Manager IT Infrastructure

About River Advice

River Advice is the world's leading independent manager of river cruise ships. Under the umbrella of UNITED WATERWAYS, the group with over 4,000 employees represents a fleet of more than 100 passenger and event ships on Europe's inland waterways. With a broad range of services – from shipping, crew, and nautical and technical management to hospitality catering, safety security, ship financing, charter brokerage, insurance management, new-build and conversion support, and ship ICT – we support our clients in all areas of passenger river cruising.

Do you want to not only operate systems but also actively develop IT structures and advance strategic projects? Then you are exactly right with us.

Your Tasks – Shape the Future of River Advice:

• Responsibility for the operation, stability, and security of our IT infrastructure
• Continuous development of our server, network, storage, and cloud environment
• You plan and implement modernization and infrastructure projects
• Management of external IT service providers and technology partners
• Ensuring backup, recovery, and security concepts
• Establishment of standards, processes, and guidelines for IT operations
• You ensure that the standardization of hardware and services within the group is further driven and adhered to.

IT Project Management

• You plan and manage IT projects and transformation initiatives
• Responsibility for budget, schedule, and resources
• You introduce new systems, platforms, and IT services
• You ensure successful implementation and handover to operations
• Responsibility for the Project Management Office
• Active participation in the implementation of our IT strategy and digital transformation
• Analysis of new technologies and identification of optimization potential
• You advise management and specialist departments on technical decisions
• You develop scalable and future-proof IT structures

Your Profile – What you bring:

Professional Qualification

• Completed studies in computer science, business informatics, or a comparable qualification
• Several years of experience in IT infrastructure management
• Experience in managing IT projects
• Sound knowledge in:
  • Network and server infrastructure
  • Cloud technologies (e.g. Azure, M365, Intune, Defender)
  • IT security and compliance
  • IT Service Management (ITIL)
• Fluent German and English (spoken and written)

Personal Strengths

• Structured, self-reliant way of working
• Strong project management and organizational skills
• Communication skills and stakeholder management
• Analytical and solution-oriented thinking
• Interest in new technologies and innovations

What awaits you at River Advice:

You will work in an environment with a lot of creative freedom and can actively develop our IT. Exciting IT projects await you – from infrastructure modernization to digitalization. You will work closely with management and various specialist departments and use modern technologies and innovative solutions. In addition, we offer you attractive development opportunities and support your further training.

Do you think you are the person we are looking for?

Then become part of our success and help us navigate Europe's waterways!

We look forward to receiving your complete application, including information about your salary expectations and your earliest possible start date.