Infrastructure Assistant Manager

Location: Greater London

# Infrastructure Assistant Manager Infrastructure Assistant Manager Salary £65000 - £75000

Location City of London, London, UK Contract Permanent Industry Investments ---Contact Jon G
** IT Infrastructure Assistant Manager – Financial Services (12-month FTC)
** Oliver James has partnered with a global financial services organisation with a long-established presence in the City of London to recruit an IT Infrastructure Assistant Manager on an initial 12-month fixed-term contract, with potential for a permanent role for the right candidate.

This role is well suited to an experienced infrastructure engineer looking to step into a senior, hands-on role with real accountability and exposure to governance, audit, and enterprise-scale technology.
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* Key Responsibilities include:

*** Own and operate infrastructure vulnerability and patch management processes across servers, virtualisation, and endpoints, ensuring remediation aligns with security policies and SLAs
* Collaborate closely with Security Operations teams to assess vulnerabilities, prioritise remediation, and support risk acceptance or exception processes where required
* Plan, test, and implement patches and remediation activities through formal change and release management
* Design, maintain, and enhance automated patching and remediation using tools such as SCCM/Config Mgr, Intune, and Power Shell
* Manage and support Microsoft server platforms including Windows Server, Active Directory, Group Policy, DNS, DHCP, PKI, Exchange, and Microsoft 365
* Lead VMware estate management, including cluster design, lifecycle management, availability, and performance
** Essential Skills
*** Experience in IT infrastructure or systems engineering roles, ideally within a regulated environment such as banking or financial services
* Strong hands-on experience with enterprise vulnerability and patch management tools (e.g. SCCM/Config Mgr, Tenable, Runecast, Patch

MyPC)
* In-depth experience across Microsoft Server technologies, Active Directory, Group Policy, Exchange, Microsoft 365, and VMware vSphere
* Proven expertise in vulnerability remediation, security baselines, endpoint hardening, and identity/access management
* Strong Power Shell scripting and automation capability
* Experience operating within formal change, release, and incident management frameworks (ITIL)
* Ability to lead root cause analysis and deliver permanent fixes for complex infrastructure issues
* Microsoft certifications, VMware certifications, and ITIL Foundation (or equivalent experience)
** Desirable Skills
*** Experience with hybrid cloud environments and identity platforms (Azure, Microsoft Entra)
* Security certifications such as Security+ or CISSP
* Experience with PAM solutions (e.g. Cyber Ark), SSO/MFA platforms, and PKI/SSL management
* Practical Red Hat Linux administration experience
* Exposure to audit, regulatory, and compliance-driven environments
* Experience driving automation, process improvement, and operational best practices
** Salary** – Up to £75k per annum
** Location** – City of London (2 days per week onsite)
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