Infrastructure Specialist – Retail Technology

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Company: Retail Company

Position: Infrastructure Specialist – Retail Technology

Location: London (Hybrid)

Salary: 50,000 – 55,000 GBP

Job responsibilities

Retail & Store Technology

  • Deliver full IT setup for new store openings, refits, relocations, and pop‑ups (POS systems, printers, scanners, tablets, payment devices, WiFi, LAN, SD‑WAN).

  • Ensure stable operations of store technology through monitoring, maintenance, and incident response.

  • Support store teams with troubleshooting across devices, connectivity, POS systems, and peripherals.

Warehouse Technology & 3PL Coordination

  • Lead IT coordination for warehouse operations supported by 3PL partners.

  • Ensure technical readiness for inbound/outbound operations, including:

    • Warehouse device onboarding (scanners, RF guns, label printers)

    • Network access, WiFi readiness, and VLAN configuration

    • VPN / SD‑WAN connectivity between us and 3PL environments

    • Firewall rules, routing updates, and IP whitelisting

  • Support integration‑adjacent activities such as label printing flows, device connectivity and operational tooling.

  • Act as the primary IT point of contact during warehouse onboarding, transitions, and operational changes.

  • Ensure warehouse technology aligns with our information security and compliance requirements.

Office & Corporate IT

  • Manage IT operations across EMEA offices and showrooms (laptops, mobile devices, M365, conferencing systems, telephony).

  • Oversee onboarding/offboarding, account lifecycle, and access provisioning.

  • Maintain device compliance via Intune/MDM and ensure security baseline adherence.

Information Security & Compliance

  • Implement security policies across the environment: MFA, encryption, endpoint protection, vulnerability management, threat detection.

  • Support penetration testing activities, remediation, and alignment with HQ security standards.

  • Ensure compliance with GDPR, ITGC, audit requirements and internal security frameworks for stores, warehouses, and offices.

Infrastructure Management

  • Manage infrastructure across EMEA (LAN/WAN/WiFi, SD‑WAN, VPN, firewalls, identity services).

  • Coordinate closely with global teams to align network architecture, cloud services, and enterprise device standards.

  • Support SAP technical operations such as printing, connectivity, RFC endpoints, POS → ERP feeds, and network dependencies.

  • Improve infrastructure resiliency, automation, monitoring, and telemetry.

Performance Monitoring & Reporting

  • Monitor system uptime, network performance, vendor SLAs and incident trends across retail, warehouse, and office environments.

  • Produce regular reports on infrastructure stability, risk areas, asset posture, and operational readiness.

  • Communicate risk, incidents, dependencies, and improvement opportunities to EMEA leadership.

Documentation & Training

  • Maintain and update documentation for infrastructure configurations, store rollout playbooks, warehouse technical guides and troubleshooting procedures.

  • Train retail, warehouse and office teams on IT processes, device usage and security best practices.

  • Build knowledge‑base articles, SOPs and IT runbooks.

Service Delivery & Vendor Management

  • Manage vendor relationships for POS, networking, 3PL infrastructure, retail hardware, telecoms and field support partners.

  • Oversee incident, problem and change workflows through ticketing tools such as ServiceNow.

  • Maintain a complete and accurate IT asset inventory across all EMEA sites.

Experience

  • 10+ years in IT infrastructure roles supporting multi‑site retail, fashion, logistics, or hospitality businesses.

  • Hands‑on experience with store environments (POS, payments, scanners, WiFi, local networking).

  • Experience coordinating IT activities with external 3PL warehouse operators.

  • Exposure to SAP‑related infrastructure topics (printing, RFC connections, connectivity).

  • Strong vendor management experience.

Technical Skills

Core Skills (Must‑Have)

  • Strong hands‑on experience with networking (LAN/WAN/WiFi), routing, switching, firewall rules, SD‑WAN, VPN.

  • Expert knowledge of MDM/Intune, endpoint management, identity lifecycle (Entra ID/Azure AD).

  • Advanced understanding of retail hardware ecosystems: POS, printers, scanners, payment terminals.

  • Experience coordinating with warehouse/3PL partners on:

    • Device onboarding

    • Network readiness

    • Access provisioning

    • IP whitelisting and firewall rule changes

  • Strong troubleshooting across network, hardware, and device layers.

Essential Skills

  • Ability to manage end‑to‑end IT operations for stores, 3PL warehouses and corporate environments.

  • Familiarity with SAP technical touchpoints (printing, network prerequisites, POS feeds).

  • Understanding of enterprise security practices (patching, EDR, MFA, vulnerability management).

  • Experience with M365, Windows, MacOS and cloud‑managed enterprise systems.

  • Strong documentation and process ownership skills.

Nice‑to‑Have Skills

  • Experience with logistics or warehouse automation technologies (RFID, handheld terminals).

  • Knowledge of SD‑WAN platforms (Meraki, Fortinet, Aruba).

  • Familiarity with SIEM/EDR tools and penetration testing workflows.

  • Basic scripting (PowerShell, Bash) for automation.

  • Understanding of API connectivity and network prerequisites for integration flows.

We regret to inform applicants that only shortlisted candidates will be notified.

Thank you for understanding.

