Infrastructure Manager
Infrastructure Manager – Financial Services
Salary: £70,000 – £80,000 per annum
Location: Remote (with occasional travel to Bristol)
We’re partnering with a leading UK-based organisation within the financial services sector to recruit an experienced Infrastructure Manager. This is an excellent opportunity for a hands-on technical leader to take ownership of a critical UNIX estate while driving modernisation through automation and DevOps practices.
The Role
You’ll lead and develop a high-performing technical team, ensuring the stability, performance, and continuous improvement of core infrastructure services. This role combines strategic oversight with hands-on technical leadership.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead, manage, and develop a technical infrastructure team
- Own service performance, availability, and operational stability across the UNIX/Linux estate
- Drive automation and DevOps adoption (Puppet, Terraform, CI/CD pipelines)
- Review current infrastructure and define a forward-looking improvement roadmap
- Establish and embed operational best practices
- Implement effective performance management across the team
- Engage with key technical and business stakeholders
- Deliver measurable improvements in service quality, automation, and system reliability
Essential Skills & Experience
- Strong hands-on background in UNIX/Linux (Red Hat preferred)
- Expertise in automation tools such as Puppet and Terraform
- Proven experience managing SysOps / Infrastructure teams in mid-to-large scale environments
- Demonstrated track record of improving service performance and availability
- Experience driving automation and DevOps initiatives
- Ability to lead technical change across infrastructure estates
- Credible, hands-on technical leadership style
- Strong stakeholder engagement across both technical and business functions