Job Details

An opportunity has arisen for an experienced Infrastructure Team Leader to join the Operations Team of a leading City Law Firm, to provide technical systems design to deliver the firm's system strategy and lead a team that provides technical support for infrastructure services to all offices.

Responsibilities:
*Running and maintaining the firm's global IT infrastructure
*Implementation of agreed security policies
*Design and maintenance of the Active Directory structure
*Support/maintain all back-office systems and attached services worldwide for uninterrupted 24×7 operation – this includes liaising with maintenance companies and vendors
*Management and delivery of team projects to agreed project scopes in the most cost effective, timely and appropriate way
*Monitor and capacity plan for all systems to ensure consistent operation and room for expansion
*Ensure the firm's infrastructure is aligned to the strategy defined by the Management Team
*Day to day management of the infrastructure team, dealing with any operational and/or staff issues; appraisal and performance management; liaise with other team members as appropriate and escalate to IT Operations Manager as required
*Responsible for ensuring there is infrastructure team cover on a 24×7 basis
*Development of team members, including both technical and soft skills, mentoring and training
*Work with the IT Management Team on the firm's Disaster Recovery Plan to continue to meet the business needs

The successful candidate will have in depth knowledge of XP, Microsfost Active Directory, Windows 2003/2008 (DNS/WINS/DHCP), Micrsoft clustering technologies, SCOM, Exchange 2003/2010 and Virtualisation technologies (VMWare/VSphere). Knowledge of Dell and IBM servers, EMC, Symantec Enterprise Vault, RIM BES 41, 5 and LAN/WAN standards/protocols is essential.