Head of Infrastructure - Geneve, Schweiz - Proton

Proton

Geprüftes Unternehmen

Geneve, Schweiz

vor 1 Woche

Geschrieben von:

Lena Schneider

beBee Recruiter

Beschreibung

A better internet, where privacy is the default, is possible.

Building this better internet might seem daunting or even unthinkable, but at Proton, this is what we do every day.

Today, Proton makes privacy universally accessible.

Journalists from outlets like _The Guardian_ and _The New York Times_, some of the world's largest organizations, and people in more than 180 countries have signed up for over 70 million accounts.

Our diverse and dynamic team is made up of more than 400 members representing over 40 different nationalities.

While we are based in Geneva, Switzerland, we have offices in Zurich, Prague, London, Vilnius, Skopje, Taipei, and many more employees working remotely around the world.

Join one of Europe's fastest-growing companies to help us solve challenging problems and build new products that will reach hundreds of millions of people.

We want to create more than just one of the world's most impactful tech companies; we want to create a new internet that serves the interests of all people.

We need you, your voice, your ideas, and your ambition to make it happen.

Purpose of the role

You will play a pivotal role in supporting the successful scaling of our organization by delivering our products to a growing user base of 70+ million people.

What you will do

Developing and driving longterm strategy for our production and development infrastructure engineering, architecture, and operations, delivering high performance, security, reliability, and usability.
Ensuring that production services critical to our systems are designed, deployed, and maintained with security and reliability at the forefront.
Ensuring a robust Disaster Recovery strategy for critical systems and infrastructure.
Assessing and developing optimal levels of automation, standardization, and monitoring, so that the performance of our systems is maximized and enabling an SLA uptime of 99.9%.
Leading, growing, developing, and operating a highperforming global infrastructure organization that comprises Systems & Reliability, Applications, Network, Databases, Hardware and Datacenters, DevOps, and IT support teams.
Fostering a strong culture of operational health, standard methodologies, detail orientation, and innovation. Ensure skills are regularly updated to leverage technologies and methodologies that can deliver a competitive advantage to the business.
Partnering with senior leadership to plan and execute a multiyear plan to establish and maintain a services infrastructure that can support Proton's strategy and its fastpaced growth, while operating at a high level of efficiency.
Managing budgets for our IT architecture, with a solid sense of balance for efficiency and focus.
Liaising with top management throughout the organization to ensure the alignment and prioritization of resources in line with business priorities.

Job requirements

Previous experience of administering Linux systems at a large scale and with highly available infrastructure.
Sound customer service and collaboration skills, with the ability to lead and inspire crossfunctional interdisciplinary teams.
Startup mindset (pragmatic, adaptive, energetic, and efficient). You must lead from the front, be handson, and have a strong work ethic. You should also have a bias towards action, execution, and making continuous improvements.
Business acumen, experience in building business cases, budgets, ROI, and other financial analysis as needed.
Deliver costeffective services to the Business Units.
Extensive project and change management skills, combined with experience in crisis management.
Experience in engaging with and influencing senior leaders and board members.
Outstanding project management and organizational skills.
Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills.

Why should you join Proton?
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Be part of a movement - Proton is not just a product or service but a community-driven movement united by a shared vision of online freedom. Our services are open source, audited, and supported by community contributions. We give back to our community by maintaining core encryption libraries and by supporting other organizations furthering the same goals as us. Proton is free, open source, neutral, independent, and community first, while remaining financially sustainable.
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Work with smart and dedicated people - Our team is diverse, collaborative, and tight-knit with people coming from all walks of life, including many of the world's top academic institutions and organizations, such as MIT, Harvard, Stanford, Caltech, Cambridge, and ETH.
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Grow with us - We're one of Europe's fastest-growing startups, doubling in size every year. Our growth gives you limitless career and educational opportunities as well as the opportunity to work side-by-side with many world-leading experts in their fields.
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Have your voice heard - We value your opinion and encourage you to speak up and share your ideas and th