IT Infrastructure and Cloud Team Leader

Description

Moon Active is one of the world’s fastest-growing mobile game companies, providing entertainment for millions of active users across the universe. The company is headquartered in the heart of Tel Aviv.   

We’re looking for an experienced & talented IT Infrastructure Team Leader to join our growing IT department and lead our IT and Cloud Corporate Infrastructure.

You’ll be suggesting, implementing and deploying new IT solutions together with maintaining our existing IT infrastructure, assuring that all of our systems are in optimal condition, providing the best service to our clients.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of IT Infrastructure & Cloud engineers, managing their day-to-day operational work including prioritizing tasks and meeting team goals. 
• Be a focal point for escalations requests from the field, related to our global corporate on-premise and cloud infrastructure. This includes servers, storage appliances, active network equipment, firewalls and cloud services.
• Support a variety of IT cloud-related SaaS services and platforms such as AWS, Okta, Google Workspace, MDM, Cloud Backups, Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA), Secure Web Gateway, Cloud-based EDR and other cutting-edge technologies.
• Define network policies and procedures, including design and planning network communication systems. 
• Assure and monitor high network performance (availability, utilization, throughput, QoS, latency, etc.)
• Suggest, implement and deploy new solutions together while maintaining the existing infrastructure, assure that all our systems are in optimal condition, and provide the best service to our clients. 
• Identify IT related business requirements and propose innovative solutions to enhance efficiency and productivity.
• Set roadmap objectives, goals, and KPIs for the IT infrastructure team. 
• Design and implement the IT Infrastructure in new offices worldwide contributing to our global expansion.
• Collaborating with our security team to implement technology and security policies, safeguarding our systems and data from potential threats.
• Lead IT purchasing decisions and processes as needed.

Requirements

• Proven experience leading a team of System Administrators and IT Infrastructure engineers.
• Hands-on experience in networking, routing, switching, enterprise firewalls and VPNs (such as Cisco, Aruba, Dell, Juniper, Check Point, Palo Alto, Fortinet, etc.)
• Experience with IT directory services, infrastructures and protocols, including GPO, Okta/Single Sign-On, Azure Active Directory, DNS, LDAP etc.
• Experience with a range of cloud services, including compute, storage, databases, networking, security, and monitoring on AWS or GCP platforms.
• Hands-on experience in managing Linux servers, including CentOS, Ubuntu or Red Hat.
• Familiarity with NAS storage systems (NetApp, Dell EMC - An advantage).
• High customer orientation and exceptional communication skills, enabling effective collaboration with employees in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to promote activities and lead projects end-to-end. 
• Fluent Hebrew & English. 
• Ability to write scripts and automate tasks using Bash, Python, PowerShell
• Knowledge of backup and recovery strategies and disaster recovery planning - An advantage.