Head of Infrastructure & Production (H/F)

Horizon Trading Solutions; Paris; On-site; Full time

Job summary

A leading fintech company in Paris is seeking a Head of Infrastructure & Production to manage global infrastructure operations. This role involves leading teams, ensuring security governance, and fostering continuous improvement in a fast-paced environment. The ideal candidate will have 7-10 years of experience in IT production management, with proficiency in Linux and virtualization technologies. A commitment to diversity and inclusion is promoted within the organization.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 7 to 10 years in IT infrastructure and production management, preferably in fintech.
• Experience managing technical teams in a challenging environment.
• Proficiency in virtualization and storage technologies.

Responsibilities

• Lead the MS Build & Run teams for infrastructure operations.
• Oversee the Change Advisory Board and validate deployments.
• Manage critical incidents and ensure compliance with SLAs.
• Define standards for deployment and monitoring.

Skills

Leadership

Linux proficiency

Agile methodologies

Decision-making

Communication skills in English

Tools

Ansible

Terraform

Proxmox

Kubernetes

Datadog

Prometheus

Ceph

Job description

Overview

Head of Infrastructure & Production (H/F) for a Fintech platform serving electronic financial markets. The role leads cross-functional teams and oversees global infrastructure operations, industrialization, security governance, and continuous improvement in a fast-paced, multilingual environment.

We are looking for a Head of Infrastructure & Production in charge of the following areas and responsibilities.

Responsibilities

• Functionally lead the MS Build & Run teams.
• Collaborate closely with the Engineering, IT, CDM, and Security (CISO) teams.
• Oversee the Change Advisory Board (CAB) and validate production deployments.
• Supervise the daily operations of central infrastructures (PSRV, Proxmox/Ceph, network, etc.) and client infrastructures (hosted dedicated/mutualized).
• Ensure high availability, resilience, scalability, and security of the platforms.
• Manage critical incidents and guarantee compliance with Service Level Agreements (SLAs).
• Define and implement standards for deployment, monitoring, backup, updates, etc.
• Participate in the evolution towards a containerized and orchestrated architecture (Kubernetes, Terraform, IaC).
• Develop DevOps/MSOps practices in coordination with architects.
• Work with the CISO to define and apply security best practices: patch management, PAM, access rights management.
• Ensure the auditability of technical environments and production best practices.

Qualifications & Experience

• Minimum of 7 to 10 years in infrastructure and IT production management in a demanding context (fintech, SaaS, trading, cloud providers, etc.).
• Experience in cross-functional or hierarchical management of technical teams.
• Proficiency in Linux environments, virtualization (Proxmox, KVM), storage (Ceph), monitoring (Datadog, Prometheus), deployment (Ansible, Terraform).
• Knowledge of distributed architectures, performance issues (latency, bandwidth), and IT security.

Soft Skills

• Management and leadership, rigor, initiative, and decision-making ability.
• Comfort in agile, multicultural, and distributed environments.
• Good written and oral communication skills, including in English.

Additional Context

Operational and cross-functional management within an international, 150-employee company with a focus on responsible practices (B-Corp, Planet Tech’care, Ethical AI, etc.). The organization is active in 6 countries and serves clients in 26.

Equal opportunity employer: Horizon is committed to diversity, multiculturalism, and inclusion.

Location notes: Paris, Île-de-France, France; multiple related roles and locations mentioned in related postings.