Cloud and Infrastructure Team Leader

Harlow Council have an exciting opportunity for a Cloud and Infrastructure Team Leader. You will be responsible for the management and delivery towards continual improvement, maintenance and optimisation of the Council's internal and cloud infrastructure and systems. You will be responsible for technical projects and delivery utilising resource within the team and procuring external services where required, whilst managing day to day function and implementing processes for maintenance and upgrades within the team.

To be successful in this role you will require extensive knowledge and experience managing Microsoft Azure/Entra, Teams, SharePoint, Virtualisation and you will support the wider Council with its migration to this platform from its current on-premises setup, ensuring all services remain functional, whilst improving the ICT landscape for the Council and its residents.

Reporting directly to the ICT and Digital Services Manager, your keen organisation skills and utilisation of our ITSM system will allow you to capture detailed records of changes and projects and the responsibility of the infrastructure team who you will be a direct report for.

The Council is currently within a migration to Cloud and this role will be responsible and ensure best practice and innovation is the focal point of delivering these services to our userbase. The role will be primarily on-site within the office, but hybrid working is possible on request. There is also an opportunity to study/learn within this post and overtime pay will be available where needed to deliver projects and minimise disruption to services.

For an informal discussion about this role, please contact Glenn Spreadbury, IT and Digital Services Manager,

Our policies support our employees by enabling a positive work/life balance including flexible working where possible. In addition to this, the Council offers many excellent employee benefits which include, pension scheme, generous annual leave entitlement, health and wellbeing initiatives, employee assistance programme and development opportunities.

Harlow Council is committed to equal opportunities and welcomes applications from all sections of the community. People with disabilities will be offered an interview where they meet the Essential Criteria on the Employee Profile.

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You will need to send your application form as an email attachment, rather than providing a link to a cloud-hosted document like Google Drive or OneDrive.

You can also collect and submit application forms in person at the Civic Centre.

Please note Harlow Council does not accept CVs.