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A fantastic opportunity to work with one of our key clients as a Head of Core Infrastructure
Location: 1 day per week onsite in Cambridge
Salary: 56,000 - 64,000
Role description:
- Ensure IT Infrastructure Availability and Stability: Manage core IT infrastructure with a focus on maximizing availability and minimizing disruptions through monitoring, proactive actions, and preventative maintenance.
- Collaborate for Seamless Service Transitions: Work with various teams to ensure smooth transitions of services and solutions, aligning with operational plans and strategies for system and equipment upgrades.
- Develop and Implement IT Policies and Security Measures: Lead the development of IT strategies, policies, and security measures, including business continuity and disaster recovery, while providing performance and capacity reports to IT directors.
- Collaborate with the Procurement Department to manage and optimize purchase and support contracts, delegate small-scale acquisitions, and oversee expenditures to ensure adherence to purchasing procedures and maximize financial performance.
- Oversee Core IT Teams for Optimal Service Delivery: Manage Data Management, Security, Network Service, and Platform and Storage Management teams to ensure support meets service levels through effective resource prioritization and deployment.
- Foster a High-Performing, Customer-Focused Workforce: Provide leadership to build an efficient, motivated, and customer-centric team, while guiding individual development and implementing performance management programs.
- Higher degree and significant demonstrable professional experience in a similar role working with 3rd parties.
- Extensive and recent experience in an infrastructure or datacenter management role within a medium-sized corporate environment.
- Proficient in ITIL principles of Change, Availability, and Capacity Management.
- Significant experience in people management, including performance and absence management as well as coaching.
- Proven experience in managing supplier relationships, including large support and service contracts.
- Excellent organizational skills with effective delegation abilities.
Austin Fraser is committed to being an equal opportunities employer, and encourages applications from candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity status.
Due to the volume of applications received, we are unable to provide individual feedback to unsuccessful applicants.
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