Salary: £60,000 - 90,000 per year Requirements: Extensive experience in VM Ware Platforms and Infrastructure Solutions, Networking Environments & Firewall Knowledge Expertise in leading infrastructure solution, design and process improvement activities within an IT operational environment Excellent communication and influencing skills for dealing with internal management and teams, business partners, and external IT service providers Excellent technical authoring skills Desirable skills: Mainframe (CICS, COBOL, Objecstar, CA Datacom, VSAM etc.), UNIX Environments (AIX, LINUX, Solaris etc.), Wintel / Storage / Desktop Environments, Data Centre Hosting, Cloud Services and integration, Mobile and BYOD, Middleware and Integration (IBM Message Broker, DataStage etc.) Responsibilities: Produce infrastructure design documentation based on a solution architecture Coordinate accurate estimates for inclusion in project costs and business cases Provide leadership within projects for technical resources and SMEs Contribute to infrastructure solution frameworks and patterns Establish root causes for incidents impacting deliverables and ensure issues are addressed Collaborate with 3rd party supplier build teams and leads to maintain compliance in implemented solutions Design product integration with 3rd parties into existing and new solutions Act as a technical escalation point for troubleshooting teams to resolve infrastructure issues Provide design inputs to areas of expertise, including Mainframe, Networks, Wintel, Database or Connect:Direct Produce and assure design patterns and Infrastructure Roadmaps Serve as a technical escalation point during both production services and the new production services build phase Technologies: Cloud COBOL Firewall IBM Linux Mobile Unix UX UI Design More: We are seeking an Infrastructure Designer to join our team on a contract basis until August 31, 2026, located in Manchester with a hybrid work model of three days onsite. This role involves creating infrastructure design documentation, coordinating project estimates, and ensuring compliance with design across various solutions. We offer a competitive rate of up to £414.92 per day Umbrella inside IR35. Join us to contribute to impactful projects as we continue to enhance our IT infrastructure. last updated 8 week of 2026