IT Network Manager

Morgan Hunt are working with a large public sector organisation based in Birmingham to recruit an IT Network Manager. You'll play a key role in designing, delivering, and maintaining robust, secure, and high-performing network infrastructure. Acting as a subject matter expert, you'll shape technical standards, contribute to strategic direction, and ensure operational stability across all connectivity services.

You'll lead and support complex infrastructure projects, working collaboratively across teams and suppliers to deliver resilient, scalable solutions. Responsibilities include network design and optimisation, performance monitoring, troubleshooting, and implementing improvements across cloud and on-premise environments.

This role may include technical leadership and people management responsibilities, as well as contributing to governance, standards, and best practices. You'll also support knowledge sharing across the team and stay at the forefront of industry developments.

Key requirements:

• Oversee the performance, reliability, and security of network infrastructure, including design, implementation, and ongoing optimisation
• Troubleshoot issues, support upgrades, and deliver resilient, scalable solutions across cloud and on-prem environments
• Contribute to infrastructure projects, technical design, and governance, while providing support to engineers and managing network capacity and standards
• Design and implement new solutions and improve resilience of current environment
• Establish excellent networking environments through designing system configuration, directly system installation and defining, documenting, end enforcing system standards

• Knowledge of all matters related to network infrastructure, including but not limited to, all common network standards, protocols, and designs, Cloud, and connectivity
• Knowledge of more than one of the following: Secure Systems design, Public, Private and Hybrid Cloud hosting experience, Desktop & Server OS, Database, OS Support, Virtualisation, Storage/SANs & Backup/Recovery, Security, High Availability/Business Continuity
• Expert technical understanding of Microsoft on-premise and cloud technologies (including Azure, SharePoint, Dynamics, and Office 365).
• Cisco technology expertise
• Telephony technology and solutions knowledge

Up to £46,000 per year

Morgan Hunt is a multi-award-winning recruitment business for interim, contract and temporary recruitment and acts as an Employment Agency in relation to permanent vacancies. Morgan Hunt is an equal opportunities employer. Job suitability is assessed on merit in accordance with the individual's skills, qualifications and abilities to perform the relevant duties required in a particular role.