IT Infrastructure & Security Lead

Company Overview

The Airedale Group are the leading market design, installation, and maintenance provider for commercial kitchens in the UK hospitality and food service industry. We work alongside clients from the initial designs through to bespoke fabrication and installation. Coupled with the largest body of professional maintenance engineers in the country, we offer the complete end-to-end solution to our extensive client base. We have long-standing relationships with many of the biggest multi-site brands in the UK.

We are seeking an ambitious and technically strong IT Infrastructure & Security Lead to take ownership of the reliability, security, and ongoing maturation of the group’s technology.

This role will oversee the helpdesk function, managing a team of three, demonstrating leadership and influential skills to make gradual steps toward a future Head of IT position. The successful candidate will combine strong technical capability with excellent stakeholder management skills, bringing structure, security discipline, and strategic direction to an IT environment that is already functional but continuing to mature.

The role will inherit a mixed technology landscape comprising both on-premise and cloud infrastructure, multiple Microsoft 365 tenants, an evolving Intune and Autopilot estate, active Cyber Essentials Plus initiatives, and a capable internal helpdesk function.

The postholder will be expected to balance hands‑on operational delivery with longer‑term planning and improvement activity. The successful individual will be comfortable remaining close to the technology, ensuring day‑to‑day operational stability while identifying opportunities to modernise infrastructure, improve governance, and strengthen cybersecurity posture.

A strong background in data security, Cyber Essentials, and ISO‑aligned governance is essential. Familiarity with ISO
27001 is highly desirable, alongside an appreciation for operational standards, compliance frameworks, and continuous improvement principles such as ISO
9001.

• Lead the design, implementation, and support of secure and resilient IT infrastructure.
• Manage cloud and on‑premise environments, including servers, storage, networking, and virtualisation.
• Oversee Microsoft 365, Azure/AWS environments, Active Directory/Entra , and endpoint management.
• Ensure high availability, disaster recovery, backup, and business continuity capabilities.
• Monitor infrastructure performance, capacity, and reliability.
• Manage third‑party IT vendors, MSPs, and technology partners.
• Drive infrastructure improvement and modernisation initiatives.
• Own the organisation’s cybersecurity strategy and operational security posture.
• Lead ongoing Cyber Essentials Plus initiatives and ensure continued compliance maturity.
• Support and contribute to ISO‑aligned governance and security improvement activities, including familiarity with ISO
  27001 principles and broader operational standards such as ISO
  9001.
• Implement and maintain security controls aligned with recognised frameworks (e.g. ISO
  27001, Cyber Essentials Plus, NIST).
• Lead vulnerability management, patching, endpoint protection, SIEM, and threat monitoring activities.
• Manage identity and access controls, MFA, privileged access, and conditional access policies.
• Lead incident response activities and coordinate remediation efforts.
• Conduct risk assessments and support audit and compliance activities.
• Drive improvements in data security, governance, and cyber resilience across the organisation.
• Deliver security awareness initiatives and promote security best practice across the business.
• Proactively engage with senior stakeholders and develop strong relationships with operational and business leaders to align…