Job Description:

Infrastructure Manager - Microsoft / Azure / Networking - Exeter

Are you the kind of infrastructure person who still wants to be close to the technology, but also wants to lead a small team properly?

We’re hiring an Infrastructure Manager for a company in Exeter, supporting over 10,000 users and a growing multi-site environment.

This isn’t a “sit in meetings all day and manage from a distance” role.

You’ll be:

• Managing a small infrastructure team whilst remaining hands-on

• Owning day-to-day infrastructure operations

• Acting as a technical escalation point

• Helping shape the future infrastructure strategy

• Supporting a major merger and wider transformation

• Working across servers, networking, firewalls, cloud, backups, telephony and endpoint management

The environment is mainly Microsoft, with a lot of on-prem infrastructure, but also increasing use of Azure, M365, Intune and cloud services.

What they care about:

They want someone who can lead people, but still understands the tech.

You don’t need to be an expert in every area, but you do need to be comfortable across:

• Microsoft 365 administration

• Azure services

• Active Directory / identity

• Windows Server

• Networking (LANs, WANs, VLANs and switching)

• Firewalls

• Endpoint deployment and management

• Backups, disaster recovery and cyber security basics

Bonus points for experience with things like Fortinet, HP Aruba, Ubiquiti / UniFi, Intune, SCCM, Cyber Essentials, supplier management or education.

But the main thing is this:

Can you manage a small team, keep things moving, explain technical issues clearly, and help the company make sensible infrastructure decisions?

Why this is worth a look:

• It’s a big environment, but not a corporate treadmill.

• You’ll have real influence over infrastructure direction

• You’ll inherit a team structure with room to develop people

• There’s a major merger happening, so plenty of meaningful work

• You’ll have strong work-life balance compared with commercial environments

• There’s a good pension, strong holiday allowance, Christmas shutdown and paid out-of-hours cover

This is mostly on-site in Exeter, with flexibility where it makes sense, but it is not a remote role.