Infrastructure Manager, Financial Services

Infrastructure Manager - Financial Services
Salary: £70,000 - £80,000 per annum
Location: Remote (with occasional travel to Bristol)

We're partnering with a leading UK-based organisation within the financial services sector to recruit an experienced Infrastructure Manager. This is an excellent opportunity for a hands-on technical leader to take ownership of a critical UNIX estate while driving modernisation through automation and DevOps practices.

The Role

You'll lead and develop a high-performing technical team, ensuring the stability, performance, and continuous improvement of core infrastructure services. This role combines strategic oversight with hands-on technical leadership.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead, manage, and develop a technical infrastructure team
• Own service performance, availability, and operational stability across the UNIX/Linux estate
• Drive automation and DevOps adoption (Puppet, Terraform, CI/CD pipelines)
• Review current infrastructure and define a forward-looking improvement roadmap
• Establish and embed operational best practices
• Implement effective performance management across the team
• Engage with key technical and business stakeholders
• Deliver measurable improvements in service quality, automation, and system reliability

Essential Skills & Experience

• Strong hands-on background in UNIX/Linux (Red Hat preferred)
• Expertise in automation tools such as Puppet and Terraform
• Proven experience managing SysOps/Infrastructure teams in mid-to-large scale environments
• Demonstrated track record of improving service performance and availability
• Experience driving automation and DevOps initiatives
• Ability to lead technical change across infrastructure estates
• Credible, hands-on technical leadership style
• Strong stakeholder engagement across both technical and business functions

Reasonable Adjustments:

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