Team Lead Network Engineering (f/m/d)
GMX, WEB.DE & mail.com | IT System Administration | Karlsruhe / Munich | Permanent | Full-time | Management roles | Reference ID: 290
- Your tasks
Are you passionate about designing and operating high-performance network infrastructures? Do you thrive in leadership roles that combine strategic vision with hands-on technical work? Are you ready to build and lead a team that shapes the future of datacenter networking?
At Mail & Media, we are the digital home for over 42 million users across our brands GMX, WEB.DE, and mail.com. We operate one of Europe’s largest e-mail platforms with a highly scalable, container-based infrastructure. Our teams work with cutting-edge technologies including AI, Big Data, and secure cloud services, shaping the future of digital communication.
Join us as a Team Lead Network Engineering (f/m/d) and take ownership of our datacenter network architecture. You’ll build and lead a team of skilled engineers, collaborate across departments, and drive innovation through automation and modern technologies.
- Build, lead, and develop a high-performing Network Engineering team.
- Take technical ownership of the design, implementation, and operation of highly available datacenter LAN networks.
- Collaborate closely with internal stakeholders to develop innovative high-performance network architectures.
- Promote automation and Infrastructure-as-Code using tools like Ansible, Terraform, and Python.
- Ensure operational stability through the organization of on-call rotations (24/7).
Our benefits
Lived corporate culture
Transparency, open communication and short decision-making processes
Wide range of further training
E-learning, seminars, conferences and mentoring
Renowned TEC-Campus
Conferences, lecture series, courses, open source projects, community meetings, user groups
Active health care
Sports and fitness classes, lectures, discounts at fitness and health centers, fresh fruit and drinks for free
Mobility
Generous subsidy for job bike leasing and the job ticket
Flexible working models
Home office, mobile office, flexible working hours, trust-based working time arrangements
Financial benefits
Company pension scheme, discounts on our products and various leisure activities
Legendary events
Summer and winter parties, additional workshops and team events
- Your profile
Do you combine deep networking expertise with strong leadership skills? Are you excited about automation, modern tooling, and agile collaboration? Do you enjoy working hands-on while enabling others to grow and succeed?
Then we’d love to hear from you! To succeed in this role, you should bring:
- Several years of experience in network architecture and operations within datacenter environments.
- Proven leadership background in IT, ideally in network engineering roles.
- Extensive technical expertise in BGP, OSPF, VXLAN, VRF, and tunneling/overlay technologies.
- Hands-on experience with Cisco, Juniper, or Arista hardware, combined with strong Linux networking skills.
- Enthusiasm for automation and monitoring tools (e.g., Prometheus), fluency in English, and a collaborative, agile mindset.
- Our benefits in detail
- Our corporate culture: No dress code, flat hierarchies, open and transparent communication.
- Individual development opportunities: diverse training programs, e-learning and internal communities, leadership training, language courses, mentoring.
- Benefits and additional services: company pension scheme, capital-forming benefits, discounts on own products, job ticket, company car, bike leasing, corporate benefits portal.
- Attractive working conditions: 30 days holiday, hybrid working, full-time and part-time arrangements, free choice between Linux, Mac, or Windows.
- Social: team events, summer and winter parties, family and care service, sports and fitness programs, subsidized canteen, free fruit and drinks, health courses.
- Topics that are also important to us: Sustainability, diversity, and our values and leadership principles - find out more on our website mail-and-media.com.
We are brand. With GMX, WEB.DE and mail.com and over 42 million active users, we are the leading email and communication platform in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
We are future. Our services and apps simplify digital life from cloud storage to news and ID management.
You are at home. Your digital passion finds a professional home with us. Your strength makes us stronger, your expertise complements our ideas, your success becomes visible. Together we shape the digital future.
Diversity enriches. Different cultures, nationalities, genders, age groups, sexual orientations and religions as well as people with disabilities - we desire diversity and encourage it. Because only teams that reflect all facets of society offer the best framework conditions for creativity and make a company productive and distinctive. We value diversity and welcome all applications.
Apply now
We look forward to receiving your application, including your salary expectations and the reference number given above. Please use our online application form. If you have any questions about the position or the application process, please send us an email.
1&1 Mail & Media Applications SE
Recruiting & Candidate Management
Brauerstraße 48
D-76135 Karlsruhe
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