[260506A] Senior Infrastructure & Change Engineer
Reach South Academy Trust, Plymouth, PL1 4RL25 days remaining to apply
Start date details
July 2026
Closing date
31 May 2026 at 11:59pm
Date listed
6 May 2026
Job details
Job role
- IT support
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £37,280.00 - £39,862.00 Annually (Actual) NJD Grade G Pt 26 - 29
[260506A] Senior Infrastructure & Change Engineer job summary
Job Title: Senior Infrastructure and Change Engineer
Location: Home-based with regular travel across the Trust
FTE Salary Range: £37,280 - £39,862
Contract Type: Permanent, Full-time, All Year Round
Contract Hours: 37.5 hours per week
About the role
Reach South Academy Trust is seeking a highly skilled and forward thinking Senior Infrastructure and Change Engineer to play a pivotal role in shaping, securing and evolving our IT infrastructure.
As a senior member of the IT Leadership Team, you will be responsible for the reliability, security and continuous improvement of the Trust’s core infrastructure platforms, ensuring they support teaching, learning and operational services across all academies.
You will line manage the Infrastructure Team and lead the planning and delivery of complex infrastructure change, balancing innovation with stability in a live education environment.
Key responsibilities include:
Leading the management and implementation of the Trust’s core infrastructure and cloud platforms
Managing and developing the Infrastructure Team
Driving infrastructure change and onboarding of new schools
Ensuring resilience, security, disaster recovery and compliance
Championing automation, cloud adoption and modern engineering practices
Working closely with operational and service teams to maintain excellent outcomes
Communicating technical change clearly to non technical stakeholders
What we’re looking for
We are looking for an experienced infrastructure professional who:
Has deep technical expertise across cloud, infrastructure, identity and security
Has proven experience leading infrastructure teams and major technical change
Is calm, pragmatic and risk aware in operational environments
Understands safeguarding, GDPR and compliance within education or public services
Is passionate about delivering reliable technology that supports schools
Aligns strongly with Reach South values and behaviours
Experience within the education sector is desirable but not essential.
About the Trust
Reach South is a young and developing Trust which operates across the South West of England with the aim of delivering all through 3-19 education. We operate 20 academies in Cornwall, Devon, Bournemouth, Dorset, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire. We are building this Trust on a clear set of values, behaviours and curriculum principles. At the heart of those values and principles is a belief in our young people and a determination to support them to develop the knowledge, skills and attitudes to become the successful citizens for today and all of their tomorrows.
Our core business is delivering exceptional education for children and young people with a mission to help all pupils aspire to achieve beyond the expectations that others put on them. We do this through the development of a talented and committed workforce. In order to deliver exceptional opportunities for learning, we need highly motivated staff across all parts of the organisation.
Those we recruit are able to demonstrate that they share our values, are highly motivated to work with colleagues, within and beyond their school, to continuously develop their skills and pursue professional excellence.
Next Steps
If you think this role may be for you and want to be involved at this exciting time in our development and have any questions about the position, please get in touch by calling the Recruitment team on 07759365064 or emailing us at recruitment@reachsouth.org.
Closing date: for applications is 31st May 2026.
Interview Date: Interviews are provisionally booked for the 10th June 2026.
To apply for this opportunity, please complete our online application form by clicking ‘apply now’ on the advert.
We reserve the right to interview and appoint prior to the closing date. Therefore, an early application is strongly advised.
Opportunities and Benefits
We offer a competitive salary plus LGPS pension, great career progression and development opportunities, access to our Employee Assistance Programme with many other benefits.
We’re proud of how we support our staff in order that you have high levels of job satisfaction, are aware of the difference you are making for the children and families you work with and can see your contribution towards our community. There are regular opportunities for professional development and training, and a wider community of staff to network with within Reach South Multi Academy Trust. You will have the chance to visit other local schools, work alongside a range of outside professionals and take part in a variety of e-learning and face-to-face training.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Each post is subject to an enhanced DBS check.
Reach South Academy Trust has an Equal Opportunities Policy for selection and recruitment. Applicants are requested to complete the Equal Opportunities Monitoring section of the application form before submitting.
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.
Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.
Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children
You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.
Applying for the job
This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
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