System Engineering Team Lead at Telio Group

Budapest, Central Hungary, Hungary -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

10 Aug, 26

Salary

0.0

Posted On

12 May, 26

Experience

5 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

System Engineering, Team Leadership, Windows Server, Active Directory, VMware, Proxmox, Kubernetes, Linux, Azure, AWS, Infrastructure-as-Code, Incident Management, Disaster Recovery, Jira, Confluence, Stakeholder Management

Industry

Information Technology & Services

Description

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 About us Telio is a medium-sized, internationally active, rapidly growing company in the field of telecommunications and IT services in the prison sector. As the European market leader, we have been providing communications solutions for prisons and their inmates worldwide for over 25 years. With more than 270 employees, we are active in 23 countries and develop, install and operate communication and media systems that make an important contribution to resocialization in prisons as well as in correctional facilities.

Responsibilities

Lead and mentor a European system engineering team while taking ownership of core IT infrastructure services. Ensure the reliability, scalability, and security of hybrid environments including virtualization and server platforms.