Infrastructure and Security Manager
- Nottingham
- £450-475 per day
- Contract
- Full-time
Hybrid - Nottingham | Circa £475 per day
We're looking for an experienced Infrastructure & Security Manager to lead a cloud-first IT environment for a major UK organisation with a nationally distributed workforce. This is a hybrid role based in Nottingham, working closely with senior leadership and managing two direct reports.
The Role
You'll be responsible for ensuring the secure, reliable operation of the organisation's Azure-based infrastructure, with a key application hosted in AWS. This role blends hands-on technical delivery with strategic oversight, covering endpoint security, identity management, patching, vulnerability remediation, and threat response.
Key activities include:
- Managing and supporting a small infrastructure and security team.
- Overseeing Azure and AWS environments, contributing to architecture decisions.
- Driving endpoint and identity security via Microsoft Intune, Defender, and Entra ID.
- Leading patch management, endpoint hardening, and vulnerability resolution.
- Acting as escalation point for incidents from a third-party SOC and coordinating internal response.
- Supporting Cyber Essentials Plus and ISO 27001 compliance activities.
- Administering operational security tools including Microsoft Sentinel and Defender XDR.
- Maintaining technical documentation and clear operational procedures.
- Strong hands-on experience with cloud infrastructure management (Azure essential).
- Proven track record in endpoint protection, IAM, patching, and vulnerability management.
- Skilled in Microsoft Intune, Defender suite, and Sentinel SIEM.
- Experience supporting security compliance programmes.
- Excellent coordination skills, especially during incident response.
- Able to balance operational delivery with strategic infrastructure and security improvements.
- Duration: Initial 6 months (potential extension)
- Rate: Circa £475/day (Inside IR35)
- Location: Hybrid - Nottingham (onsite presence required each week)