Summary: The Lead Network Infrastructure Engineer will provide technical leadership for HM Land Registry's network infrastructure, ensuring the design, delivery, and maintenance of services across data centers and local offices in England and Wales, as well as cloud infrastructure on AWS and Azure. This role requires SC Clearance and involves collaboration with various technical leads to implement solutions aligned with business strategies. The position is hybrid, requiring presence in London and Plymouth two times per week, and is classified as inside IR35.

Key Responsibilities:

• Be the subject matter expert on networks within HM Land Registry, taking accountability for design and management of network infrastructure.
• Support HM Land Registry Network Infrastructure, encompassing data centres, local offices across England and Wales in addition to cloud infrastructure hosted on AWS and Azure.
• Provide technical leadership to the practice, working as a Lead Infrastructure Engineering team to provide guidance and technical decision making within BAU and change portfolio deliverables.
• In conjunction with the Lead Infrastructure Engineers and other technical leads within IT Operations and relevant practices, develop and maintain IT Infrastructure to ensure the availability, integrity and performance of services.
• Make decisions to ensure that technical implementations are compatible with the existing infrastructure and the strategic aims of Land Registry.
• Work with key IT partners and suppliers to develop, test and implement new solutions, ensuring that the most effective technology is used to meet business requirements, with particular emphasis on HM Land Registry’s expanding digital services.
• Task manage technical staff resource as required, setting them clear objectives and tracking them to completion whilst providing appropriate feedback to line managers.
• Maintain effective relationships with other practices in order to meet operational requirements and service levels agreements.
• Implement appropriate security controls to mitigate security threats within solutions and services.
• Implement and champion modern industry standards in teams’ working processes.
• Create and follow test plans to provide assurance when implementing infrastructure changes.
• Contribute to the continual improvement of the practice and the IT Operations community, supporting community members to build and maintain cohesion.

Key Skills:

• Achieved a CCNP qualification or have equivalent industry experience.
• Layer 2 and Layer 3 Network protocols including TCP/IP, GBP, OSFP, VLAN, STP.
• Designing network changes.
• Firewall configuration, including policy changes.
• Experience of planning and leading significant infrastructure change.
• Experience of technical leadership including operation of service.
• Ability to visualize, articulate and solve complex problems and make disciplined decisions based on available information.
• Strong communication skills, including the ability to build working relationships and explain technical issues to non-technical stakeholders.

Salary (Rate): undetermined

City: Plymouth

Country: UK

Working Arrangements: hybrid

IR35 Status: inside IR35

Seniority Level: undetermined

Industry: IT