BlackFin Capital Partners | Germany | 40xxx Düsseldorf | Permanent position | Full time / Home office | Published since: 22.05.2026 on stepstone.de
Head of IT Infrastructure Management (m/f/d)
To strengthen the team of a new portfolio company in Germany, BlackFin Capital Partners is looking for an IT infrastructure manager (m/w/d). The company in question is one of the leading capital management companies (KVG) in Germany and offers institutional investors solutions for structuring diversified investment portfolios. The company is currently managing assets under administration of over EUR 400 billion. To strengthen our team, we are looking for employees who work with us to build and develop the company. BlackFin Capital Partners is a European specialized investor focused on investment in financial services companies with growth potential. BlackFin founded a branch in Frankfurt in 2018 and has been actively investing in the DACH region since 2013. Currently, the company manages a fund volume of more than EUR 4 billion and invests funds from the two last funds: the BlackFin Financial Services Fund IV with a volume of 1.8 billion. Euro and the BlackFin Tech 2 with a volume of 390 million. Euro. To the IT of the company: As a financial company, IT is of outstanding importance to us. The company's products and services are presented by around 60 specialized IT applications. These are usually standard supplements with some proprietary systems and systems for corporate functions. While the core business systems are mostly on-premises operated in two data centers of a European IT infrastructure service provider, cloud SaaS solutions are increasingly being used for corporate functions. Of course, all employees are equipped with appropriate IT workplace functions, which are also covered and operated via an IT service provider. The company's IT is subject to the regulation of financial supervision, since 2025 the European DORA regulation has been implemented with a variety of requirements that IT has to meet. .
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Responsibility for the operation and further development of a reliable, performant and secure IT infrastructure for IT application systems as well as the workplace functions of the company based on clearer and comprehensible processes (in particular incident and problem management, capacity management, change and configuration management, IT convenience management, backup and recovery as well as patch management) Control and further development of the infrastructure landscape (on-premises, network, perspective cloud, workplace), possibly also an external help desk (1st level) Responsibility for (external) operation of central infrastructure services incl. Service levels (servers, largely virtualized, SAN, operating systems, databases, network components and services, security services To control and monitor external service providers and managed service providers including Monitoring and KPI reporting Further development of incident, problem and change management processes in the infrastructure environment according to the safety and compliance requirements Planning and controlling the transformation of on-premises environments to SaaS/Cloud platforms Creating infrastructure roadmaps, annual plans and budgets as well as implementing the IT strategy Evaluation and introduction of new technologies to optimise stability, efficiency and safety Professional and disciplinary leadership and further development of an infrastructure team Ensuring supervisory and data protection compliance (DORA, GDPR) for the IT infrastructure Support for internal and external audits and implementation of measures, such as ISO 27001 Close cooperation with IT application managers, IT security management, CISO and relevant IT service providers, internal stakeholders and IT management, incl. Reporting on performance and risks
7-12 years of professional experience in IT infrastructure – ideally in the financial industry or in an IT service provider of the financial industry Found detectable experience with the above-mentioned IT infrastructures, both on-premises and cloud Very good knowledge of modern workplace environments, especially Microsoft 365 Deep understanding and infrastructure security and cybersecurity practices Process orientation, sound experience with IT Service Management Frameworks, preferably ITIL Current knowledge of German and English (at least B2) Structured, reliable and solution-oriented operation Experience in cloud migration or infrastructure transformation projects and ISO-27001 requirements Audits desirable
Design and future-oriented development of IT infrastructure in a dynamic, growing company Flat hierarchies, fast decision paths and an agile working environment Attractive compensation package, flexible working models and modern working environment Hybrid work (2-3 days / week on site in Düsseldorf) A modern office in a convenient location in Düsseldorf College, highly motivated environment
Location
 | BlackFin Capital Partners | |
| 40549 Düsseldorf | ||
| Germany |
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