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Technical Infrastructure Lead
Sheffield | Hybrid (3 Days Onsite)
3-Month Contract
Immediate Start
We're partnering with a leading organisation seeking an experienced Technical Infrastructure Lead to provide hands-on leadership across a complex hybrid IT estate.
This is an opportunity to take ownership of critical infrastructure services, working alongside a skilled engineering team to ensure the availability, security and performance of core business systems. You'll act as the senior technical escalation point, driving operational excellence while supporting the delivery of a resilient and modern Microsoft infrastructure.
If you enjoy solving complex technical challenges while leading from the front, we'd love to hear from you.
What You'll Be Doing
As the Technical Infrastructure Lead, you'll oversee the day-to-day operation of the infrastructure estate while providing technical direction to a team of engineers.
You'll work closely with internal stakeholders and external suppliers to maintain service stability, coordinate operational activities and support the successful delivery of infrastructure improvements.
Key responsibilities include:
- Providing technical leadership to a team of Infrastructure Engineers.
- Acting as the highest technical escalation point for complex infrastructure issues.
- Maintaining the availability, performance and resilience of enterprise infrastructure services.
- Leading the response to major incidents, coordinating technical resolution and service restoration.
- Managing infrastructure change, patching schedules and vulnerability remediation activities.
- Supporting backup, disaster recovery and business continuity processes.
- Working with third-party suppliers and managed service providers to ensure effective service delivery.
- Supporting the transition of new technologies into live operational support.
- Producing technical reports, operational updates and risk assessments for senior stakeholders.
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Technical Environment
You'll ideally have strong experience across most of the following:
- Microsoft Azure
- Microsoft 365
- Microsoft Entra ID
- Windows Server
- Hyper-V
- Cisco Networking
- Palo Alto Firewalls
About You
You'll be a senior infrastructure professional who combines strong technical expertise with excellent operational leadership.
We're particularly interested in candidates who have:
- Extensive experience supporting enterprise Microsoft infrastructure environments.
- A strong background in hybrid cloud and on-premise infrastructure.
- Experience leading technical teams or acting as the senior technical authority.
- Proven experience managing major incidents and complex technical escalations.
- Strong knowledge of ITIL service management principles.
- Experience managing suppliers and outsourced support partners.
- Excellent communication skills and the ability to build relationships across technical and business teams.
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Modis International Ltd acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and an employment business for the supply of temporary workers in the UK. Modis Europe Ltd provide a variety of international solutions that connect clients to the best talent in the world. For all positions based in Switzerland, Modis Europe Ltd works with its licensed Swiss partner Accurity GmbH to ensure that candidate applications are handled in accordance with Swiss law.
Both Modis International Ltd and Modis Europe Ltd are Equal Opportunities Employers.
By applying for this role your details will be submitted to Modis International Ltd and/ or Modis Europe Ltd. Our Candidate Privacy Information Statement which explains how we will use your information is available on the Modis website.
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