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Senior Infrastructure Project Manager (Network Security/ Cloud)

Robert Walters
London, United Kingdom
Last month
£60,000 – £80,000 pa

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£60,000 – £80,000 pa

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Senior
Posted
22 Apr 2026 (Last month)
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A leading global financial services institution is seeking an experienced Technical Infrastructure Project Manager (Network/ Datacentre/ Cloud) to own and lead the local technology function and partner closely with regional and global teams. You will design, operate, and secure highly available network and infrastructure services in a regulated environment, with exposure to modern cloud platforms.

This is a technical Infrastructure Project Manager role covering delivering and supporting networking, security, servers, and core infrastructure services, with real ownership and influence over technology direction and delivery.

What you'll do:

  • Infrastructure Delivery & Support: Oversee servers, network infrastructure, storage, and datacentre operations, including office moves/adds/changes and ongoing BAU support.
  • Strategic Capacity Planning: Conduct capacity analysis and provide recommendations aligned to current and future business needs.
  • Technical Leadership: Provide hands-on guidance across networking, security, and 3rd-party connectivity to business partners.
  • Team Leadership: Lead the local infrastructure team across project delivery and operational support.
  • Project Management: Deliver complex, multi-domain infrastructure projects end-to-end (design through go-live).
  • Vendor & Partner Management: Manage relationships with hardware vendors, telcos, and community-of-interest network providers; support financial extranet connectivity.
  • Budget Ownership: Manage infrastructure budgets, project forecasting, and cost optimisation.
  • Disaster Recovery: Lead DR planning and testing with a focus on resilience and continuous improvement.

What you'll bring:

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, IT, or related field.
  • 7+ year's experience in IT infrastructure spanning servers, storage, networking, datacentres, vendor management, and project delivery.
  • Strong enterprise networking and security expertise, including Layer 2/3 protocols, OSPF, BGP, DMVPN, and routing/switching best practices.
  • Solid understanding of TCP/IP, complex NAT configurations, and cross-organisation connectivity.
  • Hands-on experience with security platforms such as Cisco Firepower and Fortinet FortiGate.
  • Proven troubleshooting capability across complex network and hardware environments.
  • Experience in datacentre migrations, decommissioning, and cloud migration (AWS) is highly advantageous.
  • Strong project and team leadership skills, with the ability to perform under pressure.
  • Excellent stakeholder management skills, able to translate technical concepts into clear business language.
  • Fluent written and spoken English with solid communication skills

Robert Walters Operations Limited is an employment business and employment agency and welcomes applications from all candidates

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