Senior Manager IT Infrastructure EMEA
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Senior Manager IT Infrastructure EMEA
- JR-158556
- Hybrid
- Managed Services
- Full time
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Equinix is the world’s digital infrastructure company®, shortening the path to connectivity to enable the innovations that enrich our work, life and planet.
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Job Summary
Equinix Managed Solutions provides worldwide infrastructure platforms and infrastructure management services to its customers and has teams in 8 countries worldwide. In EMEA, Equinix Managed Solutions has teams in Ireland, Finland, the Netherlands, Spain and the United Kingdom, and also delivers services in France, Germany, Sweden and Turkey. Further expansion in EMEA is underway.
As Senior Manager Infrastructure for EMEA, you are responsible for the availability, health and security of the IT infrastructure platforms and services we deliver to our customers. Your scope will be all compute, storage and backup devices, as well as the virtualization software used to manage and present these to our customers. You will work closely with your colleagues in the Support team, the Network team and the Operating Systems and Applications team to provide an excellent experience for our customers and employees. The EMEA infra team consists of 18 virtualization, storage and backup engineers.
In this role you will:
Maintain, and if necessary, improve the availability, health and security of the platforms
Create short- and long-term plans and budgets, and steer the execution of these plans
Steer all relevant infrastructural ITIL-related processes
Maintain a work environment where people feel included and motivated
Improve and simplify operational processes and procedures
Work with other departments on expanding the platforms and onboarding new customers
Improve the scalability of the department
What You Bring:
A curious, results‑driven, collaborative, and open mindset
The ability to proactively address issues before they escalate
A strong ability to work effectively in a functionally organized, international environment built on cooperation
Several years of experience leading infrastructure teams within a solution‑provider context
A proven track record of simplifying processes and a strong affinity for automation
Experience in project governance
Experience working in an international environment (preferred)
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