Senior Infrastructure Engineer

Senior Infrastructure Engineer | £70,000 + 10% Bonus | Hybrid Working - Manchester

Here at Burns Sheehan, we are working with one of sports most globally recognised brands as they undergo a significant evolution across its technology landscape, with a clear focus on modernising infrastructure across both cloud and on-prem environments.

They are looking for a Senior Infrastructure Engineer to play a key role in shaping and supporting a hybrid estate, combining traditional infrastructure with modern cloud platforms. This is a hands-on position with real ownership, supporting critical systems in a high-performance, real-time environment. This role would suit someone comfortable operating across both cloud and legacy infrastructure, with a strong focus on reliability, security, and operational excellence but a focus towards Cloud and DevOps Technologies.

Core Responsibilities:

• Design, deploy, and manage infrastructure across Azure, some AWS, and on-prem environments
• Provide 3rd line support across M365, Entra ID, Intune, Autopilot, and Windows Server
• Manage core infrastructure including networking, virtualisation, storage, and endpoint environments
• Support critical operational systems including live event and business-critical platforms
• Drive improvements across monitoring, performance, and system availability
• Work closely with security and data teams to ensure systems are secure, compliant, and optimised
• Mentor junior engineers and contribute to documentation and best practices

Essential Requirements:

• Strong experience across Azure within hybrid environments
• Solid background in Microsoft technologies including M365, Intune, and Windows Server
• Good understanding of networking principles (DNS, VLANs, firewalls, load balancing)
• Experience with security tooling such as Defender, Sentinel, and identity/access controls
• Proven ability to troubleshoot complex infrastructure issues at a 3rd line level
• Strong stakeholder engagement skills and ability to operate under pressure
• Exposure to CI/CD and automation tools such as Azure DevOps or GitHub Actions, Scripting experience and IAC knowledge (Nice to Have)
• Understanding of ITIL and security standards such as ISO27001 (Nice to Have)

This is an opportunity to work in a fast-paced, high-impact environment where technology plays a central role in operations. The role offers a mix of project work and live support, with real visibility across the organisation.

Sound interesting? Apply today and we'll be in touch.

Senior Infrastructure Engineer | £70,000 + 10% Bonus | Hybrid Working - Manchester

Burns Sheehan Ltd will consider applications based only on skills and ability and will not discriminate on any grounds.