Infrastructure Engineering Manager

The posting

Our vision is to give everyone the belief they can make their move. We aim to make moving simpler, by giving everyone the best place to turn to and return to for access to the tools, expertise, trust, and belief to make it happen.

We’re home to the UK’s largest choice of properties and are the go-to destination for millions of people planning their next move, reading the latest industry news, or just browsing what’s on the market.

The role: Infrastructure Manager Location: Milton Keynes - Hybrid 2 days per week Reports to: Head of IT Service and Operations

We are seeking a hands-on and experienced Infrastructure Engineering Manager to join our growing IT team. This role is central to the evolution and operational performance of our infrastructure estate, ensuring it remains secure, resilient, scalable, and aligned to business needs. You'll play a key role in shaping and delivering infrastructure strategy across cloud, core enterprise platforms, connectivity, and end-user environments, with a strong focus on technical direction, platform improvement, and operational excellence.

We’re looking for someone who is comfortable providing technical leadership, supporting delivery teams, leading operational improvements, and engaging with senior stakeholders across both technology and the wider business.

As part of a multi-skilled technology function, you will work closely with Product Managers and Delivery Managers to shape priorities, support OKRs, and ensure successful delivery of both strategic change and BAU activity.

This is a key role with significant influence on the future direction of our technology landscape.

What you’ll be doing ·

• Provide hands-on technical leadership: Lead the ongoing development, standardisation, and modernisation of our corporate infrastructure estate across cloud and enterprise platforms. Contribute to solution design, problem solving, automation, platform improvement, and the resolution of complex technical challenges.
• Cloud and platform management: Drive the effective adoption and operation of our cloud platforms and related infrastructure services, ensuring solutions are robust, well-governed, and operationally sustainable.
• Own operational performance and BAU delivery: Ensure the effective day-to-day operation of infrastructure services, including monitoring, patching, lifecycle management, incident response, continuity, and continual service improvement.
• Drive delivery and prioritisation: Work closely with Product Managers and Delivery Managers to shape OKRs, prioritise work, and deliver infrastructure change, projects, and service improvements alongside BAU commitments.
• Stakeholder engagement and translation: Build strong relationships across technology and the business, translating technical issues, risks, and opportunities into clear, practical language for non-technical and senior stakeholders.
• Improve engineering practices: Contribute to the development of standards, automation, and modern ways of working to improve consistency, efficiency, and quality across the infrastructure estate.

We’re looking for someone with

• Significant experience in IT infrastructure, spanning cloud, networking, and modern secure access technologies
• Strong expertise in Microsoft Azure, including infrastructure services, networking, identity, governance, and operational management
• Strong hands-on experience with automation and infrastructure-as-code tooling such as Terraform, Ansible, and PowerShell
• Experience working in or supporting high-performing infrastructure teams, contributing to technical direction and delivery in fast-paced environments
• Strong understanding of infrastructure security, hardening, monitoring, resilience, compliance, and operational best practice
• Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to communicate effectively with stakeholders at all levels
• Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to take ownership of complex infrastructure challenges from design through to resolution
• The ability to adapt to a rapidly changing environment and manage multiple priorities effectively

What you’ll bring to the role

• A strong track record of hands-on infrastructure engineering and technical leadership in complex environments
• Deep knowledge of both cloud and enterprise infrastructure, including servers, networking, identity, storage, and modern device management
• Strong experience of infrastructure modernisation, particularly in Microsoft Azure-led environments
• Experience balancing strategic change, operational improvement, and BAU service ownership
• A strong understanding of IT security practices and experience working alongside security teams to ensure infrastructure is resilient and compliant
• The ability to lead across a broad technology remit, operating effectively in Agile ways of working while remaining delivery-focused and outcome-driven
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to translate between technical and non-technical stakeholders
• A collaborative leadership style, with the ability to develop people, build trust, and drive high standards across the team
• A hands-on approach to infrastructure engineering, with an emphasis on operational efficiency and automation

Our Approach to AI

At Rightmove, we believe software and product are ultimately people problems, and everything we build aims to improve the lives of others. We see AI as a helpful way to create more space for the human side of our work, from understanding real needs to making sure we are solving the right problems in the right way. There is an expectation that you are proactive in exploring how AI can support your own workflow and productivity, and that you approach it with curiosity and an open mind.

Life at Rightmove

Despite our growth, we’ve remained a friendly, supportive place to work, with employee #1 still working here! We’ve done this by placing the Rightmove Hows at the heart of everything we do. These are the essential values that reflect our culture, and include:

• We create value…by delivering results and building trust with partners and consumers.
• We think bigger…by acting with curiosity and setting bold aspirations.
• We care deeply…by being real, having fun, and valuing diversity.
• We move together…by being one team - internally collaborative, externally competitive.
• We make a difference…by focusing on delivering measurable impact.

We believe in careers that open doors and help our team develop by providing an open and inclusive work environment, offering ongoing training opportunities, and supporting charity fundraising events. And with 89% of Rightmovers saying we’re a great place to work, we’re clearly doing something right!

What we offer

• Cash plan for dental, optical and physio treatments.
• Private Medical Insurance, Pension and Life Insurance, Employee Assistance Plan.
• 27 days holiday plus two (paid) volunteering days a year to give back, and holiday buy schemes.
• Contributory stakeholder pension.
• Life assurance at 4x your basic salary to a spouse, family member or other nominated person in your life.
• Competitive compensation package.
• Paid leave for maternity, paternity, adoption & fertility.
• Travel Loans, Bike to Work scheme, Rental Deposit Loan.
• Charitable contributions through Payroll Giving and donation matching.
• Access deals and discounts on things like travel, electronics, fashion, gym memberships, cinema discounts and more.
• We offer hybrid working with a minimum of 2 days in the office. For our roles, such as Field or Home-based positions, different working arrangements apply - full details will be shared during the recruitment process.

As an Equal Opportunity Employer, Rightmove will never discriminate based on age, disability, sex, race, religion or belief, gender reassignment, marriage / civil partnership, pregnancy/maternity or sexual orientation. At Rightmove, we believe that a diverse and inclusive workforce leads to better innovation, productivity, and overall success. We are committed to creating a welcoming and inclusive environment for all employees, regardless of their background or identity, to develop and promote a diverse culture that reflects the communities we serve.

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