Director Competence Center IT Infrastructure (m/w/d)

Your responsibilities

• Leadership of our BestSecret Competence Center IT Infrastructure team and scaling of the team according to our strong growth
• Responsibility for the company network, server administration (housing), provision of IaaS cloud services, active directory management, management of security aspects, VoIP and more, including the delivery of 24/7 service operations
• Creation of an IaaS vision and strategy and create business value consistent with the company’s requirements and expectations
• Change management from on-premise to cloud and guidance of the team
• Planning, project management and identification of opportunities for automation, cost savings, and service quality improvement
• Development and establishment of enterprise standards and infrastructure architecture including product and vendor evaluations ensuring best in class technologies and partners

Your qualification

• Long-term proven track record, including 5+ years of leadership experience in a production 24/7 high-availability, hybrid enterprise environment, including application hosting, voice and data networks, security, and information protection
• Experience of leading overall IT infrastructure for a complex organization and network, including multicounty setup, VLAN setup for regulatory requirement, managing data protection, etc.
• Working knowledge of Storage Area Network (SAN) and related technologies, Cisco-based network communications technology, high availability and disaster recovery architecture, communication, and related technologies
• Deep technical know-how for complex infrastructure implementations, system upgrades and operational troubleshooting in combination with experience of transition projects from on-premise systems to the cloud
• Experience with comprehensive disaster recovery architectures and operations, including storage area network and redundant, highly available server and network architectures
• Great hands-on leadership personality who is not only fun to work with but also has a passion for IT infrastructure and technology and experienced in strategy definition and the writing of papers for executive review
• English and German fluently in speaking and writing

Our offer to you

• Wertschätzende und offene Unternehmenskultur mit Teamspirit
• Gründliche Einarbeitungsphase durch „Paten“
• Entwicklungs- und Weiterbildungsmöglichkeiten
• Flexible Arbeitszeiten und 30 Tage Urlaub
• Remote: Ob Du in Berlin, Hamburg, Köln, Frankfurt, Stuttgart oder Leipzig wohnst – bei uns ist ortsungebundenes Arbeiten (z. B. Mobile Working) möglich
• Attraktives Gehalt
• state-of-the-art IT-Equipment und Tools
• Betriebliche Altersvorsorge
• Attraktive Mitarbeiterrabatte bei BestSecret und Schustermann & Borenstein
• Betriebliches Gesundheitsmanagement (Firmenmitgliedschaft im Body & Soul und Urban Sports Club und Massage am Arbeitsplatz u. v. m.)
• Firmenevents und gemeinsame Sportaktivitäten
• Kostenfreie Getränke, frisches Obst sowie vergünstigtes Essen
• Gute öffentliche Anbindung und kostenfreie Parkplätze