Network Engineering Manager

i3D.net

At i3D.net, we provide world-class global coverage with one of the most interconnected networks in the world. Our solutions focus on low latency, zero packet loss, and unmatched scalability, enabling seamless experiences for millions of users worldwide. With dedicated support, bespoke solutions, and cutting-edge technology, we deliver reliable, cost-efficient infrastructure that empowers game developers and businesses to scale effortlessly. Partnering with major names like Nvidia, DuckDuckGo, and Ubisoft, we are shaping the future of gaming and network technology. WHY YOUR ROLE MATTERS As a Senior Linux Engineer - Databases, you take ownership of the availability, performance, and reliability of our database platforms that underpin real-time and latency-sensitive workloads across i3D.net’s global infrastructure. You operate at the intersection of database engineering, Linux systems, and platform automation, ensuring that our database environments are consumable by our internal teams, scalable, resilient, and observable. The infrastructure you work on runs in i3D.net’s own data centers, giving you direct exposure to the full vertical stack, from bare metal, Linux management and Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) to Kubernetes, database clustering, and load balancing. The role spans the full lifecycle of database platforms, from designing the service for consumptions by our internal product teams, supporting in the deployment of new clusters, automating operations, improving performance, and supporting mission critical production environments. WHAT YOU’LL BE DOING * Design and build database platforms: You design, build, and evolve highly available RDBMS platforms, ensuring they are resilient, scalable, and aligned with platform standards across multiple environments. * Operate and optimize database clusters: You manage multi-environment database clusters, including replication, failover, backups, and performance tuning, using components such as Kubernetes and load balancers. * Automate database operations: You automate database provisioning, configuration, upgrades, and maintenance using IaC, reducing manual effort and increasing consistency across environments. * Linux and systems ownership: You take responsibility for the Linux systems running database workloads, handling day-to-day operations, troubleshooting, and system-level tuning in bare metal and hybrid setups. * CI/CD for database platforms: You integrate database changes into CI/CD pipelines, supporting safe and repeatable deployments, schema changes, and configuration updates across staging and production. * Monitoring and observability: You implement and maintain monitoring and alerting for database platforms using tools such as Prometheus and Grafana, ensuring clear visibility into performance, capacity, and reliability. * Security and reliability: You apply security best practices to database platforms, including access control, encryption, and compliance requirements, while continuously improving availability and recovery processes. * Collaboration and knowledge sharing: You work closely with platform, DevOps, and application teams, sharing knowledge, improving internal tooling, and supporting incident reviews and continuous improvement. TECH STACK At i3D.net, you’ll work with: * Databases: MariaDB, PostgreSQL, multi-node clusters, replication, backups and recovery * Infrastructure and tooling: Linux (bare metal and hybrid), Docker, Kubernetes, Ansible, GitHub Actions * Observability: Prometheus, Grafana, logging and alerting stacks * Practices: Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD, Agile ways of working, you build it, you deploy it, you support it. WHAT SUCCESS LOOKS LIKE IN THE FIRST YEAR * Database platforms are stable, scalable and consumable by our systems and teams * Manual database operations are largely automated * Performance and availability issues are detected earlier and resolved faster * Backup, recovery, and failover processes are reliable and well tested * You are a trusted point of knowledge for database and platform topics within the team YOUR PROFILE * Database platform experience: You have 5+ years of hands-on experience managing production database platforms, preferably MariaDB, MySQL and PostgreSQL, with strong requirements around uptime, performance, and data integrity. * Linux & Kubernetes expertise: You are comfortable operating Linux systems, especially in on-premise or hybrid environments, and regularly troubleshoot issues spanning storage, networking, and system resources. * Automation and Infrastructure-as-Code: You use tools like Ansible and Terraform to automate database and infrastructure workflows and avoid manual configuration wherever possible. * CI/CD and platform integration: You have