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An exciting opportunity to join one of our key clients as a Head of Core Infrastructure, reporting into the Assistant Director.
1 day a week on-site in Cambridge/Chelmsford.
Salary: 56,000 - 64,000 (DOE)
Day-to-day, your responsibilities will encompass:
- Lead the planning, acquisition, installation, maintenance, and management of core IT infrastructure and associated cloud services for the company.
- Provide senior leadership to teams responsible for availability, operation, maintenance, and quality of the core IT infrastructure.
- Co-lead corporate-wide cyber- and information security provision and incident response, ensuring compliance with statutory and contractual reporting.
- Develop, deliver, and review University-wide strategies, policies, standards, and performance measures to optimise the efficiency and effectiveness of IT services.
- Manage the provision and support of IT infrastructure, ensuring maximum availability and minimal service disruption through proactive system monitoring and maintenance.
- Represent IT Services at a senior level within the company and externally, building strategic relationships with stakeholders, vendors, and professional bodies.
- Higher degree or relevant professional qualification at a postgraduate level with significant professional experience in an infrastructure or datacenter management role.
- Broad range of technical skills with substantial experience in managing IT infrastructure-related technologies in a medium-sized corporate environment.
- Excellent leadership and influencing skills, with a strong ability to delegate, manage performance, and motivate teams.
- Familiarity with ITIL Change, Availability, and Capacity Management principles and experience with large support and service contracts.
- Strong organisational skills, excellent communication and interpersonal abilities, and strategic thinking for decision-making.
- Desirable certifications include ITIL Practitioner, ISO 27001 ISMS Foundation or higher, BCS Foundation Certificate in Information Security Management
- Principles (CISMP). Experience in higher education and preparing large tenders is also advantageous.
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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