Senior Infrastructure Engineer

Yamaha Motor Europe is looking for a Senior Infrastructure Engineer to ensure availability, resilience, security, and performance of IT infrastructure platforms including server, storage, virtualization, database, and end user computing environments. The role involves monitoring, maintenance, security, and lifecycle management of infrastructure, with a focus on operational resilience and NIS2 compliance.

• Monitor, maintain, and operate Yamaha’s IT infrastructure platforms, ensuring agreed service levels are met. Working closely with a team of approximately 7 infrastructure professionals.
• Ensure continuity and resilience of infrastructure services by minimizing business impact in the event of incidents or service disruptions. Contribute to backup, recovery, and continuity measures in line with operational resilience and NIS2 expectations for availability and recoverability.
• Contribute to infrastructure security and risk reduction by identifying and mitigating vulnerabilities, supporting secure configuration standards, and responding to security incidents affecting infrastructure platforms. Support NIS2 aligned incident preparedness, response, and audit readiness in collaboration with Information Security and other stakeholders.
• Manage infrastructure performance and capacity, ensuring stable, scalable, and efficient operation of platforms and services. Use monitoring and trend analysis to proactively identify capacity risks, performance degradation, or resilience gaps, and initiate improvement actions.
• Maintain accurate configuration and asset information for infrastructure components, ensuring repositories reflect the actual operational environment and support configuration control, traceability, and auditability.
• Provide and evolve infrastructure platforms in line with defined IT standards, architectural principles, and technology direction, supporting business applications throughout their lifecycle.
• Plan and execute lifecycle and maintenance activities, including patching, upgrades, and decommissioning, while supporting internal controls, security measures, and audit requirements.
• Continuously develop infrastructure expertise by staying up to date with relevant technologies, industry trends, and best practices, and by translating these into practical improvements for Yamaha’s IT environment.

• Bachelor level working and thinking capability, acquired through education or relevant experience in IT or a related discipline.
• Minimum of 6 years’ experience in a comparable enterprise IT infrastructure role, preferably in a complex or international environment.
• Solid experience operating and supporting servers, virtualization, databases, and workplace platforms in business-critical environments.
• Ability to learn and adapt in a continuously evolving technical landscape, translating new technologies and best practices into practical improvements.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to independently investigate, diagnose, and resolve infrastructure incidents.
• A structured and resilient mindset when dealing with operational risk, availability, and service continuity, aligned with modern resilience and security expectations (e.g. NIS2).
• Clear communication and strong interpersonal skills, enabling effective collaboration with colleagues, stakeholders, and external partners in an international setting.
• Professional proficiency in English, both spoken and written; knowledge of other European languages is considered an advantage.
• Willingness to travel infrequently within Europe when required for projects, coordination, or operational support.
• Enterprise infrastructure platforms, including Microsoft Windows Server, Microsoft SQL Server, virtualization platforms (VMware), and application and desktop virtualization (Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops, Citrix WEM, Citrix Provisioning Services).
• Identity and access technologies, including Microsoft Active Directory and ADFS
• Backup and recovery solutions, preferably Veeam
• Infrastructure security fundamentals, including secure configuration, patching, vulnerability awareness, and incident response principles
• Strong understanding of availability, resilience, and recoverability in enterprise IT environments (aligned with NIS2 expectations)
• Linux server administration (nice to have)
• Microsoft System Center suite (SCOM, SCOR, SCCM) (nice to have)
• Endpoint and workplace technologies, including thin clients (Wyse, IGEL) (nice to have)
• Industrial or mobile devices, such as Android based hand terminals (nice to have)
• Exposure to cloud infrastructure platforms (e.g. Azure or AWS) (nice to have)

• A diverse and international environment
• We offer a hybrid way of working, of course, this includes working from home allowance and a budget for setting up your home office
• Commuting allowance, holiday allowance, and 28 days off to enjoy as you please
• 13th-month payment and you will participate in our Bonus Program
• Pension scheme
• Learning and development opportunities
• Discount on Yamaha products
• Your first contract will be a temporary contract, but with the intention to extend or offer an indefinite contract
• We support you in getting your motor or boat license
• Fuel up at 'The Three Forks' with a breakfast or lunch—right here at the office and easy on the budget
• We offer Employee Assistance Program (EAP) to support you and your family with health, wellbeing and practical life matters
• Get to know your colleagues during our company/team events