Engineering Manager - IT & Telecoms

Job Title: IT Engineering Manager

Location: Bolton Office, 5 days per week

Salary: £35,000 - £40,000 per annum depending on experience

Job Type: Permanent, Full Time - 08:30 - 17:30

About us

At Digicomm 360, we deliver practical IT and telecoms solutions that help organisations across the UK work efficiently, whether in the office, remotely or hybrid. Based in Bolton, we offer hands on local support backed by strong remote capabilities. We're a collaborative, customer focused team with a genuine passion for technology and a commitment to doing the right thing.

We're seeking a dynamic, enthusiastic individual to lead our IT Engineering Team. Reporting to the Managing Director, you'll oversee high-quality service delivery across IT, telecoms, connectivity and cloud platforms, acting as a senior escalation point while providing strong technical leadership. This role blends technical expertise, customer service excellence and people management to drive continual improvement across the team.

About the role

Act as the senior technical escalation point for complex IT, telecoms, cloud, and network issues.

Oversee RMM dashboards, patching, AV, alerts, automation and compliance related maintenance.

Ensure best practice configuration, security, and lifecycle management of all client systems.

Support the standardisation of processes, technical documentation, and engineering workflows

Deliver and oversee IT and telephony projects, including

Microsoft 365 migrations and modern workplace deployments

Intune and CIPP onboarding, policies, and automation

Hosted and on premises telephony systems

Connectivity installations (FTTC, FTTP, leased lines, SIP circuits)

Server upgrades, virtualisation deployments, hybrid environments

Network installations (firewalls, routers, switches, WiFi APs)

Manage project scopes, timelines, resources, dependencies and successful completion.

Attend client meetings and provide senior technical guidance.

Support account management through service improvement and solution recommendations.

Assist with vendor management, procurement and license renewals.

Promote cyber security best practices and ensure compliance.

Contribute to continual assessment and refinement of service quality, delivery, SLAs, and internal processes.

About you

IT Infrastructure & Systems

Experience with Windows Server administration (on prem, hybrid, virtual).

Virtualisation technologies: Hyper V, VMware.

Backup solutions: e.g., Veeam, Datto, Acronis.

Domain hosting, web hosting and platform management (cPanel/Plesk).

Strong DNS understanding: A, MX, CNAME, TXT, SPF, DKIM, DMARC.

Microsoft Cloud / Modern Workplace

M365 portal administration: user provisioning, policies, licensing and security.

Strong understanding of Teams, SharePoint and OneDrive.

Microsoft licensing knowledge and experience managing tenant configurations.

Endpoint Manager / Intune device management.

Exposure to CIPP or similar MSP automation frameworks.

Familiarity with Microsoft Copilot and AI assisted productivity tools.

Telephony & Unified Communications

Experience with both on premises and hosted telephony systems.

Understanding of SIP trunks, call routing, PBX platforms and principles.

Experience with Teams Phone, call queues, auto attendants.

Hands on knowledge of VoIP deployments and troubleshooting.

Networking & Connectivity

Experience with business connectivity services: FTTC, FTTP, leased lines, SIP circuits.

Skilled with network devices such as

SonicWALL & Watchguard firewalls

UniFi networking

Netgear Switches

Managed switches, routers, and security appliances

Strong understanding of VLANs, routing, firewalling, NAT, subnetting.

Experience with Wi Fi infrastructure (APs, controllers, heatmapping, diagnostics).

MSP Tooling & Device Management

Experience with RMM platforms (monitoring, patching, AV, automation).

Microsoft ticketing system.

Antivirus/EDR platforms and security tooling.

Software deployment, remote management and automation at scale.

Exposure to

Email signature software (e.g., Exclaimer)

Mail protection/security tools

Password Protection

Leadership & Professionalism

You are an inspiring role model who can motivate a team and drive efficiency. You possess the communication skills to translate complex technical concepts into clear professional advice for stakeholders. You are comfortable managing performance, setting development goals, and ensuring all operations adhere to company policy and H&S standards.

You'll need to regularly interact with members of team and clients so all candidates need to be a clear, confident, and professional communicator, with outstanding written and verbal English skills.

What we offer

Competitive Salary

Workplace Pension (subject to eligibility criteria)

20 days per annum plus bank holidays

Ongoing Training and Development

Free secure car parking

Company car

If this sounds like you please hit apply to put yourself forward for the role!

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