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Job Description:

Company: Retail Company

Position: Infrastructure Specialist – Retail Technology

Location: London (Hybrid)

Salary: 50,000 – 55,000 GBP

Job responsibilities

Retail & Store Technology

  • Deliver full IT setup for new store openings, refits, relocations, and pop‑ups (POS systems, printers, scanners, tablets, payment devices, WiFi, LAN, SD‑WAN).

  • Ensure stable operations of store technology through monitoring, maintenance, and incident response.

  • Support store teams with troubleshooting across devices, connectivity, POS systems, and peripherals.

Warehouse Technology & 3PL Coordination

  • Lead IT coordination for warehouse operations supported by 3PL partners.

  • Ensure technical readiness for inbound/outbound operations, including:

    • Warehouse device onboarding (scanners, RF guns, label printers)

    • Network access, WiFi readiness, and VLAN configuration

    • VPN / SD‑WAN connectivity between us and 3PL environments

    • Firewall rules, routing updates, and IP whitelisting

  • Support integration‑adjacent activities such as label printing flows, device connectivity and operational tooling.

  • Act as the primary IT point of contact during warehouse onboarding, transitions, and operational changes.

  • Ensure warehouse technology aligns with our information security and compliance requirements.

Office & Corporate IT

  • Manage IT operations across EMEA offices and showrooms (laptops, mobile devices, M365, conferencing systems, telephony).

  • Oversee onboarding/offboarding, account lifecycle, and access provisioning.

  • Maintain device compliance via Intune/MDM and ensure security baseline adherence.

Information Security & Compliance

  • Implement security policies across the environment: MFA, encryption, endpoint protection, vulnerability management, threat detection.

  • Support penetration testing activities, remediation, and alignment with HQ security standards.

  • Ensure compliance with GDPR, ITGC, audit requirements and internal security frameworks for stores, warehouses, and offices.

Infrastructure Management

  • Manage infrastructure across EMEA (LAN/WAN/WiFi, SD‑WAN, VPN, firewalls, identity services).

  • Coordinate closely with global teams to align network architecture, cloud services, and enterprise device standards.

  • Support SAP technical operations such as printing, connectivity, RFC endpoints, POS → ERP feeds, and network dependencies.

  • Improve infrastructure resiliency, automation, monitoring, and telemetry.

Performance Monitoring & Reporting

  • Monitor system uptime, network performance, vendor SLAs and incident trends across retail, warehouse, and office environments.

  • Produce regular reports on infrastructure stability, risk areas, asset posture, and operational readiness.

  • Communicate risk, incidents, dependencies, and improvement opportunities to EMEA leadership.

Documentation & Training

  • Maintain and update documentation for infrastructure configurations, store rollout playbooks, warehouse technical guides and troubleshooting procedures.

  • Train retail, warehouse and office teams on IT processes, device usage and security best practices.

  • Build knowledge‑base articles, SOPs and IT runbooks.

Service Delivery & Vendor Management

  • Manage vendor relationships for POS, networking, 3PL infrastructure, retail hardware, telecoms and field support partners.

  • Oversee incident, problem and change workflows through ticketing tools such as ServiceNow.

  • Maintain a complete and accurate IT asset inventory across all EMEA sites.

Experience

  • 10+ years in IT infrastructure roles supporting multi‑site retail, fashion, logistics, or hospitality businesses.

  • Hands‑on experience with store environments (POS, payments, scanners, WiFi, local networking).

  • Experience coordinating IT activities with external 3PL warehouse operators.

  • Exposure to SAP‑related infrastructure topics (printing, RFC connections, connectivity).

  • Strong vendor management experience.

Technical Skills

Core Skills (Must‑Have)

  • Strong hands‑on experience with networking (LAN/WAN/WiFi), routing, switching, firewall rules, SD‑WAN, VPN.

  • Expert knowledge of MDM/Intune, endpoint management, identity lifecycle (Entra ID/Azure AD).

  • Advanced understanding of retail hardware ecosystems: POS, printers, scanners, payment terminals.

  • Experience coordinating with warehouse/3PL partners on:

    • Device onboarding

    • Network readiness

    • Access provisioning

    • IP whitelisting and firewall rule changes

  • Strong troubleshooting across network, hardware, and device layers.

Essential Skills

  • Ability to manage end‑to‑end IT operations for stores, 3PL warehouses and corporate environments.

  • Familiarity with SAP technical touchpoints (printing, network prerequisites, POS feeds).

  • Understanding of enterprise security practices (patching, EDR, MFA, vulnerability management).

  • Experience with M365, Windows, MacOS and cloud‑managed enterprise systems.

  • Strong documentation and process ownership skills.

Nice‑to‑Have Skills

  • Experience with logistics or warehouse automation technologies (RFID, handheld terminals).

  • Knowledge of SD‑WAN platforms (Meraki, Fortinet, Aruba).

  • Familiarity with SIEM/EDR tools and penetration testing workflows.

  • Basic scripting (PowerShell, Bash) for automation.

  • Understanding of API connectivity and network prerequisites for integration flows.

We regret to inform applicants that only shortlisted candidates will be notified.

Thank you for understanding.

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Posted: April 17th, 2026