Team Lead Engineering

AMS-IX stands for Amsterdam Internet Exchange. AMS-IX’s purpose is to build a better Internet and contribute to a better society. To build a better Internet, we need to stay relevant and grow our international footprint. At AMS-IX, Dedication, Collaboration, and Excellence drive everything we do. We work together, push for the highest standards, and stay committed to meaningful results

Overall Job Purpose
The AMS-IX Team Lead – Engineering, is responsible for leading, developing, and managing a team of engineers, ranging from junior to senior levels, as well as the lab and storage area staff, while overseeing and ensuring the implementation of upgrades and changes in our network infrastructure. This role requires strong technical expertise, with a focus on installation, testing, and administration of network equipment within our AMS-IX platform.

The Team Lead – Engineering will also be involved in complex, interdepartmental projects and act as an escalation point for all members of the Engineering team. The expected responsibility split for this position is 60% leadership and 40% Individual Contributor (at a Senior Level).

Key Responsibilities
Technical Leadership
Provides technical leadership to the engineering team, ensuring the successful implementation of upgrades and changes in the network infrastructure.

Ensures that data centre work meets the defined Quality Standards of AMS-IX.

Performs recurring 1:1 meeting with members of the Engineering Team, and focuses on coaching up, or out.

Participates in performance review sessions and provides data-driven narratives that justify performance rankings.

Ensures that engineer capacity/velocity is properly planned.

Financial and Budget Management
Takes responsibility for financial management within the engineering team, including budget planning and monitoring.

Ensures that data centre & infrastructure costs are managed effectively, implementing cost‑saving measures while maintaining high-quality infrastructure services.

Takes responsibility for asset management (warehouse and data centres).

Hands on & Delivery
The key responsibilities of the Senior Engineer apply to this role.

Responsibilities include:

Managing the network equipment and infrastructure

Managing the data centre facilities

Supporting the other operations teams

On-Call
This role requires participation in an on-call rotation.

Other
Any other reasonable request related to managing data centre/field engineers, warehouse staff, and data centre cost management.

Qualification and Competencies

MBO or equivalent in mechanical/electrical studies

CEFR B2/C1 level of English. Knowledge of Dutch is a plus

5+ years of experience as a Senior Engineer combined with 1–2 years in a leadership capacity

The technical abilities from the Sr. Engineer position apply to this role. Abilities include:

Data centre‑related and ISP/OSP experience

Experience with racking and cabling of equipment

Hands‑on experience with copper/fiber cabling technologies

Experience with electrical power infrastructure/grid

Experience with DCI/DWDM equipment

Experience with and ability to compose detailed technical documentation

Insight into the structure and relations that make up a network

Demonstrates the ability to create proposals and strategy documents

Understanding of L2/L3 networking is a plus

Knowledge of configuring BGP is a plus

Experience with Excel

Experience with scripting (VBScript, Power Shell, Bash, Python) to automate data gathering and report generation

We Offer
Some of the perks we offer:

A friendly, casual, and international environment

Top‑notch hardware, including the latest Mac Book, and an iPhone

Chair massage sessions

Healthy lunches

Ability to work from home if and when necessary

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