Senior Team Lead, Infrastructure Engineering

We are looking for a Senior Infrastructure Engineer to lead a team in Barcelona, Spain. The Unix Infrastructure Operations  team bridges hardware and application layers. If you're an expert in Linux with experience supporting large-scale global environments and are passionate about leading a technical team - we'd love to connect!

About You – experience, education, skills, and accomplishments

• Bachelor's degree (or equivalent experience) in Computer Science, IT, or a related field.

• 5+ years of experience managing, configuring, troubleshooting Linux/Unix systems in large-scale production environments, supporting production applications.

• 2+ years of experience leading a technical team, running projects, collaborating across the organization, and reporting to stakeholders.

• 4+ years working in data centers and with enterprise-grade hardware, storage, and networking. Strong knowledge of physical computing (CPUs, memory, storage) and hardware troubleshooting.

• 4+ years of experience with automation - Bash/Python scripting, Chef.

• 5+ years with virtualization technologies such as VMware.

• 5+ years using and configuring monitoring and DC management tools like OpsView and Device42.

• 4+ years experience working with network/infrastructure services such as DNS, DHCP, FTP, NTP, NFS, Mail, and others.

• Experience mentoring junior team members, creating/enforcing policies and processes, resolving conflicts, and acting as an escalation point.

• Solid understanding of network security. Ability to support audits, hardening, and best practices.

It would be great if you also had . . .

• Experience with enterprise storage systems such as EMC, Pure, or NetApp.

• Experience collaborating with third-party vendors for product evaluations and purchasing.

• Experience with backup systems (Avamar, Datadomain) and best practices.

• Experience to creating project plans, budgets, and documentation involving different products and teams.

• Knowledge of basic database administration and with database systems (MySQL, MongoDB, Cassandra), including query writing, performance diagnosis, and replication configuration.

• Proficiency with networked storage (iSCSI, NFS) and networking protocols (TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP/REST, SSL).

• Experience with public cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud).

• Software engineering experience.

What will you be doing in this role?

• Ensure daily functionality, performance, and security of our products.

• Perform day-to-day technical work as well as lead a team of engineers, acting as a mentor, decision maker, and escalation point.

• Collaborate with R&D and Infrastructure Engineering on:

  • Infrastructure sizing, provisioning, and capacity management.

  • Performance monitoring, troubleshooting, and issue resolution.

  • Diagnosing hardware/networking issues and collaborating with Engineering teams.

  • Upgrades, updates, and migrations (server firmware, databases, application code).

  • Backups and disaster recovery.

• Assess new technologies and implement process/tool improvements.

• Manage long-term projects and act as an SME/owner of application and infrastructure components.

• Oversee capacity, costs, and budgets.

• Provide escalation support for R&D and Product teams.

• Serve as a thought leader, architect, and mentor for junior team members and other teams.

Hours of Work

• Full-time (40 hours/week), permanent role.

• Hybrid model: Work 2–3 days a week from our Barcelona office near Sagrada Familia.

What we can offer

• 30 working days of vacation

• Volunteering community, with 40 paid hours of volunteering time

• Private Health and Life & Disability insurances.

• Tax-free benefits (Ticket Restaurant scheme, kindergarten, and transport cards).