experience integrating databases into CI/CD pipelines and working alongside application and platform teams to support reliable releases. Experience with GitHub Actions is a plus. * Monitoring and observability: You have worked with Prometheus and Grafana in production environments and understand how to monitor database health, performance, and capacity effectively. * Collaboration and mindset: You enjoy working in platform or SRE style teams, contributing to documentation and tooling, and supporting others through reviews, incidents, and shared learning. * Remote vs onsite: This role can be based in Rotterdam, Atlanta, or Montreal/Quebec. We follow a hybrid setup with 2 days per week onsite and the remaining days remote, so you should already be based within commuting distance of one of these offices. Please note that we do not offer relocation or visa sponsorship for this role. You must already hold a valid work permit for the Netherlands, US, or Canada. WHY JOIN US? * Global Impact: Help build and operate our internal platform on our own hardware, deployed across multiple data centers worldwide, with a focus on performance, scalability, and reliability. * Innovation at Scale: Drive the orchestration and automation of our bare-metal platform, ensuring full control, scalability, and high performance across global deployments. * Hybrid Work Setup: Enjoy the flexibility of a hybrid role with a work-from-home budget and top-tier tools. * Career Growth: Access to education reimbursement, career guidance, and opportunities to upskill. * Competitive Perks: Annual bonus, Generous PTO, travel allowance, pension plan. * Free Games: Enjoy lifetime access to Ubisoft’s game library

i3D.net

At i3D.net, we provide world-class global coverage with one of the most interconnected networks in the world. Our solutions focus on low latency, zero packet loss, and unmatched scalability, enabling seamless experiences for millions of users worldwide. With dedicated support, bespoke solutions, and cutting-edge technology, we deliver reliable, cost-efficient infrastructure that empowers game developers and businesses to scale effortlessly. Partnering with major names like Nvidia, DuckDuckGo, and Ubisoft, we are shaping the future of gaming and network technology. WHY YOUR ROLE MATTERS As a Senior Systems Engineer, you’ll take ownership of the stability, automation, and performance of our internal systems infrastructure. You’ll work across CI/CD pipelines, container tooling, system tuning, and infrastructure-as-code to support real-time workloads on a global scale. The infrastructure you'll be automating is running in i3D.net's own data centers, so you will have the opportunity to work with the whole vertical stack of hardware, hypervisors, Linux management, Kubernetes clusters and other private cloud offerings. The role spans the full lifecycle, from deploying and automating services to maintaining and improving the reliability of systems running in our bare-metal and hybrid environments. KEY RESPONSIBILITIES * Design and Build Platform Features: You’ll co-architect new platform features, making sure they’re scalable, reliable, and work smoothly across middleware components like ProxMox and Kubernetes. * Automate and Optimize Infrastructure: You’ll automate the setup and management of infrastructure using tools like Terraform and Ansible, improving the performance and efficiency of systems like databases, web servers, and message queues. * CI/CD Pipeline Development: You’ll create and maintain CI/CD pipelines that help keep our development process smooth and efficient, enabling continuous integration and delivery across different environments. * Monitor and Log Systems Health: You’ll implement and manage monitoring and logging solutions to make sure everything is running smoothly, using tools like Nagios, Prometheus, Grafana, and others. * Collaborate on Systems Engineering Strategy: You’ll work closely with other teams to make sure the systems engineering strategies align with business goals and the overall product roadmap. * Ensure Security and Compliance: You’ll put security best practices into action and ensure that we meet all relevant standards and regulations to keep our platform safe and sound. * Promote SRE and GitOps Practices: You’ll advocate for Reliability and GitOps practices, helping create a culture of continuous improvement and operational excellence across the team. * Mentorship and Knowledge Sharing: You’ll mentor junior engineers and share your knowledge with the team, encouraging best practices and a focus on learning and growth. TECH STACK At i3D.net, you’ll work with: * Infrastructure & Tools: Linux (mainly Debian and Alpine), containers & Kubernetes, Terraform, Ansible, GitHub Actions workflows, ArgoCD * Middleware: nginx, OpenSearch, RabbitMQ * Databases: