Lead Infrastructure Engineer

Opportunity summary

The Edge Data Center team owns the physical and platform backbone that keeps APM Terminals running across a globally distributed estate of edge sites. Our platforms sit close to the terminals they serve, which means downtime is felt on the quayside — resilience, discipline and speed of response are non-negotiable. As Lead Engineer (Operations) you are the operational authority for this estate: accountable for the health, stability and continuous improvement of everything from power, cooling and rack through to virtualization, compute and data protection. This is a senior individual-contributor leadership role — you lead through expertise, judgement and influence rather than a direct reporting line. We are hiring this role deliberately. Beyond deep technical command, we want someone who sets the standard for how a lead shows up — someone whose behaviour and communication raise the bar for the whole team and give other leads something to model. What you'll do Own the operational health and availability of the globally distributed edge estate — virtual compute, backup & recovery, and the underlying data center infrastructure — against agreed service levels. Lead major-incident response and resolution: coordinate across engineering, vendors and site teams, drive root-cause analysis, and close the loop so the same failure doesn't recur1 …

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