Senior Infrastructure Engineering at Lichfield College

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About this Role

Job reference: HR2526-123

Status / Hours: Permanent / Full Time 37 hours per week

Salary: £42,917.84 per annum

Location: Lichfield College

Ourorganisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of childrenand young children and young people, and expects all staff and volunteers toshare this commitment.

Thesuccessful applicant will be required to undertake an enhanced DBS check,including barred list information, as this post is exempt from theRehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.

As partof safer recruitment practices and in line with Keeping Children Safe inEducation (KCSIE), an online search will be completed for all shortlistedcandidates.

All gapsin employment will be explored, and references will be sought prior tointerview wherever possible. Only completed application forms will be accepted,CV's cannot be considered.

We upholdrigorous safeguarding procedures throughout recruitment, selection andinduction, consistent with the expectations set out in Keeping Children Safe inEducation.

Safeguardingtraining is mandatory for all employees and will form part of your inductionand ongoing CPD.

SouthStaffordshire College is looking to employ a full time Senior InfrastructureEngineer.

We are lookingfor an experienced Senior Infrastructure Engineer to join our busy IT ServicesDepartment.

The idealcandidate will have a minimum of 2 years' experience in IT Infrastructure. Theywill provide technical leadership and expertise across the College'sinfrastructure estate, overseeing the design, implementation, maintenance,monitoring and optimisation of servers, storage, operating systems, networking,firewalls, Microsoft 365 services and telephony systems.

The postholder will lead complex technical/infrastructureprojects, resolve critical incidents and provide technical guidance tocolleagues, ensuring that the College's infrastructure remains secure,resilient and capable of supporting teaching, learning and business operations.

All applications must be received by: Monday 21stSeptember 2026

Shortlisting date: Tuesday 22ndSeptember 2026

Biographical Interviews to be held (ifapplicable): Tuesday 29th September 2026

PanelInterviews to be held: Tuesday 6th October 2026

What you can expect from us - we care about your wellbeing so have several activities all yearthat provide support. However, time off is also important. We havea generous holiday scheme, the usual Bank Holidays, an additional 5 days atChristmas and 2 'ME' days (where you can have a day off work and do whatevermakes you happy) as well as an additional day on campus spent onwellbeing. We have a range of benefits available to all staff includingpaid time off for emergencies (designed to support carers) and all our policiesare enhanced further than statutory requirements. The College alsocontributes to your pension at a minimum of 17.9% (we contribute more forpeople in the Local Government Pension Scheme).

South Staffordshire College is an equal opportunities employer andwelcomes applicants from all sections of the community.