Lead Infrastructure Engineer

Gaming Innovation Group; Madrid; On-site; EUR 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Career development

Hybrid work model

International health insurance

Wellbeing package

Birthday day off

Me time

Job summary

Gaming Innovation Group seeks a Lead Infrastructure Engineer in Madrid to oversee the design, implementation, and maintenance of IT infrastructure with a Kubernetes focus, spanning cloud and on‑prem environments.

You will lead the Infrastructure team within Shared Technology Services, driving IaC with Terraform and Ansible, ensuring uptime, security, and compliance, and partnering with InfoSec and vendors to meet SLAs.

Qualifications

• Operational leadership of infra or ops teams with metrics
• Strong project management for complex technical initiatives
• Deep knowledge of on-prem hardware and IaC using Terraform and Ansible
• Multi-cloud experience (AWS, Azure, GCP) on Linux and Windows

Responsibilities

• 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 for servers, networks, storage, and Kubernetes clusters
• Partner with InfoSec to enforce security controls and audit readiness
• Manage vendor relationships and SLA compliance

Skills

Ops leadership

Project management

Hybrid infra

Cloud OS mastery

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Kubernetes

Linux administration

Job description

Lead Infrastructure Engineer

Department: Technology

Employment Type: Full Time

Location: Madrid

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