Senior Infrastructure Manager

Senior Infrastructure Manager

Newcastle

At Partnerize, we’re on a mission to transform the way businesses grow. We’ve built the leading partnership automation platform that empowers brands to discover, engage, and convert their audiences m affiliate marketing to influencer collaborations, we help our clients build and manage profitable partnerships that drive real results. We’re a team of passionate problem‑solvers dedicated to helping our clients win in the ever‑evolving world of digital marketing.

We’re looking for passionate, talented people who want to be part of a winning team. At Partnerize, you’ll find a culture of collaboration, innovation, and respect. We’re guided by our core values, and we’re committed to creating an environment where everyone can do their best work. We also offer a competitive salary, generous benefits, and a flexible work environment that allows you to thrive both personally and professionally.

We are looking for a Senior Infrastructure Manager who is, first and foremost, a people leader.

In this role, your primary responsibility is the health, performance, and career growth of your engineering team. While you must possess a solid technical background to understand the challenges your team faces, your day‑to‑day focus will not be hands‑on technical work. Instead, you will use your experience to remove blockers, guide decision‑making, and ensure your engineers have the environment they need to succeed.

You will act as the bridge between technical execution and business strategy, team budget management, defining roadmaps, and ensuring operational excellence across a complex hybrid (predominantly on‑prem and some cloud) estate.

You will lead the Infrastructure Solutions team within the wider Technical Operations department. Your engineers are responsible for building the environment, delivering projects as requested by Engineering and Product, and ensuring we remain available, scalable, and secure. They are not responsible for the BAU function of the platforms that is managed by another team within Technical Operations. The Infrastructure Solutions team takes a concept or idea and makes that into a reality within the boundaries and constraints of our platforms.

You will be managing a team of engineers who individually possess experience in:

• On‑Premise Linux systems, Container solutions, Debian packaging, Ansible, data streaming and queuing technologies such as Kafka or RabbitMQ
• Advanced database management knowledge (MySQL, Postgres) in replicated environments.
• Physical Network management, with an on‑prem estate that is Juniper focused.
• Cloud environments: GCP and AWS
• Platform engineer focused on building, maintaining and supporting an Internal Developer Platform (CI/CD)

It is important to be transparent about the environment you are joining. We operate at high velocity with a broad and complex technology estate. However, we are a lean team, not a giant corporation with endless resources.

• Context Switching is the Norm
  • You will rarely have the luxury of focusing on a single task for weeks at a time. You will be required to shift focus multiple times a week, and sometimes multiple times a day, as business priorities evolve.
• Agility over Silos
  • Because we are a lean team, we wear many hats. You must be comfortable pivoting from a strategic discussion to an operational challenge without losing momentum.
• Focus Management
  • Success in this role requires the ability to maintain high standards while navigating a workload that changes dynamically. This is not a role for those who prefer a slow, singular focus; it is for those who thrive on variety, pace, and solving complex problems in real time.

• Team Management
  • Lead, mentor, and motivate a team of infrastructure engineers. Conduct weekly 1‑2‑1s, manage performance reviews, and handle all aspects of people management.
• Formal Training & Growth
  • Go beyond ad‑hoc mentoring to schedule and lead formal training sessions regarding operational improvements. Actively create professional development…