Lead Infrastructure Engineer

Gaming Innovation Group; Barcelona; Vor Ort; EUR 90.000 - 130.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Great career development opportunities

Hybrid working model

International Health Insurance

Health and Wellbeing Package (350 EUR 

per year

Birthday Day Off

Me Time - 1 day off per year

Zusammenfassung

Gaming Innovation Group in Barcelona is seeking a Lead Infrastructure Engineer to oversee the design, implementation, and maintenance of IT infrastructure with a Kubernetes focus. You will lead an infrastructure team, drive automation, and ensure reliable, secure operations across hybrid environments.

The role requires strategic leadership, hands-on expertise in cloud and on-prem, and strong collaboration with security and vendor stakeholders.

Qualifikationen

• Operational Leadership & Governance: Proven ability to lead infrastructure/ops teams and establish key metrics.
• Project & Workflow Management: Strong organizational and delivery skills for complex initiatives.
• Hybrid Infrastructure & Automation: Deep on-prem hardware knowledge plus Infrastructure as Code.
• Cloud & OS Mastery: Experience with multi-cloud (AWS/Azure/GCP) on Linux and Windows.

Aufgaben

• Lead, mentor, and resource the infrastructure team to hit targets.
• Design scalable hybrid roadmaps and Kubernetes-centric architectures.
• Drive IaC and CI/CD automation using Terraform and Ansible.
• Maintain performance, monitoring, and uptime across servers, networks, storage, and Kubernetes.
• Partner with InfoSec to enforce security controls and audits.
• Evaluate third-party tools and manage vendor relationships to meet SLAs.

Kenntnisse

Leadership

Architecture & Planning

Automation & CI/CD

Operations & Reliability

Security & Compliance

Vendor Management

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Jobbeschreibung

Lead Infrastructure Engineer

Department: Technology

Employment Type: Full Time

Location: Barcelona

Reporting To: Stefan Cirillo

Description

We are looking for a highly skilled and motivated individual to assume the role of Infrastructure Team Lead within the Shared Technology Services department. As an Infrastructure Team Lead, you will play a pivotal role in overseeing the design, implementation, and maintenance of our IT infrastructure, encompassing both cloud-based and on-premises solutions, with a specific focus on Kubernetes environments. This position requires a strategic thinker with strong leadership qualities, technical expertise, and the ability to drive the team towards operational excellence.

Key Responsibilities

• Leadership & Mentorship: Lead, mentor, and resource the infrastructure team to foster a high-performance culture and hit project targets.
• Architecture & Planning: Design scalable hybrid roadmaps and Kubernetes-centric system architectures aligned with business goals.
• Automation & CI/CD: Drive Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and CI/CD automation using Ansible and Terraform to streamline deployments.
• Operations & Reliability: Maintain performance, monitoring, and uptime across physical servers, networks, storage, and Kubernetes clusters; manage incident response and off-hours maintenance.
• Security & Compliance: Partner with InfoSec to enforce security controls, run risk assessments, and maintain audit readiness.
• Vendor Management: Evaluate third-party tools and manage technology partner relationships to ensure strict SLA compliance.

Requirements

• Operational Leadership & Governance: Proven experience leading infrastructure or operations teams, with a track record of establishing key operational metrics (e.g., MTTR/MTTD, uptime SLAs, cloud spend optimization, and incident response frameworks).
• Project & Workflow Management: Exceptional organizational, resource-allocation, and project management skills to lead complex technical initiatives from inception to delivery.
• Hybrid Infrastructure & Automation: Deep knowledge of on-premises hardware (physical servers, SAN/NAS storage, enterprise networking) combined with expertise in Infrastructure as Code using Terraform and Ansible.
• Cloud & OS Mastery: Hands-on experience architecting and administering multi-cloud environments (AWS, Azure, GCP) across both Linux and Windows operating systems.

Nice to have;

• Kubernetes & Cloud: CKA, CKAD, CKS, or AWS/Azure/GCP Solutions Architect.
• Linux, Systems & Virtualization: RHCSA/RHCE, LPIC, VMware VCP-DCV, or legacy MCSA/MCSE.
• Networking & IT Management: CCNA/CCNP or ITIL Foundation/Practitioner.

Benefits

• Great career development opportunities
• Hybrid working model
• International Health Insurance
• Health and Wellbeing Package (350 EUR per year)
• Birthday Day Off
• Me Time - 1 day off per year