Infrastructure Team Lead

About the job

Job Title: Infrastructure Team Lead

Location: Preston, Yeovil, or Prestwick. We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements - please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role.

Salary: Up to £60,000 depending on experience and skills

What you'll be doing:

• The successful candidate will join the Infrastructure Engineering team as a Team leader managing an expert team in the infrastructure field ranging from application support, operating systems to networks
• You will have responsibility for delivering new enabling capabilities as a hand on team lead, developing and delivering systems and services, resolving infrastructure support issues, and maintaining, managing, and optimising the overall performance and availability of the infrastructure
• Customers are our internal engineering and product teams, and we will work to bridge the gap between infrastructure and software development and drive efficiency through high levels of automation
• Whilst technology-delivery is core to our role, so too is the appreciation of how we enable the business and service availability
• This position will have responsibility of a team (currently 8) and will need to have the management experience to oversee the day-to-day activities of the team
• You will need to be able to set clear goals, delegate task and set time scales
• Report to higher management on performance and escalate when needed

Your skills and experiences:

Essential:

• Proven work experience as a team leader or supervisor
• Communication and leading from the front skills
• Organisational and time-management skills
• Experience in the creation of processes to be used on day-to-day support
• Decision-making skills
• Experience in the Installation, configuration & support Microsoft Windows Server, or Linux operating systems
• Experience with a variety of IT administration & management applications

Benefits:

You'll receive benefits including a competitive pension scheme, enhanced annual leave allowance and a Company contributed Share Incentive Plan. You'll also have access to additional benefits such as flexible working, an employee assistance programme, Cycle2work and employee discounts - you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

The IT Infrastructure & Support team:

Would you like to work within our Shared Services working on application support and projects that come to us providing the IT infrastructure & Support for the Company? We currently have a vacancy for an Infrastructure Team lead. As an Infrastructure Team Lead, you will be involved in the day-to-day management and monitoring of services and their supporting infrastructure components. The bespoke individual IT systems are managed using an ITIL Framework and principals and you will be responsible for the investigation of arising issues, resolved against the defined Service Level Agreements.

Why BAE Systems?

This is a place where you'll be able to make a real difference. You'll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you'll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and particularly from sections of the community who are currently underrepresented within our industry, including women, ethnic minorities, people with disabilities and LGBTQ+ individuals.

We also want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder etc.) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.

Please be aware that many roles working for BAE Systems will be subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors including your nationality, any previous nationalities you have held, and your place of birth may limit those roles you can perform for the organisation.

Closing Date: 18th July 2024

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

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