Infrastructure & IT Security Engineer

at  Symbiotics Group

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Symbiotics is the leading market access platform for impact investing, dedicated to private markets in emerging and frontier economies. The group offers investment, asset management and capacity building services. Since 2005, we have originated over 7,800 investments representing more than USD 9.8 billion for 590 companies in 96 countries. We manage an aggregate portfolio of USD 2.9 billion spread across 23 funds and mandates. Our portfolio companies have also benefited from over 145 technical assistance projects worth more than USD 18 million. Symbiotics is a certified B Corporation. Our team, consisting of 184 dedicated staff members, operates out of 10 office locations globally, including Geneva, Zurich, Paris, Amsterdam, London, Cape Town, Delhi, Mexico City, Singapore, and Yerevan. This diverse and skilled team is the backbone of our operation, driving forward our mission to deliver impactful investment solutions to our partners and the communities we serve. As we continue to expand our reach and deepen our impact, we are looking for passionate individuals to join our team. If you share our commitment to making a difference and possess the skills and experience we seek, we would love to hear from you.
We are a fast-growing, market-leading company, offering a dynamic work environment in the growing impact investment space. Our people are our biggest competitive advantage.
We believe that in order to recruit the best professionals all applications must be reviewed equally. For this reason, we will not require personal data such as photos, date of birth or gender to be included on CV applications.
About the Job
Who we are looking for
You are an experienced Infrastructure & IT Security engineer, who enjoys Infrastructure administration, managing networks, servers and security systems, identifying opportunities for improvement, deploy selected digital solutions.
You have experience in implementing digital solutions. You will collaborate with people of various expertise such as Information Systems, Data management and Business Intelligence.
The position is based in our Head office in Geneva, with reporting line to the Head of Information Technology.
The Infrastructure and IT Security Manager serves as both a technical lead and a manager, responsible for overseeing IT infrastructure services and information security. In addition to managing networks, servers, telephony, and cybersecurity, they take a lead role in procurement digital projects.

Infrastructure Management

• Continuously optimize the IT infrastructure, considering technological improvements and new design patterns with cloud technologies.
• Implement best practices for infrastructure design, support, and operational running of on-premises and cloud environments.
• Develop standards for hardware, software, and information security.
• Support Business Continuity Plans with well-architected disaster recovery solutions.
• Collaborate with third parties, developers, and hosting providers to ensure secure, resilient, and scalable virtual infrastructure and web hosting environments.
• Manage support team and act as second level support for infrastructure tasks.

Technical Lead

• Act as the technical lead during procurement digital projects, collaborating with cross-functional teams to evaluate, select, and manage deployment of technology solutions.
• Provide technical expertise in evaluating vendors, assessing proposals, and ensuring alignment with technical requirements.
• Guide the implementation of new infrastructure components, ensuring seamless integration with existing systems, guiding interfaces between solutions.

Methodology

• Ensure the technical process is documented, adequate and up to date.

Your Qualification

YOU HAVE THE FOLLOWING SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES:

• Bachelor or Master degree in Systems and Network Administration.
• 3+ years’ experience in a related role.
• Experience managing Azure infrastructure services, Azure AD.
• Proven experience managing firewalls, routers, switches and wifi access points.
• Proficiency in Office 365, SharePoint, Teams and email systems.
• Knowledge in Dynamics 365 CRM & Business Central, Zerto Solutions, Metallic backups are a plus.
• Knowledge of hybrid Exchange environments, VMWare migration, and Windows Servers administration.
• Experience with software development life cycle and procurement projects.
• Knowledge of agile methodologies and tools.
• Ability to manage competing demands and priorities.
• Proven information security background.
• Familiarity with Cyber Essentials certification.

Soft Skills

• You have strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• You pay attention to details and are meticulous in your work.
• You enjoy collaborating with others to reach common goals and are comfortable communicating with stakeholders at all levels of the organization.
• You easily build trust with others by being down to earth, realistic and being open to other perspectives and ideas.
• You are comfortable to work in an international and multi-cultural workplace.
• You have an interest in impact finance and/or sustainable development.
• You are able to work comfortably in both English and French. Other languages such as Spanish would be a plus.
• Swiss/EU National or valid Swiss Work Permit is required.

Job Offer
The chance to contribute to improving the lives of people in emerging and frontier countries, to work towards supporting the UN Sustainable Development Goals
A flexible work environment with colleagues from 41 countries
The opportunity to become part of a growing business that pushes you to excel every day while having a positive impact on others
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