Principal Infrastructure Engineer

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Join Our Team as a Principal Infrastructure Engineer

If you are ready to take on this challenging and rewarding role, we want to hear from you. Apply today and help us drive the future of our Digital Infrastructure!

Are you a technical leader with a passion for developing teams and engineering roadmaps? Do you thrive in a dynamic environment where you can lead and mentor a team of technology professionals? If so, we have an exciting opportunity for you!

About the Role:

As a Principal Infrastructure Engineer, you will:

• Help develop strategic and tactical engineering roadmaps.
• Manage relationships with suppliers and ensure alignment with best practices.
• Collaborate with solutions architects to operationalise designs.
• Lead teams in building and maintaining enterprise IT solutions.
• Manage the on premise and cloud infrastructures.
• Manage and maintain the M365 tenants.

Key Responsibilities:

• Oversee Digital infrastructure operations, including servers, end user compute, networks (LAN & WAN), M365, Azure tenants, EntraID tenants and data centres.
• Ensure service delivery aligns with Digital strategy and policies.
• Help shape the Council’s Digital technical architecture roadmap.
• Lead and mentor our Digital professional teams.
• Ensure IT service security and high availability.
• Help manage the Digital infrastructure budgets.
• Provide technical guidance to Digital staff and end-users.

What We’re Looking For:

• Experience managing local and cloud enterprise infrastructure in a large organisation.
• Success in managing large Digital projects and leading and mentoring teams.
• Demonstrate experience in asset management, capacity management, financial and incident management.
• Strong interpersonal, advisory, and problem-solving skills.
• Relevant IT qualifications, such as ITIL 4 Foundation and Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert.

Why Join Us?

• Be part of a forward-thinking team dedicated to continuous improvement.
• Work in a collaborative environment with opportunities for growth.
• Contribute to cutting-edge IT solutions.

Apply Now!

Ready for a challenging and rewarding role? Apply today and help us drive the future of our IT infrastructure! Register on our website, submit your CV and a 2 page supporting statement that reflects your suitability for this role - please take a look at the attached JPP to assist you with your application.

We can offer you:

• Generous Local Government Pension Scheme
• Flexi time, allowing up to an additional 2 days of leave per month
• Derbyshire Rewards - Discounts from high street retailers and more
• Generous annual leave and flexi time scheme
• Travel expenses
• Discounts on leisure centre memberships
• Free car parking at most sites
• In-house counselling service
• Occupational Health service
• Access to sessions with a trained physiotherapist
• Cycle to work/Electric/Hybrid Vehicle salary sacrifice scheme
• Various Employee Networks championing inclusivity across the council

Provisional Interview Date: Week Commencing 8th June 2026

Apply now and take the first step towards a fulfilling career with us! By joining Derbyshire County Council you will have access to a range of amazing rewards and employee benefits, including our generous annual leave scheme, excellent local government pension and fantastic employee discounts. To discover more detail about the rewards and benefits available to you, click here

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This role currently offers hybrid working options which will be to subject service needs, there'll be an opportunity to discuss working arrangements for this position at interview.

Important: Derbyshire County Council holds a sponsorship licence, but this role does not offer visa sponsorship. Please apply only if you already have the right to work in the UK without sponsorship, as applications that do not meet this requirement will be rejected.

We welcome applications from individuals who share our values — being Collaborative, Innovative, Empowered and Accountable. These values describe who we are and what we stand for as a council. They help shape our culture, encourage consistent behaviour and guide how we work together to make a positive difference for both our employees and the residents we serve.