Descripción de la oferta
At Infront, we are committed to fostering an inclusive workplace, recognizing our diverse team as one of our most valuable assets.
For 25 years, Infront has been empowering financial market experts to make faster, smarter, compliant decisions. Over time, we have expanded our foundation by bringing together companies with more than 75 years of combined market experience and trust. All these years on, we're still building. Opening our new Madrid office this summer marks an exciting next chapter, and we're growing our team in order to write it.
Our strength lies in market data, delivering reliable, accurate information through a powerful suite of tools, spanning Data Intelligence, Wealth Management solutions, and Trading & Investor solutions, that our users depend on every day. Today, we are one of Europe’s leading providers of market data and financial software, helping professionals navigate markets with confidence and speed.
About the Role
We're looking for a Team Lead IT Operations to take charge of a small, hands-on infrastructure and operations team supporting our IT platforms and services. You'll inherit a running, established team where you will be stepping in, getting close to the technology and the people, and keeping operations running at a high standard while helping the team develop.
You'll work in an environment spanning both Linux and Windows, with hands-on Linux experience essential and Windows experience a strong plus. Cloud infrastructure runs primarily on AWS and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI). The team operates on-call coverage and works closely with our Germany-based operations team on shared technology and platforms.
What You’ll Do
Lead, coach, and develop a team of 5–6 operations engineers, while remaining actively involved in the technical work.
Coordinate the team's on-call rotation and work with our German Operations team to ensure effective 24/7 operational coverage.
Act as the senior technical and operational escalation point for complex infrastructure and major production incidents.
Drive automation and standardization, reducing manual operational work through scripting, configuration management and Infrastructure-as-Code.
Continuously improve monitoring, observability and alerting across our services and infrastructure.
Coordinate closely with our Operations team in Germany on shared technology and cross-team alignment
Own our cloud infrastructure operations, with a strong focus on AWS and OCI
Drive service delivery against SLAs/KPIs: incident, request, problem, and change management
Use incident and operational data to identify recurring problems, improve reliability and reduce operational toil. Maintain and improve operational documentation, runbooks, and standard operating procedures
Champion compliance and security in daily operations — vulnerability management, incident response, business continuity, and disaster recovery
Drive lifecycle management and migration of end-of-life infrastructure and operating systems onto supported platforms.
Build relationships with key stakeholders across IT, development, and the (growing) Information Security function
Who you are
Strong hands-on experience in Linux environments; Windows experience is a plus
Solid experience leading or coordinating an IT operations/infrastructure team in a hands-on, player-coach role, remaining actively involved in day-to-day technical operations, including troubleshooting complex Linux, cloud, container and infrastructure issues alongside the team.
Good understanding of networking, operating systems, infrastructure and production application dependencies.
Experience with cloud platforms, particularly AWS; OCI experience is a strong plus
Practical experience operating containerized environments and Kubernetes, including troubleshooting workloads, deployments and platform issues.
Strong automation mindset, with experience in scripting and configuration/infrastructure automation using tools such as Bash, Python, Ansible, Puppet and/or Terraform.
Experience with monitoring and observability across metrics, logs, alerting and dashboards, using technologies such as Grafana, ELK/OpenSearch and Zabbix.
Familiarity with Git, CI/CD pipelines and modern DevOps ways of working.
Practical understanding of ITSM/ITIL practices, particularly incident, problem and change management.
A strong sense of ownership and accountability: mentality to get things done and drive issues through to resolution.
Curiosity and a willingness to challenge existing approaches constructively and continuously look for opportunities to simplify.
Energy and a genuine interest in growing further in your career
Awareness of compliance and security obligations in an operational environment (business continuity, disaster recovery, vulnerability and incident response)
Fluent business English
Technologies Our Team Uses
These aren't requirements for the Team Lead role, they're shared here to give you a sense of the tools and technologies the wider team uses day to day.
Scripting: Bash, Python, PowerShell
Automation and configuration management: Puppet, Ansible
Our offer
Health & wellness:private health insurance and employee assistance.Holiday:25 days per year.Remote work:Enjoy the opportunity to work one day a week from home, with flexible working hours where possible. You may also request to work up to four weeks per year from a different location.Learning & development:Support your career progression with access to learning resources, ongoing conversations with your manager, and opportunities to share the knowledge you gain with your team.Culture & impact:Be part of an international team with a startup mindset and play a key role in building our new office culture.
Additional notes
Employment is subject pre-employment screening (references & background checks).
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