with real substance. The foundations are in place, but there's a clear opportunity to shape, mature and lead across infrastructure, cloud, security, and supplier management.The Opportunity You'll be stepping into an established team to provide technical guidance whilst remaining hands on yourself.  Alongside leading a small team of engineers, you'll play a key role in:

• Strengthening security practices and making better use of existing tooling
• Bringing structure to infrastructure and cloud operations
• Improving resilience, documentation, and disaster recovery capability
• Working with the Head of Operations to take back control from suppliers and ensuring quality service and better value for money
• Contributing to cloud and platform strategy (Azure-focused)

The environment has a need for someone who can simplify, stabilise, and modernise.What You'll Be Doing

• Leading day-to-day infrastructure and platform operations (Azure, M365)
• Supporting the development of a team of 3 engineers - bringing structure, coaching, and accountability
• Owning operational security (patching, vulnerabilities, access controls, audits)
• Driving improvements in monitoring, backup, and disaster recovery  
• Working closely with suppliers
• Supporting cloud journey decisions with technical knowledge
• Bringing greater visibility, documentation, and operational discipline

This is a hands-on role, so you'll need to be comfortable being close to the tech while also stepping up as a Senior member of the team.What We're Looking For

• Strong infrastructure background with exposure to Azure and Microsoft stack
• Experience coaching or mentoring engineers in a hands-on environment
• Someone confident enough to challenge, but pragmatic in approach
• A people-focused leader who can bring a team with them
• Solid understanding of security fundamentals in an operational setting
• Experience working in multi-site environments
• Exposure to Azure services Logic Apps / Data Factory, or low/no-code tooling

This role is part of an on-call rota which is currently 1 in 10 for P1 incidents* *This rota may be subject to change frequency given seniority.Permanent position Coventry based office Hybrid working - 2 days office, 3 days remote Salary £55,000 - £60,000 28 days holidays + Bank Holidays, holiday buy/sell scheme, company pension scheme, cycle to work scheme, death in service, employee assistance programme, occupational health provider service.We are an equal opportunity recruitment company. This means we welcome applications from all suitably qualified people regardless of race, sex, disability, religion, sexual orientation or age. We are particularly invested in Neurodiversity inclusion and offer reasonable adjustments in the interview process. Reasonable adjustments are changes that we can make in the interview process if your disability puts you at a disadvantage compared with others who are not disabled. If you would benefit from a reasonable adjustment in your interview process, please call or email one of our recruiters.