Senior Infrastructure Engineer

Senior Infrastructure Engineer

£40,777 - £45,091 Pay award pending

Full Time– 37 hours per week

Rugby Borough Council is dedicated to both Community and Colleague growth. With a focus on wellbeing and personal development, we offer a range of career opportunities where you can take pride in the positive changes you help create. Join an organisation committed to the success of one of the Country’s fastest-growing boroughs and the people who make it thrive.

About the role

This is a hands-on position within the Infrastructure Team with management responsibility for another team member – the team uses its technical skills for the daily operational management, support, and backup of the Councils’ systems.

Working closely with IT and Digital Services Team colleagues, system owners, users and other stakeholders, the Infrastructure Engineer will bring their technical knowledge to the implementation, deployment, and support of critical systems while contributing to the continuous development of Council’s IT Infrastructure.

You’ll be responsible for the delivery of the technical system administration, development, and procedural activities, along with the delivery of the business as usual (BAU) functions. There will be a requirement to undertake and lead on various project activities and to provide specialist advice across a range of areas and to a wide audience, from colleagues to stakeholders.

There also will be a requirement to deputise for the Infrastructure and Security Lead, when and as directed and to assist with strategic planning within specialised areas.

Please see the linked Job Profile for full details.

About you

You’ll have experience in a hands-on role in an infrastructure capacity, in all areas from design, implementation and maintaining with experience of monitoring and reporting performance of systems, platforms, and underlying infrastructure.

Alongside this you’ll need knowledge and understanding of the context of infrastructure support services in local government organisations, and the interpretation of applicable laws / regulations and industry standards in the context of the IT&D Services team and wider council (including GDPR and cyber security).

Benefits

• 35 days leave (including 8 Bank Holidays and 3 extra days normally applied at Christmas)
• Generous Local Government Pension Scheme
• Hybrid working up to 60%
• Flexi time scheme
• Annual leave purchase scheme
• Subsidised parking
• Structured Induction Program
• Learning and Development opportunities including Future Leaders programmes
• Payment of a professional subscription for approved professionals
• Family Friendly Policies
• Independent Support for your health & wellbeing
• Generous compassionate leave
• Extra Benefits including Retail Discounts, Cycle to Work scheme and more