Infrastructure Engineering Lead

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Infrastructure Engineering Lead, AWS, Crown Hosting, containerisation, Solution Architecture, Infrastructure Architect, Strategy, Strategic, Data Centre, Communications Rooms, Digital, Public Sector, London, Newcastle, Blackpool, Government,

To support the Head of Engineering Practice to establish the infrastructure engineering capabilities within the Engineering Practice, and to recruit new engineering talent into the programme. There is a need to increase senior capacity within the Engineering Practice to shape and drive activities to establish the required momentum across the business.

The specialist will support the Head of Engineering Practice to establish the infrastructure engineering capabilities within the Engineering Practice, and to recruit new engineering talent into the programme. There is currently a need to increase senior capacity within the Engineering Practice to shape and drive activities in this area to establish the required momentum across the business.

The specialist will work with counterparts in the client to build cross-community ways of working, support the organisation's strategy to increase digital capability and assure delivery of digital services.

The role

* Support the Head of Engineering Practice to establish the Infrastructure Engineering community.

* Work with counterparts in the client to build cross-community ways of working which support the organisation's aims to increase digital capability and assure the delivery of digital services.

* Work with the client's counterparts to develop a deep understanding of customer needs both now and in the future to establish a longer-term view of service demand.

* Undertake effective knowledge transfer and handover to the Programme's personnel at the end of the assignment.

Key Skills / Experience

* Demonstrable experience of forming and leading infrastructure engineering teams in a digital environment to build, support, manage and maintain infrastructure solutions and infrastructure facilities, i.e. data centres and communications rooms.

* Demonstrable experience of managing strategic and operational relationships with infrastructure suppliers, services and products.

* Demonstrable experience of major incident management and escalation within a live service environment.

* Collegiate in approach and able to build a vision and momentum for change.

* Familiar with professional services business models and associated business processes.

* Significant experience of managing the delivery of large-scale digital solutions in both Agile and Waterfall environments to time, budget and quality.

* Able to demonstrate experience of challenging organisational processes to reduce complexity and optimise delivery flow.

* Extensive experience of leading and continuously improving large Infrastructure Engineering teams within a complex, multi-disciplinary environment.

* Good practical working knowledge of a broad range of technologies used over the last 20 years.

* Able to communicate effectively with and understand infrastructure engineering practitioners.

* Able to build credible relationships at senior levels within a complex organisation.

* Experience of contributing to and influencing organisational transformation.

* Experience of technical services business development.

* Experience of working in waterfall environments and understanding of constraints and requirements when working with or interfacing with legacy systems.

* Working knowledge of relevant technologies and tools, such as AWS, Crown Hosting and containerisation

* A member of a relevant professional body.