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We've built the leading partnership automation platform that empowers brands to discover, engage, and convert their audiences at scale. From affiliate marketing to influencer collaborations, we help our clients build and manage profitable partnerships that drive real results. We're a team of passionate problem-solvers who are dedicated to helping our clients win in the ever-evolving world of digital marketing.\nWhy Join Us\nWe're looking for passionate, talented people who want to be part of a winning team. At Partnerize, you'll find a culture of collaboration, innovation, and respect. We're guided by our core values, and we're committed to creating an environment where everyone can do their best work. We also offer a competitive salary, generous benefits, and a flexible work environment that allows you to thrive both personally and professionally. If you're ready to grow your career and make a difference, we'd love to hear from you.\nThis role operates on a hybrid basis and requires attendance in our Newcastle office once a week. While some flexibility may be discussed, applicants should be willing and able to work from the office as part of the role.\nThe Role \nWe are looking for a Senior Infrastructure Manager who is, first and foremost, a people leader.\nIn this role, your primary responsibility is the health, performance, and career growth of your engineering team. While you must possess a solid technical background to understand the challenges your team faces, your day-to-day focus will not be hands-on technical work. Instead, you will use your experience to remove blockers, guide decision-making, and ensure your engineers have the environment they need to succeed.\nThe Team You Will Lead \nYou will lead the Infrastructure Solutions team within the wider Technical Operations department. Your engineers are responsible for building the environment, delivering projects as requested by Engineering and Product, and ensuring we remain available, scalable, and secure. They are not responsible for the BAU function of the platforms that is managed by another team within Technical Operations. The Infrastructure Solutions team takes a concept or idea and makes that into a reality within the boundaries and constraints of our platforms. \nYou will be managing a team of engineers who individually possess experience in:\nOn-Premise Linux systems, Container solutions, Debian packaging, Ansible, data streaming and queuing technologies such as Kafka or RabbitMQ\nAdvanced database management knowledge (MySQL, Postgres) in replicated environments.\nPhysical Network management, with an on-prem estate that is Juniper focused. \nCloud environments: GCP and AWS\nPlatform engineer focused on building, maintaining and supporting an Internal Developer Platform (CI/CD)\n\nThe Operational Reality\nIt is important to be transparent about the environment you are joining. We operate at high velocity with a broad and complex technology estate. However, we are a lean team, not a giant corporation with endless resources.\nContext Switching is the Norm\nYou will rarely have the luxury of focusing on a single task for weeks at a time. You will be required to shift focus multiple times a week, and sometimes multiple times a day, as business priorities evolve.\nAgility over Silos\nBecause we are a lean team, we wear many hats. You must be comfortable pivoting from a strategic discussion to an operational challenge without losing momentum.\nFocus Management\nSuccess in this role requires the ability to maintain high standards while navigating a workload that changes dynamically. This is not a role for those who prefer a slow, singular focus; it is for those who thrive on variety, pace, and solving complex problems in real-time.\nAs the Senior Infrastructure Manager, You Will:\nPeople Leadership & Talent Development\nTeam Management\nLead, mentor, and motivate a team of infrastructure engineers. Conduct weekly 1-2-1s, manage performance reviews, and handle all aspects of people management.\nFormal Training & Growth\nGo beyond ad-hoc mentoring to schedule and lead formal training sessions regarding operational improvements. Actively create professional development plans for your direct reports.\nRecruitment & Retention\nOwn the hiring process for your team, ensuring we attract top talent and maintain a supportive, inclusive culture.\nCulture of Learning\nFoster a \"Self-Learner\" mindset. Create a transparent environment where failures are treated as learning opportunities and documented as such for future reference.\nStrategic & Operational Management\nBudget & Capacity Planning\nAbility to own your team's budget and lead capacity planning initiatives. You will forecast future infrastructure needs to ensure we remain scalable while managing spend for subscriptions and hardware.\nRisk & Contingency\nProactively identify operational risks and form contingency plans immediately to ensure business continuity.\nProcedure & Frameworks\nAbility to define, maintain, and cascade operational procedures (SOPs) and ITIL standards.\nPrioritisation\nShield your team from noise by effectively prioritising workloads (Changes, Problems, and Projects) and managing stakeholder expectations.\nTechnical Support & Oversight\nPerformance Optimisation\nMeasure and optimise system performance with a focus on improving reliability and time-to-market. You will drive innovation to get ahead of internal customer needs rather than just reacting to them.\nVisual Documentation\nEnsure the team produces detailed system design documentation, specifically enforcing the inclusion of visual representations to support understanding. Ability to technologically assess it as a technical editor.