Network & Infrastructure Manager

Farnborough Airport Limited (FAL) is the owner and operator of Farnborough Airport (FAB), Europe’s leading business aviation airport and the birthplace of British aviation. FAB handles approximately a third of London’s business aviation traffic, making it the largest business aviation airport in the UK. FAL owns and operates both the airport and the Fixed Base Operator (FBO) facilities at FAB, making its integrated operations unique to the market.

FAB has some of the most advanced and iconic airport infrastructure in the world, specifically tailored to delivering a first-class customer experience for its users. Over the years, FAB has been consistently recognised as the best FBO in Europe.

FAB operates alongside the Aviator Hampshire Hotel, a luxury hotel located on the perimeter of the airport and one of the best hotels in the UK. Both companies are jointly owned by the Farnborough Airport Company Limited (FACL), a company 100% owned by Macquarie Asset Management (MAM) through one of its long-term European infrastructure funds. MAM is one of the largest infrastructure investors in the world and has an extensive track record in airport investment and ownership.

From a leadership and business perspective, FAB and the Aviator Hampshire Hotel are managed together as a Group.

Farnborough Airport Limited is an equal opportunities employer, promoting diversity and inclusion throughout the organisation.

We are seeking an experienced Network and Infrastructure Manager to lead the strategic direction, performance, resilience and continual improvement of our technology infrastructure services.

Reporting to the Head of IT and Cyber Security, you will play a key role in ensuring technology services support critical business operations across our airport, hospitality and corporate environments. You will work closely with specialist technology partners and internal stakeholders to ensure services remain secure, reliable, scalable and aligned with business needs.

This is an excellent opportunity for a technically credible infrastructure leader who enjoys combining strategic planning, supplier management and operational excellence.

Key responsibilites include:

• Owning and governing the Group's infrastructure and connectivity services.
• Managing strategic supplier relationships and service partners.
• Acting as a senior technical authority for infrastructure-related matters.
• Monitoring service delivery against agreed performance measures.
• Driving continuous service improvement initiatives.
• Approving and governing major infrastructure changes.
• Leading regular service reviews and performance discussions.
• Supporting technology resilience, operational continuity and future business growth.
• Develop and maintain the Group's infrastructure strategy and technology roadmap.
• Ensure infrastructure services continue to support business growth and future projects.
• Identify opportunities for innovation and service improvement.
• Lead infrastructure modernisation and transformation initiatives.

Network Management

• Ensure services are reliable, resilient and fit for business requirements.
• Own the cabling infrastructure both cross site and within each building.
• Oversee capacity, performance and availability management.
• Manage third-party service providers and connectivity partners.
• Maintain appropriate governance and control of network services.
• Support the technology needs of operational, customer-facing and corporate business functions.

Infrastructure Management

• Ensure infrastructure platforms meet availability and performance requirements.
• Oversee hosting, compute, storage and virtualised environments.
• Manage infrastructure lifecycle and capacity planning activities.
• Maintain infrastructure standards, documentation and governance.
• Ensure resilience and business continuity requirements are met.

Cyber Security

• Support the implementation of infrastructure security best practices.
• Drive vulnerability remediation and patch governance activities.
• Support security monitoring, incident response and risk reduction initiatives.
• Ensure technology services align with organisational security and compliance requirements.

Infrastructure Security

Working closely with the Head of IT & Cyber Security and Cyber Security & Resilience Manager to:

• Maintain effective infrastructure security controls.
• Support security improvement programmes and audits.
• Contribute to investigations and security assurance activities.
• Promote secure and resilient technology practices across the…