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Overview

Team Lead Infrastructure & Network Engineering (f/m/d)

Join to apply for the Team Lead Infrastructure & Network Engineering (f/m/d) role at GMX, WEB.DE & mail.com. Do you thrive in leading infrastructure teams focused on networking, virtualization, and platform operations? Are you passionate about building scalable, high-availability systems that meet modern technological and business demands? Do you enjoy shaping strategy, mentoring engineers, and driving technical excellence across diverse domains?

At Mail & Media, we are the digital home for over 42 million users across our brands GMX, WEB.DE, and mail.com. We operate one of Europe’s largest e-mail platforms with a highly scalable, container-based infrastructure. Our teams work with cutting-edge technologies including AI, Big Data, and secure cloud services, shaping the future of digital communication.

Join us as Team Lead Infrastructure & Network Services (f/m/d) and take full ownership of our infrastructure platform. You’ll lead a skilled team, collaborate across departments, and ensure the stability, agility, and continuous improvement of our systems.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a cross-functional infrastructure team covering networking, load balancing, security, virtualization, and platform operations.
• Ensure the stability, scalability, and agility of system infrastructure through strategic planning and operational excellence.
• Drive infrastructure projects, support architectural decisions, and promote automation and standardization.
• Coordinate with internal stakeholders including DevOps, software engineering, product management, and compliance.
• Represent your team in change and risk management processes and foster continuous improvement through RCA and coaching.

Your Profile / Qualifications

• A degree in Computer Science or a related technical field — or equivalent practical experience.
• Several years of experience in network architecture, virtualization, system engineering, IT security, or automation.
• Strong knowledge of BGP, OSPF, VLAN/VXLAN, MPLS, firewalls, VPNs, and load balancing (L4/L7, TLS offloading).
• Expertise in virtualization (KVM, KubeVirt), distributed storage (Ceph, ZFS, Longhorn), and automation tools (Ansible, Terraform, CI/CD).
• Familiarity with monitoring and logging stacks (Prometheus, Grafana, Loki), and experience in RCA and architecture alignment across teams.
• Our corporate culture: No dress code, flat hierarchies, open and transparent communication.
• Individual development opportunities: diverse training programmes, e-learning and internal communities, leadership training, language courses, mentoring.
• Benefits and additional services: company pension scheme, capital-forming benefits, discounts on own products, job ticket, company car, bike leasing, corporate benefits portal.
• Attractive working conditions: 30 days holiday, hybrid working, full-time and part-time arrangements, free choice between Linux, Mac, or Windows.
• Social: team events, summer and winter parties, family and care service, sports and fitness programmes, subsidised canteen, free fruit and drinks, health courses.
• Topics that are also important to us: Sustainability, diversity and our values and leadership principles - find out more on our website mail-and-media.com.

Reference ID: 292

Seniority level

Mid-Senior level

Employment type

Full-time

Job function

Information Technology

Industries

Technology, Information and Internet

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