System Engineering Team Lead

Budapest

Full-time

Permanent employee

Your mission

We are looking for an experienced and people-oriented System Engineering Team Lead to lead our European system engineering team and take ownership of our core IT infrastructure services. The position is based in Budapest with a hybrid work schedule (2 days teleworking).
In this role, you will combine technical leadership with strategic ownership, ensuring the reliability, scalability, and efficiency of critical platforms across a hybrid IT environment.

Your profile

Duties and responsibilities

Leadership & Team Development

Lead, mentor, and grow a distributed system engineering team across Europe
Drive workforce planning, skills development, and team resilience
Ensure effective on-call coordination and operational readiness

Service & Infrastructure Ownership

Own end-to-end delivery of core IT services (virtualization, Active Directory, backup, etc.)
Ensure high availability, stability, and performance across all systems
Take full ownership of Windows and Linux server environments

Platforms & Architecture

Oversee VMware, Proxmox, and Kubernetes platforms (availability, capacity, performance)
Drive infrastructure design and lifecycle strategies aligned with business needs
Contribute to long-term architecture and modernization initiatives

Operations & Continuous Improvement

Lead incident management and act as escalation point for critical issues
Ensure proactive monitoring, risk detection, and operational excellence
Drive automation, standardization, and Infrastructure-as-Code adoption

Resilience, Security & Compliance

Define and enforce backup, disaster recovery, and resilience strategies
Ensure compliance with security policies, audits, and regulatory requirements
Lead remediation and continuous improvement from audit findings

Governance & Efficiency

Own change, maintenance, and release processes in a global environment
Manage infrastructure cost efficiency (PEX/OPEX transparency & optimization)
Oversee asset lifecycle, licensing, and documentation standards

Collaboration & Stakeholder Management

Work closely with Network, Security, and Application teams internationally
Provide clear communication and documentation for technical and business stakeholders

Required Qualifications, Experience & Competencies

Professional Experience & Skills

7+ years of experience in system engineering / IT infrastructure
Proven leadership or senior-level responsibility in complex environments
Degree in Computer Science or similar (or equivalent experience)
Strong expertise in Windows environments (Active Directory, Windows Server)
Hands-on experience with virtualization platforms (VMware, Proxmox)
Good knowledge of Linux systems
Experience with cloud platforms (Azure and/or AWS), ideally hybrid setups
Solid understanding of monitoring, alerting, and operational thresholds
Strong experience with Jira & Confluence (incident management, documentation)
Expertise in automation and scripting is a plus
Structured, documentation-driven and audit-ready minds
Strong leadership and people development skills
Excellent communication and stakeholder management
Analytical, proactive, and solution-oriented approach
Focus on resilience, efficiency, and continuous improvement
Fluent English and Hungarian (written and spoken)
Willingness to travel internationally (10–20%)

Why us?

We are offering

Professional challenges, inspiring, diverse tasks
Learning path on new technologies
Multiculture environment
Flexible working hours and home office days
Relaxed atmosphere, steady, supportive international team
Easily accessible modern office with good infrastructure
Complimentary coffee, fruit and snacks