MySQL/MariaDB, PostgreSQL, Redis/Keydb * Observability: Nagios, Grafana, Prometheus, OpenTelemetry WHAT SUCCESS LOOKS LIKE IN THE FIRST YEAR * You’ve made the systems engineering platform more reliable, scalable, and easier to maintain * You’ve automated infrastructure tasks and reduced manual overhead * You’ve improved CI/CD pipelines to support faster, safer deployments * You’ve strengthened observability and security across the platform * You’ve contributed to the platform roadmap and supported your teammates through mentoring and collaboration ABOUT YOU * Strong Linux Expertise: Deep hands-on experience managing Linux systems in bare-metal or hybrid environments, beyond purely cloud-native setups, including container-optimized or minimal distributions. * Systems Engineering Experience: At least 4 years working with highly available, distributed, high-traffic systems such as game servers, media platforms, or global APIs, with strong uptime and performance requirements across staging and production. Design experience is a plus. * Private Cloud exposure: Experience deploying and operating Private Cloud platforms, for example OpenStack, with responsibility for production stability and lifecycle management. * Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC): Proven use of Ansible and Terraform to provision and manage infrastructure at scale. * CI/CD & GitOps: Proven use of Ansible and Terraform to provision infrastructure at scale, and solid experience building and maintaining GitHub Actions workflows, pipelines with GitOps tooling such as Argo CD. * Observability experience: Hands-on experience with Prometheus and Grafana in production environments, ideally within multi-tenant or regulated contexts. * Collaboration & Mentorship: Experience working in SRE, DevOps, or platform teams, mentoring engineers through code reviews and incident retrospectives, and contributing to internal tooling and documentation. * Remote vs Onsite: This is a hybrid role, so you'll spend some time working onsite at our Rotterdam office. If you're already in the Netherlands, great. If not, we're happy to support your move with our relocation services (a valid EU work permit is required). WHY JOIN US? * Global Impact: Help build and operate our internal platform on our own hardware, deployed across multiple data centers worldwide, with a focus on performance, scalability, and reliability. * Innovation at Scale: Drive the orchestration and automation of our bare-metal platform, ensuring full control, scalability, and high performance across global deployments. * Hybrid Work Setup: Enjoy the flexibility of a hybrid role with a work-from-home budget and top-tier tools. * Career Growth: Access education reimbursement, career guidance, and opportunities to upskill. * Competitive Perks: Annual bonus, 25 vacation days (excluding national holidays), travel allowance, and a solid pension plan. * Stay Active: Free access to our in-house gym in Rotterdam. * Free Games: Enjoy lifetime access to Ubisoft’s game library

i3D.net

At i3D.net, we provide world-class global coverage with one of the most interconnected networks in the world. Our solutions focus on low latency, zero packet loss, and unmatched scalability, enabling seamless experiences for millions of users worldwide. With dedicated support, bespoke solutions, and cutting-edge technology, we deliver reliable, cost-efficient infrastructure that empowers game developers and businesses to scale effortlessly. Partnering with major names like Nvidia, DuckDuckGo, and Ubisoft, we are shaping the future of gaming and network technology. WHY YOUR ROLE MATTERS At i3D.net, we’re building our internal security foundation, and you’ll be right at the center of it. As our Lead Security Analyst, you’ll play a key role in securing our Microsoft environment (including Azure, Entra ID, and IAM), while also working on broader topics like incident response, tooling improvements, and DDOS investigations. We’re currently moving to a new Microsoft tenant, which means you’ll help shape security from the ground up. This includes defining how access is managed, working closely with the Workspace Management (WSM) team, and supporting the rollout of new security controls and monitoring tools. You’ll collaborate closely with our other Security Analysts and subject matter experts to strengthen detection and response and help support our future SOC capabilities and i3D’s overall security program. WHAT YOU’LL BE DOING * Ownership of securing our environment from the physical layer all the way up to application: Help design and improve the security of our Azure tenant, Entra ID, and identity and access setup. * Partner with the Workspace Management (WSM) team: You’ll guide protecting employees, endpoints and tools. Coordinate with the team that manages