IT Technical Authority

- Provide expert oversight and approval of infrastructure, network, and platform designs - Act as the senior technical escalation point for high-impact or complex issues - Ensure documentation, architecture, and change records meet quality and compliance expectations - Offer strategic direction across infrastructure and network domains, maintaining a clear view of performance, risk, and lifecycle health - Lead and mentor network and infrastructure engineers, promoting strong engineering principles and technical quality - Support prioritisation of workloads, project demands, and operational improvements - Lead technical elements of change management, ensuring risks are properly assessed and mitigated - Provide expert input to CAB and drive continuous improvement in governance processes - Capture technical lessons learned and embed them into engineering practice - Act as the technical authority in discussions with customers and partners - Review supplier designs, documentation, and proposals to ensure alignment with standards and requirements - Represent the organisation with confidence in technical governance forums - Mentor and develop engineers, improving capability and consistency across the team - Identify skills gaps and shape technical training plans - Promote high-quality engineering practices, secure-by-design thinking, and good documentation habits