IT Senior Infrastructure Engineer - Temporary (up to 24 months)

IT Senior Infrastructure Engineer - Temporary (up to 24 months)

About the RNLI

The RNLI is a unique organisation, saving lives at sea through volunteers, lifeboats, training, and innovation. From frontline operations to our national fundraising platform, robust and secure IT infrastructure is critical to everything we do.

Our Infrastructure and Cloud services underpin lifesaving activity across the organisation, supporting staff, volunteers, and supporters nationwide.

The Role

As an IT Senior Infrastructure Engineer, you’ll act as a senior escalation point for 3rd‑line operational support across RNLI’s on‑premise and cloud infrastructure. You’ll take a proactive role in managing, improving, and securing our server and cloud estate, ensuring high availability, resilience, and performance.

You’ll also contribute to future systems design, service improvement initiatives, and the ongoing evolution of our infrastructure platforms.

Key Responsibilities 

• Provide expert 3rd‑line support for physical, virtual, and public cloud infrastructure
• Manage and enhance Windows Server and Hyper‑V environments
• Support and optimise Microsoft Azure and Microsoft 365 platforms
• Design, implement, and review system security, backup, and disaster recovery controls
• Deploy enhancements, patches, and upgrades across platforms
• Contribute to infrastructure design decisions and service improvement initiatives
• Create and maintain high‑quality technical documentation and service records
• Act as a technical mentor and escalation point within the wider infrastructure team

About You

To succeed in this role, you’ll bring strong technical expertise alongside a proactive, service‑focused mindset.

Essential experience:

• Strong experience supporting physical and virtual Windows Server environments (Hyper‑V)
• Extensive hands‑on experience with Microsoft Azure
• Extensive experience with Microsoft 365
• Proven PowerShell scripting capability

Desirable experience:

• Working knowledge of SQL, SANs, and infrastructure monitoring tools

You’ll enjoy solving complex technical problems, sharing knowledge with colleagues, and continuously improving the services you support.

What We Offer

• Competitive salary £42,479 to £49,976 (dependent on experience)
• 26 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays
• Competitive pension scheme with employer contributions up to 10%
• Life assurance
• Health and dental cash plan
• Hybrid working to support work/life

Ready to Apply? 

If you’re passionate about infrastructure, cloud technology, and making a real difference, we’d love to hear from you. Apply today and help support the RNLI’s lifesaving mission.

Safeguarding

The RNLI is committed to safeguarding; protecting a person’s health, wellbeing, and human rights, enabling them to live free from harm, abuse, and neglect. We expect all employees and volunteers to share this commitment and have a zero-tolerance approach. The suitability of all prospective employees and volunteers will be assessed during the recruitment process in line with this commitment. This will include relevant criminal record checks being carried out dependent on the eligibility of the role. (England & Wales; DBS check, Scotland; Disclosure Scotland PVG, Northern Ireland; Access NI, Republic of Ireland; Garda Vetting; International, International Child Protection Certificate process).

Diversity at the RNLI

Our staff and volunteers have been saving lives at sea without prejudice for 200 years. We respect and value diversity of background, skills and perspectives within our teams, and consider it essential to help us deliver a world-class lifesaving service. We are an inclusive organisation and welcome applications from everyone. In addition to having the skills needed for the role, we also look for applicants who share our commitment to living our RNLI values (trustworthy, courageous, selfless, and dependable), and helping us work towards Our Vision: To save Every One.