Manager Datacenter and Infrastructure

YOUR FUTURE, ON DEMAND
The ideal blend of stability and flexibility. A genuinely human employer that cares for people and the planet. True autonomy to shape what comes next, for us and you. This is the perfect platform to take your career where you want.
Back in 2005, we pioneered Europe’s first TV streaming service. Today, we’re the world’s first certified climate neutral TV streaming provider. 3 million users across three countries. Over 230 colleagues of 47 nationalities. We’re the grown-up start-up, helping to shape a better future since day one. That hasn’t changed, even if the world has. We’re friendly, international, inclusive - and our people say we’re reliable and transparent, too. It’s why they trust us and believe in what we do.
THE ROLE
As a Manager Datacenter and Infrastructure, you should be passionate about all areas of data center infrastructure and networking. You will be a leader within a dynamic team of experts in support of the company’s streaming services. With your team, you will be responsible for operating, maintaining and developing our Datacenters, Server and Network Infrastructure, and conducting projects to extend capacity and connectivity. You will play a key role in ensuring the stable operation of our services, scaling our infrastructure, and optimizing our network.
Last but not least, you can play a key role in helping to transition our services to carbon-neutrality and allow us to fully live up to our core value of Sustainability, by identifying CO2 emitters and finding alternative solutions in hosting, powering, and distribution.
THE OPERATIONS TEAM
At Zattoo we are building the TV platform of the future. We are looking for a Manager Datacenter and Infrastructure to join our growing Operations team. We control the whole IPTV chain from satellite and Multicast ingest through hosting hundreds of servers, petabyte-scale storage and Tbps-scale streaming over our own network and CDN. There are many exciting areas to work on and to push TV to a new level.
WHAT YOU’LL DO
- Lead a team of 4 engineers responsible for data center and network services
- Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to ensure sustainable service delivery
- Be responsible for operation, maintenance and renewal of the entire high-availability datacenter infrastructure
- Be involved in choosing general hardware choices
- Together with the team plan our network and security equipment and related services
- Manage external supplier relationship
- Manage and deliver mid-size projects
- Work with the SRE, Video and Dev teams to define and document standards and architectures

WHAT YOU’LL BRING
- 5+ years managing network or datacenter engineering teams
- 10+ years working in Internet related fields - e.g. Telecom, CDN, Streaming
- Extensive experience with Data Center operations and planning
- In-depth understanding of CDN concepts
- Experience in selecting, testing, and deploying hardware
- Knowledgeable in network engineering procedures, best practices, and implementation of network documentation and diagramming
- Willingness to learn new technologies and maintain industry knowledge
- Ability to plan, organize, and prioritize projects according to organizational direction
- Excellent communication skills and ability to collaborate with multiple teams
- Bonus:

- Linux experience
- Juniper or Cisco IOS-XR expertise
- Interest in or experience with sustainable data center operation

WHY JOIN US?
At Zattoo, you’re always on firm ground with real freedom to explore. You’ll have the support and opportunity you need to go far, while you’re helping us create a sustainable and entertainment-filled future for all.
WHAT WE OFFER YOU
- Reward: strong market competitive salary
- Recharge: 27 days vacation plus public holidays
- Regulate: trust based flexible working hours and the option for remote work worldwide for up to 8 weeks per year

**Plus**:

- We’re sharing: Free access to the best streaming experience on the market
- We're developing: Your own development budget, German classes and Zattoo all-company hack days
- We’re inclusive: ‘Zattooies’ are a fun, engaged, and diverse team made up of 47 nationalities
- We’re healthy: Health checks, team sports, organic fruit, vegan options and more
- We’re responsible: We are carbon neutral, an active employee Green team, discounted BVG tickets and free bike rentals
- We’re sociable: A calendar of events with fireside chats, lunches, BBQ’s, monthly socials, summer party and an annual off-site event