Infrastructure Technical Lead (ONSITE – St Ives, Cambridgeshire)

Overview

In this role you will own and modernise Linx’s infrastructure to ensure reliable, secure operations across on‑premises and cloud environments. You will lead a small IT team, driving automation and AI‑driven improvements while partnering with stakeholders across the global business. Your work will shape how infrastructure supports manufacturing and product delivery, with a focus on timely incident resolution, security hardening, and scalable platforms. This opportunity combines hands‑on technical leadership with a chance to influence architecture and tooling in a growing, purpose‑driven organization.

Responsibilities

• Own Windows Server, Active Directory and Hyper‑V environments (provisioning, performance, capacity, lifecycle)
• Manage Azure and AWS infrastructure, enterprise NetApp storage, backup and disaster recovery
• Serve as senior escalation point for infrastructure incidents; lead root‑cause analysis and permanent fixes
• Lead patch management, vulnerability remediation and security hardening across servers and cloud
• Build PowerShell automation; explore automation and AI to improve IT efficiency and reliability
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to a team of 3–4 IT professionals; lead infrastructure projects with vendors and internal stakeholders

Key requirements

• 8+ years of IT experience with senior/3rd‑line ownership of enterprise infrastructure
• Hands‑on experience with Windows Server, Active Directory, GPO, DNS/DHCP and enterprise virtualization (Hyper‑V or VMware)
• Hands‑on administration of Azure and/or AWS infrastructure (security, patching, troubleshooting)
• Proven experience with server patching, vulnerability remediation, backup/DR, and PowerShell scripting
• Experience leading or managing a small IT team

• leadership
• mentoring
• problem solving
• Windows Server
• Active Directory
• GPO

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