A lead infrastructure engineer manages third party provision of infrastructure services and the provision of expertise to develop architectural solutions for infrastructure services, throughout the service product life cycle.
At this role level, you will:
oversee programmes and projects
work with technical architects to translate the architectural designs into operations and support technical architects in operationalising the designs
lead and direct infrastructure specialist teams in building, managing, supporting and maintaining solutions according to departmental policy (if taking a managerial path)
design systems characterised by medium levels of risk, impact, and business or technical complexity
select appropriate design standards, methods and tools, and ensure they are applied effectively
review the systems designs of others to ensure the selection of appropriate technology, efficient use of resources and integration of multiple systems and technology
establish standards and procedures across a service product life cycle, including the development product life cycle, and can ensure that practitioners adhere to these
manage resources to ensure that the systems integration function works effectively
use lateral thinking to break a problem down into its component parts to identify and diagnose root causes
troubleshoot and identify problems across different technology capabilities including computing, storage, networking, physical infrastructure, software, commercial-off-the-shelf software (COTS) and open source software