\nHybrid Estate Management\nAbility to oversee the management of both On-Premise and Cloud (GCP/AWS), ensuring high availability across all environments.\nUnblocking Issues\nAct as the senior escalation point for complex technical issues. Your goal is not to fix the issue yourself, but to coordinate the right resources and provide air cover.\nGeneral Duties\nOn-Call Duties Willingness to participate in the Management On-Call Rotation to support the department and the business (Current frequency: Once every three weeks).Ad-HocCarry out other strategic or technical duties required to support the Director/VP of Technical Operations.\nEssential Knowledge, Skills, and Experience\nLeadership & Management Competencies\nProven Management Experience\nSignificant experience leading a technical team, with a specific focus on the people management aspect (performance reviews, career growth etc).\nProject Management\nStrong project management experience with the ability to delegate effectively to meet tight deadlines. You must be able to multitask and maintain focus in a high-priority environment.\nCommunication\nExceptional verbal and written communication skills. You must be able to liaise effectively with management and other business areas. Engagement may also include interactions with senior technical engineers/leaders within other teams and C-Team members. \nGoal Oriented\nYou must be highly goal-oriented with strict attention to detail, capable of prioritising workload and demand to ensure targets are met.\nITIL Application / Lean Six Sigma\nDeep knowledge of and experience with ITIL practices, with the ability to apply them to improve team workflows. Demonstrated ability to apply Lean Six Sigma concepts.\n\nTechnical Environment & Team Capabilities\nFocusing on the technical skills that your engineers possess, it would be ideal if you had a decent working knowledge of each of the areas. Hands-on expertise in every area is not required, but the ability to hold and facilitate discussions, know when to push or hold back and when to ask poignant questions will help you effectively mentor the team and guide architectural decisions. \nFor reference from above these areas are: on-prem and AWS/GCP solutions; system design from network to application level; resilient database availability strategies; automation and configuration management via Ansible, Docker and CI/CD; programming awareness in Python; Linux administration.\nYour willingness to learn what you don’t know is required to succeed in this role and we will support you through that journey.\nDesirable Knowledge, Skills, and Experience\nThe following skills or experiences are advantageous but not strictly required. They would be utilised for facilitating tasks rather than for direct, hands-on implementation.\nInnovation & Debt Management\nA keen interest in new technologies and innovation, specifically supporting development teams in the refactoring of technical debt.\nAdvanced Containerization\nDeep knowledge of Kubernetes, Docker, and container ecosystems.\nObservability\nExperience with monitoring systems (e.g., Zabbix, Grafana) and logging stacks (Elasticsearch, Kibana).\nData Streaming\nExperience with data streaming and queuing technologies, specifically Apache Kafka and Druid.\nWeb & Storage\nKnowledge of Nginx (or other web server technologies) and storage technologies like Gluster.\nTooling\nProficiency with JIRA and Confluence for project tracking and documentation.\nVersion Control\nstrong understanding of Git and version control best practices.\nWhy This Role?\nIf you are an experienced technical leader who finds more satisfaction in growing people and building high-performing teams than in closing tickets yourself, this is the role for you. You will have the autonomy to shape the culture of the Infrastructure function and the strategic backing to make a real impact on the business\nUK Benefits & Perks\n25 days holiday in addition to bank holidays \nEnhanced Parental Leave: 6 months full pay for birth parent, 4 weeks non-birth parent at full pay after one year employment\n5 extra 'Partnerize Parental Days' each year\nPrivate Medical Insurance through Vitality \nEnhanced pension contributions\nCycle to Work scheme \nEye Care Vouchers \nLife Assurance\nEnhanced Wellness Program including access to EAP, Wellness Coaching & Wellness Fridays program\nRegular company events and activities\nOur Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion\nWe are committed to attracting, developing, and advancing our outstanding team members, regardless of race, ethnic identity, sexual orientation, religion, age, gender, gender identity, physical abilities, or any other dimension of diversity. We strive to foster an environment where people can be their authentic selves, raise concerns and innovate, all without fear; where they are treated fairly and respectfully, have equal access to opportunities and resources and can contribute fully to the organization’s success. Every individual in our business is expected to live this commitment without exception.\nPrivacy and data protection. The data collected as part of this application will be used for the recruitment process and any subsequent employment. You can find further information in Partnerize privacy policy here: https://partnerize.com/privacy-policy/\nNotice to Recruiters and Staffing Agencies: To protect the interests of all parties, Partnerize will not accept unsolicited resumes from any source other than directly from a candidate or an approved vendor that has a written and signed agreement in place with Partnerize. Please do not contact or forward resumes to our company employees or locations. 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