Infrastructure Lead

Job Description:

Your Impact

Join Leonardo as an Infrastructure Lead and take ownership of critical on-premise infrastructure services across key operational sites. In this highly visible role, you will lead the delivery, resilience, security, and continuous improvement of core infrastructure platforms, working closely with internal stakeholders and third-party technical teams to ensure operational excellence across complex and secure environments.

This opportunity is ideal for an experienced infrastructure professional with deep technical expertise across data centres, networking, compute, storage, and cloud-integrated environments, combined with strong leadership and supplier management capabilities. You will play a pivotal role in driving service performance, supporting major operational activities, maintaining compliance and governance standards, and ensuring infrastructure services remain robust, secure, and future-ready within a mission-critical technology environment.

What you'll be doing

• Act as the subject matter expert for all assigned on‑premise infrastructure services
• Provide expert guidance on new site‑based requirements, ensuring accurate assessment and correct assignment
• Use deep technical knowledge to identify risks, recommend improvements, and drive continuous optimisation
• Ensure all on‑premise infrastructure is patched, compliant, and aligned with CE+ requirements
• Manage on‑premise data centre facilities, resources, and supporting environments
• Ensure site‑based infrastructure services perform to expected levels, providing specialist support where required
• Support incidents, requests, major incidents, Sev0 events, and early‑life support for new solutions
• Coordinate and oversee workload and demand for third‑party infrastructure teams
• Support BCP testing, resilience exercises, and CE+ activities within scope
• Represent Site Operations in change control and transition processes for hub‑hosted or impacted services
• Maintain accurate technical documentation for all infrastructure, tooling, and software within scope
• Oversee asset and resource allocation to ensure efficient use of the estate and adherence to governance controls
  • Liaise with hardware and system suppliers to ensure compliant, reliable, and supported solutions
• Collaborate with Tech Ops demand managers to support project delivery and site‑based initiatives

What you'll bring

• Deep understanding of on‑premise infrastructure including storage, backup, networking, compute, and data centre environments
• Hands‑on experience with virtual and physical server build, deployment, and lifecycle management
• Proficiency with Active Directory, Group Policy, Windows clustering, EPO, and client deployment technologies
• Familiarity with VPN, email, web proxy, endpoint security, and related infrastructure tooling
• Experience managing server and workstation imaging solutions
• Working knowledge of cloud technologies such as Azure and AWS, and how they integrate with on‑premise environments
• Understanding of best‑practice infrastructure governance, patching, and compliance frameworks (including CE+)
• ITIL 4 Foundation desirable
• Experience leading technical teams and managing supplier or third‑party contracts
• Proven ability to coordinate and motivate teams of technical specialists and subject matter experts
• Strong capability to manage competing priorities and multiple concurrent projects
• Demonstrated ability to lead by example, inspire confidence, and drive high performance

This is not an exhaustive list, and we are keen to hear from you even if you might not have experience in all the above. The most important skill is a good attitude and willingness to learn.

Security Clearance

This role is subject to pre-employment screening in line with the UK Government’s Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS). An additional range of Personnel Security Controls referred to as National Security Vetting (NSV) may apply, this could include meeting the eligibility requirements for The Security Check (SC) or Developed Vetting (DV). For more information and guidance please visit: https://careers.uk.leonardo.com/gb/en/security-and-vetting

Why join us

At Leonardo, our people are at the heart of everything we do. We offer a comprehensive, company-funded benefits package that supports your wellbeing, career development, and work–life balance. Whether you're looking to grow professionally, care for your health, or plan for the future, we’re here to help you thrive.

• Time to Recharge: Enjoy generous leave with the opportunity to accrue up to 12 additional flexi-days each year.
• Secure your Future: Benefit from our award-winning pension scheme with up to 15% employer contribution.
• Your Wellbeing Matters: Free access to mental health support, financial advice, and employee-led networks championing inclusion and diversity (Enable, Pride, Equalise, Armed Forces, Carers, Wellbeing and Ethnicity).
• Rewarding Performance: All employees at management level and below are eligible for our bonus scheme.
• Never Stop Learning: Free access to 4,000+ online courses via Coursera and LinkedIn Learning.
• Refer a friend: Receive a financial reward through our referral programme.
• Tailored Perks: Spend up to £500 annually on flexible benefits including private healthcare, dental, family cover, tech & lifestyle discounts, gym memberships and more.
• Flexible working: Flexible hours with hybrid working options. For part time opportunities, please talk to us about what might be possible for this role.

For a full list of our company benefits please visit our website.

Leonardo is a global leader in Aerospace, Defence, and Security. Headquartered in Italy, we employ over 53,000 people worldwide including 8,500 across 9 sites in the UK. Our employees are not just part of a team—they are key contributors to shaping innovation, advancing technology, and enhancing global safety.

At Leonardo we are committed to building an inclusive, accessible, and welcoming workplace. We believe that a diverse workforce sparks creativity, drives innovation, and leads to better outcomes for our people and our customers. If you have any accessibility requirements to support you during the recruitment process, just let us know.

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