Infrastructure Practice Lead

Tie Talent Newcastle Upon Tyne, England, United Kingdom

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• Are you an experienced Infrastructure Leader who can lead in all areas of Infrastructure from Standards to Technical oversight?
• Do you want to work with the latest technologies underpinning the Finance industry?
• Do you have Strategic vision together with an understanding and passion for getting things right.
• Is working for a company that does the right things and treats its staff well important to you?
• Are you experienced in working in structured teams that have strong governance to ensure the safe delivery of IT Services?

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Infrastructure Practice Lead Remote working within 90 mins travel of Carlisle - 24 month FTC

• Are you an experienced Infrastructure Leader who can lead in all areas of Infrastructure from Standards to Technical oversight?
• Do you want to work with the latest technologies underpinning the Finance industry?
• Do you have Strategic vision together with an understanding and passion for getting things right.
• Is working for a company that does the right things and treats its staff well important to you?
• Are you experienced in working in structured teams that have strong governance to ensure the safe delivery of IT Services?

If you can answer Yes to the above questions, then keep reading as this may be the opportunity you have been waiting for.

My client is an established Financial Sector business who are undertaking a technology transformation that is part of a growth strategy. They have spent some time re-organising IT so that it has the baseline and structure to be successful, we are now looking for strong individuals to join the team.

What will you be doing?

The Infrastructure Practice Lead is responsible for leading the strategic direction, design, and delivery of infrastructure services across the organization. This role ensures that infrastructure solutions are robust, scalable, secure, and aligned with business objectives and best practices. The Practice Lead will work with a team of infrastructure professionals, oversee project activities, and act as a subject matter expert in infrastructure technologies.

Leadership & Standards Development

• Define and champion infrastructure standards, frameworks, and best practices across the team.
• Lead the development and enforcement of consistent design, documentation, and operational procedures.
• Foster a culture of continuous improvement, knowledge sharing, and technical excellence.

Technical Oversight

• Oversee the design, implementation, and lifecycle management of infrastructure platforms in collaboration with our other technical teams
• Ensure infrastructure solutions are secure, scalable, and aligned with architectural standards.
• Drive automation and standardisation

Practice Management

• Working with the people leader build a high performing infrastructure practice through coaching, mentoring, and skills development.
• Conduct regular reviews of team performance against technical quality and adherence to standards.
• Lead the creation and maintenance of a central knowledge base and reusable assets (e.g., templates, runbooks, SOPs).

Project & Service Delivery

• Ensure all infrastructure related activities are delivered to agreed technical standards and principles
• Act as an escalation point for complex technical issues and provide input into root cause analysis and lessons learned.

Governance & Compliance

• Ensure infrastructure practices comply with internal policies,…