Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Hereford, England, United Kingdom
Type: Permanent
Working Pattern: Hybrid
The Opportunity 🚀
At MandM Direct, technology is the backbone of our retail operation — powering everything from our eCommerce platform to our warehouse systems and head office functions.
We are looking for a Senior Infrastructure Engineer to play a critical role in maintaining and evolving the infrastructure that supports one of Europe’s leading online off-price retailers.
This is more than a support role. With 80% of your time focused on project delivery and infrastructure improvement, you will help shape a secure, scalable and resilient environment that enables innovation across the business.
If you’re passionate about building stable, high-performing infrastructure and influencing technical standards at scale, this is an opportunity to make a meaningful impact.
Who Are We?
MandM is one of the biggest employers in Herefordshire and one of Europe’s leading online, off-price retailers, selling branded Fashion, Sport & Outdoor products for Men, Women and Children.
We offer our customers fantastic value by partnering with companies who we have built long term relationships with, enabling us to offer our customers big household names and up-and-coming brands, giving fantastic value all year round.
We are located in the heart of Hereford City Centre in our brand new, state of the art office. The modern, stylish workspace was designed to encourage collaborative working, teamwork and creativity - everything that MandM is all about.
As our business continues to grow we are investing in our product function and building capability for the future. Now is an exciting time to join our journey.
More than a role
✨ Competitive Salary: Your talent deserves recognition
🏆 Company bonus: We succeed, you benefit
🚀 Career Growth: Opportunity to grow
🎁 Staff Discounts: Stay stylish with our exclusive discounts.
🏦 Company Pension: Secure your financial future.
🏖️ Generous Holiday Allowance: Enjoy 5 weeks of well-deserved breaks. You even have the option to buy an extra week
🎁 Birthday Delight: Take your special day off to celebrate YOU
🚗 Free Parking
💊 Health & Wellbeing programme; including critical illness insurance
The Role Scope
As Senior Infrastructure Engineer, you will operate as a senior technical authority within Tech Operations.
Your focus will be on ensuring our infrastructure remains secure, scalable and high-performing, while driving forward modernisation initiatives aligned to our architecture roadmap.
You’ll collaborate closely with the Infrastructure Team Lead, Head of Tech Operations and wider technology stakeholders, acting as a senior escalation point and contributing to best-in-class infrastructure standards across the business.
Role Key Responsibilities
✨ Infrastructure Strategy & Standards
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Contribute to the definition of infrastructure principles and technical standards
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Ensure solutions align to architectural direction and long-term scalability
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Evaluate emerging technologies to support future capability
✨Project Delivery & Modernisation
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Lead or contribute to enterprise-scale infrastructure projects
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Design and implement secure, resilient solutions
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Drive documentation and best practice across the environment
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Support ongoing infrastructure transformation initiatives
✨Operational Excellence
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Act as a senior escalation point for complex 2nd/3rd line issues
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Support network, server, identity and virtualisation environments
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Maintain system performance, availability and security
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Participate in an on-call rota
✨ Technical Leadership
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Mentor and support junior engineers
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Promote continuous improvement and knowledge sharing
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Create alignment across technical stakeholders