IT Lead Infrastructure Engineer

Salary: £60,000 - 60,000 per year

Requirements

• Significant experience in a senior IT infrastructure role within a complex environment.
• Strong technical expertise across Windows/Linux servers, networking, storage, and virtualisation.
• Cloud experience (Azure, AWS, or GCP).
• Strong understanding of security and compliance.
• Experience with automation and Infrastructure as Code tools.
• Excellent communication, problem-solving, and leadership skills.
• Relevant degree or equivalent experience; industry certifications highly desirable.
• ITIL 4 Foundation.

Responsibilities

• Mentor and support the IT infrastructure team.
• Design, implement, and maintain enterprise infrastructure across servers, networking, storage, and cloud platforms.
• Ensure robust standards, security, and best practices are followed.
• Oversee monitoring, maintenance, and troubleshooting of systems and networks.
• Deliver infrastructure projects aligned with business needs.
• Manage virtualisation and cloud environments (Azure, AWS, VMware).
• Maintain disaster recovery and business continuity plans.
• Evaluate new technologies and manage vendor relationships.
• Produce clear technical documentation and ensure compliance.

Technologies:

• AWS
• Azure
• Cloud
• GCP
• Support
• ITIL
• Linux
• Security
• VMware
• Windows
• DevOps

More:

We are Heron Foods, one of the UKs fastest-growing food retailers with over 340 stores across England and Wales. As part of the B&M retail group, we are on an exciting journey with new store openings planned month-by-month. We offer a competitive salary of up to £60,654 (dependent upon experience) along with benefits such as a private pension scheme, private medical cover (including cash benefits for dental and optical), income protection, life assurance, 30 days of annual leave (with the option to purchase more), employee discounts, online GP access for you and your family, and a range of additional wellbeing and support benefits. Join our Store Support Centre in Melton as an IT Lead Infrastructure Engineer to play a pivotal role in designing, maintaining, and optimising our core infrastructure.

last updated 40 week of 2026