CPRD Principal Infrastructure Operations

The MHRA is transforming. Through enabling innovation, making the right judgements of the benefits and risks of medical products and forging the right partnerships in the UK and internationally, it aims to deliver world class regulation and improved outcomes for UK patients. We are currently looking for an experienced Principal Infrastructure Operations Engineer to join our Safety and Surveillance group.   Within a week of working here, your day could look like this: Managing the effective operation of CPRD’s research IT systems. Developing and implementing IT Service improvements.  Managing incidents and resolving problems and liaising with service providers and partners as well as managing a team of people.  The successful candidate will be educated to degree level, or equivalent, in either a computer science-based, IT-based, or related discipline or industry qualifications at a professional level such as ITIL Foundation.  The candidate will have in-depth knowledge of configuration and asset management activities on Azure Cloud infrastructure ensuring that appropriate networking, processing power, storage capacity, and archiving are in place.  Have hands on experience of leading and developing a team of experts to deliver service improvements, helping to evaluate and establish requirements for the implementation of changes by setting policy and standards.  Have hands on experience of understanding the direction of future technologies and delivering a model to deploy, support, and maintain those future technologies within the current environment.  Have hands on experience of dealing with high impact, complex change requests, ensuring that release policies, procedures and processes are applied.  Closing Date: 6th February 2024