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IT Principal Engineer – Physical Infrastructure, Networking, Critical Applications
Skipton Building SocietyIT Principal Engineer specializing in Physical Infrastructure and Networking at Skipton Building Society. Providing strategic direction and hands-on leadership for core infrastructure across the Society’s critical services.
About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Provide both strategic direction and hands‑on technical leadership across several key infrastructure domains
- Act as the organisation’s senior technical authority for on‑premise and hybrid infrastructure
- Define and embed engineering standards, architectural guardrails and best practices across physical infrastructure and critical platforms
- Drive the Society’s resilience strategy across operational resilience, disaster recovery, backup, restoration and cyber recovery
- Lead the lifecycle strategy for core infrastructure platforms
- Partner closely with Senior Leadership, Architecture, IT Operations, Security and other engineering teams to influence direction and prioritise investment decisions
- Provide technical oversight for the secure and highly available operation of business‑critical application platforms
- Mentor and support engineers, promoting a culture of continuous improvement, technical excellence and accountability
Requirements
What you’ll need- Strong track record of working across complex infrastructure environments
- Confidence to act as a trusted technical authority
- Experience navigating and solving challenging engineering problems across compute, networking, storage, virtualisation, security and resilience
- Clear communication skills
- Collaborative mindset
- Confidence to influence architecture and shape future technology direction
- Commitment to high‑quality engineering, continuous improvement and operational excellence
- Proactive approach to learning and staying current with emerging technologies, especially those that strengthen resilience and security
Benefits
Comp & perks- Annual discretionary bonus scheme
- 25 days annual leave + bank holidays (rising by 1 day per year of service up to 30 days)
- Holiday trading scheme
- Matching employer pension contribution up to 10%
- Colleague mortgage (conditions apply)
- Salary sacrifice scheme for hybrid & electric vehicles
- Commitment to ongoing training and development
- Private medical insurance for all colleagues
- 3 paid volunteering days per year
- Inclusive colleague networks (e.g., Carers, Pride Alliance)
- Health and wellbeing support, including cycle‑to‑work and discounted gym membership
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Hard Skills & Tools
infrastructure managementdisaster recoverybackup and restorationcyber recoveryvirtualisationnetworkingstorage managementsecurityengineering standardsarchitectural best practices
Soft Skills
technical leadershipclear communicationcollaborationinfluencecontinuous improvementaccountabilityproactive learningproblem-solvingmentoringstrategic direction