rights, starters, movers, and leavers, so access stays under control and risks are caught early. * Tracking, and handling escalated alerts and incidents: Investigate alerts, respond to breaches or policy violations, and make sure issues are resolved properly. * Drive continuous improvement: Suggest smarter ways of working, contribute to the development of security tools and processes, and strengthen the overall security posture of the company. * Partnering with Risk and Compliance teams: maintain and enable our compliance with frameworks such as ISO27001 and NIS2 * Lead vulnerability management: Drive system patching efforts for user endpoints and server infrastructure, making sure vulnerabilities are addressed quickly and effectively. * Support our SOC setup: Help implement or improve tooling like SIEM and SOAR together with the other Security Analyst(s) and partners. * Stay ahead of threats: Track what’s happening in the security world and help us stay a step ahead. * Keep others informed: Make sure relevant updates get to the right people, and that security processes are well documented. * Collaborate with external partners: Join conversations with groups like CSIRT-DSP and handle outside security contacts when needed. * Work with internal teams: Server as a SME and business partner to aid other departments and product teams to improve how they handle security in their own systems and workflows. WHAT SUCCESS LOOKS LIKE IN THE FIRST YEAR * Our technology environment is safer, easier to manage, and aligned with best practices. * Alerts and incidents are handled faster and with more confidence, reducing overall risk. * Our SOC tooling and processes have improved, thanks to your input and collaboration. * Vulnerability management is running smoothly, and critical systems are patched on time. * The company’s overall security posture has strengthened - security is embedded in workflows and visible across teams. * You’ve made yourself known across the company as someone who drives security forward and gets things done. YOUR PROFILE * Broad security ownership experience: You bring 5+ years of experience securing enterprise environments and have owned security outcomes across identity, infrastructure, endpoints, cloud, and incident response. You have been responsible for improving security posture, not just monitoring it. * Deep Microsoft security expertise: You have hands-on experience securing Azure, Entra ID, Conditional Access, Privileged Identity Management (PIM), Intune, and Microsoft Defender. You understand how to design and implement secure identity and access controls at scale. * SOC/Blue Team experience: You've monitored, detected, and responded to security threats in live environments, led incident investigations, and coordinated remediation across multiple teams. * Security tooling and detection engineering: You have experience implementing and improving SIEM, SOAR, and detection capabilities, developing use cases, tuning alerts, and increasing the effectiveness of security monitoring. * Vulnerability management leadership: You have driven vulnerability remediation programs, partnered with infrastructure teams to prioritize risks, and ensured critical findings are resolved effectively. * Security architecture and stakeholder influence: You are comfortable advising technical teams, challenging existing approaches, and helping shape security controls, standards, and processes across the organization. * Reliable and flexible when needed: You’re available when something urgent comes up, even outside of regular hours. * Netherlands-based and Hybrid-ready: You live in the Netherlands and are happy to join us on-site around two days a week. GOOD TO HAVES * Experience with SIEM and SOAR tooling: It’s a plus if you’ve worked with tools like Wazuh, Sentinel or Splunk and helped set them up or improve how they’re used. * Certifications: CISSP, CISM, CompTIA Security+, CySA+, AZ-500, or SC-900 or other relevant security certifications help, but your real experience matters most. * Familiarity with secure development practices is a bonus. WHY JOIN US? * Real Impact: Your work directly protects our employees, platform, our customers, and the broader internet, from handling DDOS cases to shaping how we secure our systems. * Small Team, Big Ownership: You’re not just a cog in the machine; you’ll help shape tools, processes, and how we grow our security practice. * Competitive Perks: Enjoy great pay, shift bonuses, annual bonus, 25 vacation days (excluding national holidays), travel allowance, and a premium-free pension. * Skill Development: Level up with career guidance and education reimbursement. * Gaming Perks: Get lifetime access to Ubisoft’s game library and two free games every year. * Stay Active: Use our in-house gym in Rotterdam or unwind in the game and music rooms.