Summary
We are looking for a Lead Infrastructure Engineer to join our team!

About the Department/Role

Technology Services provide Technology and Cyber Security across the National Church Institutions (NCIs) and beyond. From Front line Support and Cloud Infrastructure, all the way to major Business Digital Transformation. Supporting upwards of 1,000 daily users, predominantly using the Microsoft 'stack', we have a deeply customer focussed, values-led, and cyber security-first approach that enables diverse business units a stable and high performing platform to deliver on their goals and objectives.

What you'll be doing

We are looking for a dynamic and experienced Lead Infrastructure Engineer. Responsible for planning, designing, implementing, maintaining and continuously improving our IT Infrastructure and Cloud platforms that provide critical services for the NCI's. This includes being the technical lead on projects, and BAU IT Infrastructure activities, line management of a small team of Infrastructure Engineers, organising the overall schedule of Infrastructure work, operational management of key Infrastructure Managed Services Partners (MSPs), as well as compliance with standards, policies and regulations.

The role will involve working with technologies including Microsoft Azure, Microsoft 365, Zscaler, Windows 10 and 11, Juniper MIST, LAN, WAN, Connectivity, etc.

Key role requirements:

• This is a permanent role, based in our London office 2-3 days per week.
• You will need to have demonstrable and recent experience in Senior or Lead IT Infrastructure roles and recent Technical Leadership of Infrastructure Projects and Programmes.

About You

The Church of England is for everyone and we want to reflect the diversity of the community the Church serves across the whole country. Therefore, while of course we welcome all applications from interested and suitably experienced people, we would particularly welcome applicants from UK Minoritised Ethnicities (UKME)/Global Majority Heritage (GMH) and other under-represented groups. As a Disability Confident employer, we are committed to recruiting disabled people. We offer interviews to disabled people who meet the minimum criteria for the role.

Please refer to the Job Description for more information about the role and person specification.

To be successful in this role, you will need to have:

• Demonstrable and recent experience in Senior or Lead IT Infrastructure roles.
• Recent Technical Leadership of Infrastructure Projects and Programmes.
• Strong Business Stakeholder management skills.
• Up to date expert level skill and experience in Microsoft Azure, Entra ID, Microsoft 365.
• Recent experienced with Zscaler Internet access (ZIA), Private Access (ZPA), or equivalent.
• Deep understanding of Networking principles and practices.
• Hands on experience with DNS, Domain and SSL Certificate Management.
• Adept at working with MSP's in both fully outsourced and co-sourced service delivery.
• A strong track record of managing changes to IT services with minimal business disruption.
• Ability to articulate a problem, investigate root cause and develop workable solutions
• Strong collaborative style with their team, peers and key stakeholders
• An energetic style with a can-do attitude, partnered with a practical approach.

What we offer

Your Salary

• A salary of Circa £65,000 per annum plus age-related pension contributions between 8-15% of salary. We will also match any pension contributions you make up to an additional 3% of your salary.

Your Benefits

• 25 days annual leave (increasing to 30 days within 5 years) plus eight bank holidays and three additional days (pro-rated if working part-time).
• We welcome all flexible working arrangement requests. This is looked at in a case-by-case scenario and if this fits within the department's needs. We try to be as flexible as we can in your work pattern to support you with other commitments, and to give a good work-life balance.
• We offer many services and initiatives under our Family Friendly Programme, some of these include enhanced Maternity Leave initiative, Adoption leave, Paternity Leave, & Shared Parental Leave. Structured induction programme and access to a range of development opportunities including apprenticeships.
• Automatic enrolment and access to Medicash (one of the UK's leading health cash plan providers), providing you with many services including reimbursements of routine dental treatment, optical, specialist consultations, and therapy treatments. Unlimited access to virtual GP & Private prescription service and health & Stress related helplines.

• Access to Occupational Health, and an Employee Assistance Programme 
• Access to the Department of Education Restaurant and Westminster Abbey with a plus-one guest.
• Apply for eligibility for an Eyecare voucher.
• Opportunity to join the Civil Service Sports & Social Club, and get involved in a range of staff networks, groups and societies.

We try to be as flexible as we can in your work pattern to support you with other commitments, and to give a good work-life balance.

ABOUT NATIONAL CHURCH INSTITUTIONS

The National Church Institutions comprises a wide variety of teams, professions and functions that support the mission and ministries of the Church of England in its vision to be a church, centred on Jesus Christ, for the whole nation - a church that is simpler, humbler, bolder.

We Include. You Belong.

Our Belonging and Inclusion Strategy aims for everyone in the National Church Institutions (NCIs) to feel that they belong, and are valued for who they are and what they contribute. Together, our people contribute in different ways towards our common purpose, whichever NCI they work in and whatever their background.

Living out our values in all that we do, we:

• Strive for Excellence
• Show Compassion
• Respect others
• Collaborate
• Act with Integrity

We believe our commitment to belonging and inclusion fuels our progress and drives us forward. The NCIs are a safe, inclusive workplace for people of all backgrounds and walks of life. We welcome applications from people of all faiths and of no faith. We want to encourage applications from a diverse group of people who share our values. Even if you have never thought about working for us before, if you have the skills and experience we're looking for then we would like to hear from you.

Please note: You must have the right to work in the UK to be considered for the role.