Senior IT Infrastructure and Change Engineer

Salary: £38,000 - 40,000 per year

Requirements

• We are looking for proven experience managing a small-to-medium infrastructure team, ideally for several years.
• We want someone with experience leading cloud platform adoption and optimisation, such as Microsoft Azure and M365.
• We require strong skills in Infrastructure as Code, including tools such as Terraform and scripting in Python.
• We need experience building automated CI/CD pipelines for infrastructure artefacts, with good source control, code review, and release management practices.
• We are looking for someone who can work effectively with Service Desk and Applications teams to support incident, problem, and change processes and escalation paths.
• We need strong technical documentation skills, including producing runbooks and knowledge articles.
• We require experience planning and project managing infrastructure changes from discovery through to deployment, including scoping, resourcing, dependency management, risk and issue tracking, stakeholder communication, and post-implementation review.
• We are looking for experience delivering M&A and onboarding projects for new schools, including discovery, integration, migration, and stabilisation.
• We need someone who can line manage and develop an Infrastructure Team through objective setting, coaching, performance management, and succession planning.
• Candidates must be able to pass an enhanced DBS check on joining.
• Experience within an education environment is highly desirable.
• We are seeking a candidate based in or willing to work from Plymouth, Devon, with remote working and travel to client sites.

Responsibilities

• We lead the delivery, reliability, and security of our core IT infrastructure and platforms.
• We line manage our Infrastructure Team and support its growth as the organisation expands.
• We plan and execute infrastructure change projects while minimising disruption to teaching, learning, and operational services.
• We drive technical standards, automation, and cloud adoption as part of our IT Leadership Team.
• We maintain strong service outcomes and ensure compliance within an education setting.
• We work closely with Service Desk and Applications teams to manage incidents, problems, changes, and escalation routes.
• We produce clear technical documentation, runbooks, and knowledge articles.
• We manage infrastructure projects from discovery to deployment, including risk, issue, and stakeholder management.
• We support M&A and onboarding activities for new schools, including integration, migration, and stabilisation.
• We coach, develop, and performance-manage team members to build capability and succession.

Technologies

• Azure
• CI/CD
• Cloud
• Support
• Python
• Security
• Terraform
• DevOps

More

We are a growing organisation within the education sector, based in Plymouth, Devon, working remotely with travel to client sites. We offer a competitive salary of £39,000 per year, an excellent pension with a 22.9% employer contribution, 26 days of holiday plus bank holidays, and ongoing training and development. This is a key leadership role within our IT function, where you will help shape the future of our infrastructure, support service excellence, and contribute to our ongoing success in an education environment.

last updated 23 week of 2026