Job
- Level
- Lead
- Job Field
- IT, System, Security
- Employment Type
- Full Time
- Contract Type
- Permanent employment
- Salary
- from 4.208 € Gross/Month
- Location
- Vienna
- Working Model
- Full Remote, Hybrid, Onsite
Job Summary
In this role, you will design the IT and security architecture, lead a small team, and ensure compliance with governance while implementing a cloud-first approach and security policies.
Job Technologies
Your role in the team
- We are looking for a technically strong, pragmatic and resilient Head of Technology Operations & Security. You will design, implement, operate and continuously improve the IT and security backbone of a fast-growing, security-critical organization.
- You will lead a small internal IT team and ensure that operational IT, security requirements and business priorities are aligned.
- The role sits at the intersection of operational IT execution and strategic governance requirements, translating security, compliance and management objectives into practical, scalable and secure IT operations while providing operational leadership and maintaining a hands-on understanding of the systems you are responsible for.
- You report directly to management and work closely with our external CISO and other technical leaders.
- You are accountable for a reliable, secure cloud-first IT environment with only necessary on-prem components.
- You ensure clear IT governance, processes and enforceable standards.
- You ensure that security policies and governance requirements (e.g., ISMS) are understood, implemented, and lived across the organization.
- You translate CISO-defined security and compliance requirements into practical operational implementation within IT.
- You manage prioritization, workload management and operational excellence under limited resources.
- You own the IT budget (planning, prioritization, cost control, supplier management).
- You lead a small team (currently 2 FTE) and coordinate an external 1st-level service provider.
- You develop a pragmatic mid-term roadmap aligned with growth, risk and compliance needs.
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Our expectations of you
Qualifications
- You are technically credible, structured and ownership-driven able to lead, prioritize and enforce standards in a fast-growing environment.
- Strong understanding of IT governance + ITIL-aligned service management (Incident/Problem/Change/Request/Access/Asset).
- Microsoft 365 expertise and identity/endpoint fundamentals, comfortable in Apple environments.
- Solid understanding of networks (topologies, routing, tunneling/VPN).
- Solid Linux administration understanding (operations, patching, hardening), including environments used in specialized technical or ICT systems.
- Pragmatic stakeholder communication; calm under pressure.
- Mindset for cloud-first architectures with minimal necessary on-prem footprint.
- Nice-to-Have: Automation (PowerShell/Bash), scripting mindset.
- Nice-to-Have: Configuration management (Ansible/Puppet).
- Nice-to-Have: Docker / modern deployment patterns.
- Nice-to-Have: Exposure to ISO 27001, NIS2, DORA (implementation perspective).
- Nice-to-Have: Site-to-Site VPN, 802.1X, segmentation concepts.
- Nice-to-Have: SIEM/EDR familiarity (e.g., Microsoft Defender/Sentinel).
Experience
- Proven experience leading and developing a small IT/Infrastructure team.
- Experience owning/steering an IT budget and supplier landscape.
- Incident ownership experience including root cause analysis and improvement measures.
- Nice-to-Have: Cloud ops experience (e.g., Hetzner or similar providers).
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What we offer
- A rare opportunity to build and shape the IT backbone of a growing deep-tech scale-up.
- Direct reporting line to management.
- Real ownership and autonomy.
- A highly competent, engineering-driven environment.
- Security-critical technology with real-world impact.
- Competitive compensation (~€90k depending on experience).
- Modern workspace, up to 20% home office.
- Balanced work-life integration for our employees.
- Attraktiver Arbeitsplatz mit ausgezeichneter Infrastruktur am Wienerberg.
- Great Italian espresso.
- Humorous and friendly work atmosphere.
- The minimum gross salary for this position is € 4,208.81 per month (based on full-time employment) in accordance with the collective agreement.
- There is a willingness to offer a higher salary depending on experience and qualifications.
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Quantum Technology Laboratories
qtlabs is an emerging company in the field of quantum communication, founded in 2017 by renowned scientists. It specializes in the development of advanced communication systems based on quantum mechanics.
Description
- Company Type
- Startup
- Working Model
- Full Remote, Hybrid, Onsite
- Industry
- Science, Research
Head of IT & Security Operations
- Salary
- from 4.208 € Gross/Month
- Location
- Vienna
- Working Model
- Full Remote, Hybrid, Onsite
- Diversity
- Open for all genders
- English Only
- English only required
