Infrastructure Services Manager

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Job description

Infrastructure Services Manager

Location: Swindon - You will be based within a commutable distance of Swindon offices. We will consider home working or hybrid working where you are based in both the office and home.

Contract Type: Permanent

Salary: circa £47,000 plus benefits

Reference No: 10090

Final applications 3 December 2021

Description

Summary

Historic England have a fantastic opportunity for you to join us as our Infrastructure Services Manager to shape and develop mission critical infrastructure services for Historic England and English Heritage as we transition to new cloud technologies and adoption of the modern digital workplace.

If you are seeking a role where you will be leading a team of subject matter experts to deliver services to two vibrant and unique businesses in the heritage sector, then this is the ideal opportunity for you.

You will be based within a commutable distance of our Swindon office. We understand the importance of work life balance and we will consider home working or hybrid working where you are based in both the office and home.

We offer a wide benefits package including a competitive pension scheme, a generous 28 days holiday which increases to 30 days after 2 years service and 33 days after 5 years service, corporate discounts, free entry into English Heritage sites across the county and development opportunities to ensure you achieve your goals.

What you will be doing:

In this pivotal role, you will use your IT leadership and management skills to optimise team performance, help us improve processes & procedures and play a central role in our investment in and development of enterprise IT services including an active Microsoft Azure and 365 roll out programme and the continuous improvement of service security, reliability and resilience.

You will be involved in developing our exciting project portfolio, using either on-premise or cloud services, working closely with our technical governance team and business partners to develop our architectural roadmap. This will give you a key role in the planning, preparation and successful execution of our IT infrastructure investment plans. This will include the development and implementation of business productivity, collaboration, communication and security solutions and helping us to leverage the power of mobility solutions empowering our field based operations with apps and services that provide on-the-spot real time data insight and planning tools as they visit and care for the nations most important historic places.

Who we are looking for:

• Proven experience of managing and motivating a team of IT specialists to deliver enterprise services against SLAs
• Practical working experience of Microsoft cloud technologies, including Azure and Microsoft 365 services
• Experience in managing budgets and obtaining value for money and implementing cost efficiencies
• Able to pay close attention to detail without losing sight of the overall aims and objectives when drafting or reviewing policy, guidance or agreements
• A deep knowledge of IT technologies and issues
• Able to work with people in a variety of roles, different levels and with third party contract staff

We are an equal opportunity employer which values diversity and inclusion. If you have a disability, we would be happy to discuss reasonable adjustments to the job with you. Having just won the Gold Award from MIND, we also recognize the importance of a healthy work -life balance. We offer a wide benefits package including a competitive