Optasia

IT Infrastructure Engineer, Team Leader, Fintech

Optasia

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Athens • 🇬🇷 Greece

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Job Level

Senior

Tech Stack

VMware

About the role

  • Lead the Hardware & Virtualization team to ensure operational excellence, capacity optimization, and service continuity.
  • Oversee management of servers, storage systems, and VMware environments.
  • Define and enforce infrastructure configuration standards and documentation practices.
  • Perform capacity planning for on-premise and third-party hosted environments, including sizing for upgrades and new deployments.
  • Manage incident resolution, O&M activities, and escalation with vendors or support providers.
  • Supervise firmware and ESXi upgrades, ensuring minimal downtime and rollback preparedness.
  • Maintain accurate inventory management through tools such as Device42 and SSMC.
  • Track End of Support and End of Life for hardware and coordinate timely replacements or migrations.
  • Administer support contracts and ensure SLA compliance with vendors and service providers.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver migration projects and infrastructure improvements.
  • Provide leadership, mentoring, and technical guidance to team members.

Requirements

  • 5+ years of experience in infrastructure engineering, with at least 2 years in a leadership or senior technical role.
  • Strong hands-on knowledge of VMware virtualization technologies.
  • Experience managing enterprise server and storage platforms, including configuration, maintenance, and lifecycle management.
  • Familiarity with monitoring and inventory tools such as SSMC and Device42.
  • Proven ability to manage capacity planning, incident management, and O&M in complex environments.
  • Proven ability to manage a small team.
  • Solid understanding of firmware and hypervisor upgrade procedures.
  • Experience handling hardware support contracts, EOS/EOL tracking, and vendor coordination.
  • Excellent organizational, documentation, and communication skills.

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.

Hard skills
infrastructure engineeringVMware virtualizationcapacity planningincident managementO&M activitiesfirmware upgradeshypervisor upgradesserver managementstorage managementlifecycle management
Soft skills
leadershipmentoringtechnical guidanceorganizational skillsdocumentation skillscommunication skills