Information Technology Consultant (Infrastructure Manager)
Posted Today by Delaney & Bourton
Negotiable
Outside
Remote
England, United Kingdom
Summary: The role of IT Infrastructure Lead involves conducting a discovery project to document and map the current infrastructure estate of a global business, which has undergone significant growth through acquisitions. The consultant will analyze and document various components of the infrastructure, ensuring that knowledge is captured and structured to eliminate reliance on individual expertise. The position is suited for a Senior Infrastructure Leader with extensive experience in diverse environments, particularly in cloud-first settings. The ultimate goal is to create a clear and maintainable inventory of the infrastructure while identifying risks and gaps.
Key Responsibilities:
- Conduct discovery work to map and document the organization's current infrastructure estate across various platforms.
- Analyze and document the infrastructure landscape, including cloud, network, identity, storage, and backups.
- Support the onboarding of incoming Infrastructure Management by providing structured documentation.
- Build an evidence-based view of the infrastructure estate, capturing knowledge from individuals.
- Ensure the environment is understood and operated without dependency on individuals.
- Deliver a validated inventory of the infrastructure estate and maintainable documentation.
- Identify and communicate risks, gaps, and unknowns within the infrastructure.
Key Skills:
- Strong hands-on infrastructure background, preferably in cloud-first environments.
- Experience in estate discovery and technical documentation.
- Ability to work in legacy or inherited environments.
- Comfortable operating in ambiguity and low-maturity environments.
- Able to challenge constructively and validate assumptions.
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: undetermined
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: remote
IR35 Status: outside IR35
Seniority Level: Senior
Industry: IT
IT Infrastructure Lead / Infrastructure Manager / IT Consultant (Contract) Discovery & Documentation | UK Remote | Outside IR35 | Strong £Rate 6 Month Initial Contract
I’m working with a global business to engage an interim Infrastructure Lead to undertake a piece of discovery work to map out and document the organisations current infrastructure estate across cloud platforms, network, identity, storage, back-ups etc. The company have grown via a large number of acquisitions and are currently implementing a new centralised operating model. There is therefore a lot of uncertainty and fragmented information. This assignment is to map out the landscape, perform the relevant analysis and accurately document the current environment. Before then working with the incoming Infrastructure Management to support their onboarding.
You’ll be responsible for building a true, evidence-based view of the organisation’s infrastructure estate, capturing knowledge that currently sits in people’s heads and turning it into structured, trusted documentation. This would suit a Senior Infrastructure Leader that has worked on a number of assignments and has seen varied landscapes.
The goal? To ensure the environment can be understood, operated, and owned without dependency on individuals. By the end of the contract, the business will have:
- A validated inventory of its infrastructure estate
- Clear, owned and maintainable documentation
- A transparent view of risks, gaps, and unknowns
- Zero reliance on “tribal knowledge” to operate safely
What We’re Looking For:
- Strong hands-on Infrastructure background (cloud-first environments preferred)
- Estate discovery & technical documentation
- Working in legacy or inherited environments
- Comfortable operating in ambiguity / low-maturity environments
- Able to challenge constructively and validate assumptions