IT Team Leader 

Derbyshire 

£50,000-£60,000

Are you an experienced IT professional with strong technical skills, looking to transition from a team lead role into management? We're searching for a driven and innovative leader ready to take on more responsibility in a multi-country environment. While experience in a 24/7 manufacturing setting is ideal, we’re open to candidates from other sectors who excel in technically demanding roles and are eager to lead.

About the Role:

This position bridges the gap between team leadership and management, offering a blend of hands-on technical work and high-level decision-making. You’ll lead key infrastructure projects while continuing to actively support your team with system configurations, network troubleshooting, and managing business-critical systems. You'll also be responsible for ensuring that IT initiatives align with business objectives, particularly in manufacturing and customer-facing environments.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead IT Projects: Manage and oversee technical projects, ensuring they align with business objectives, from infrastructure upgrades to rolling out new technologies.
• Hands-On Leadership: Continue to actively participate in technical work, such as network configuration and server troubleshooting, while guiding your team through challenges.
• Team Management: Provide mentorship and direction to your team, fostering a collaborative environment focused on continuous improvement and innovation.
• Optimize IT Resources: Oversee IT budgeting and resource allocation, ensuring the adoption of cutting-edge technologies to maximize efficiency.
• Disaster Recovery & Continuity: Lead disaster recovery planning and business continuity efforts to safeguard critical operations.
• Vendor & Partner Relations: Manage relationships with third-party vendors, ensuring that technical standards are met and business partnerships are optimized.
• Performance Monitoring: Use KPIs to track team performance and drive improvements, pushing for technical excellence and operational efficiency.

What We’re Looking For:

• Technical Expertise with Leadership Skills: You have a passion for solving technical challenges and are skilled at guiding a team through complex projects.
• Effective Communicator: Capable of explaining technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Proven Track Record: Experience in delivering new technologies and optimizing IT processes.
• Hands-On Problem Solver: You’re not just managing from the sidelines – you’re actively involved in solving technical issues when necessary.
• Forward Thinker: Always on the lookout for emerging technologies that can benefit the organization.

Essential Technical Skills:

• Cisco networking (switching)
• Microsoft 365 administration
• VMware
• High-availability storage solutions
• Microsoft servers

Desirable Technical Skills:

• Linux
• AWS
• Grafana, MQTT, Node-Red
• MySQL, Timescale databases
• Apache and Nginx web servers
• Project management experience, especially in technical deployments

Location: Derbyshire / Nottinghamshire border. Onsite work required 3 days a week to facilitate collaboration on key projects.

Tilt Recruitment are specialists in IT Recruitment. We work hard to find our candidates their perfect roles within fantastic organisations across the UK. If this role isn’t right for you, please still get in touch with us as we may have other roles which may suit you better.

We also offer up to £500 for every successful referral, if you know someone who matches this skill set please let us know.

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