EMEA IT Ops Lead (Lisbon) — Automation & Endpoints

Discord

Lisboa

On-site

EUR 70,000 - 110,000

Full time

11 days ago

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Job summary

Discord is opening an engineering hub in Lisbon, its first outside the San Francisco HQ. You will stand up the full employee technology surface across EMEA, based in Lisbon and supporting Discordians throughout the region.

This highly independent senior role requires navigating ambiguity and turning a greenfield into a reliable IT operation. You will be the trusted IT face in EMEA, managing onboarding/offboarding, regional vendor relations, and cross-team collaboration while ensuring coverage

Qualifications

Experience with identity management, device management across Mac and Windows, and corporate networking.
Ability to operate independently through ambiguity and stand something up from scratch.
Strong automation skills with Python and no-code/low-code workflows.

Responsibilities

Stand up IT for the region, starting with Lisbon: establish the office's technology footprint and vendor relationships.
Own the full surface end to end in region: identity and access, device management, networking, and SaaS.
Script and integrate across that surface using APIs to connect systems.
Run onboarding and offboarding for the region to ensure day-one readiness.
Be the EMEA coverage anchor to align with San Francisco hours and async handoffs.
Identify recurring issues, automate processes, and measure time and risk savings.
Participate in on-call rotations.