Job
- Level
- Experienced
- Location
- Cologne
- Working Model
- Hybrid, Onsite
- Job Field
- IT, System, Security
- Employment Type
- Full Time
- Contract Type
- Permanent employment
Job Summary
In this role, you will manage IT infrastructure and the Microsoft 365 ecosystem, develop monitoring scripts, optimize privacy measures, and integrate advertising platforms.
Job Technologies
Your role in the team
- Your Tasks & Responsibilities:
- Infrastructure & Hardware Management: Administration of internal hardware assets, lifecycle management, and procurement of IT and network components.
- Ownership of the M365 ecosystem: Full administration of Microsoft 365, including Exchange, Teams, OneDrive, and identity management via Entra ID (Azure AD).
- Server & Database Administration: Oversee test, production, and race servers; maintain SQL databases, perform advanced backup and restore operations; develop monitoring scripts using Python and shell automation.
- Security & Network Governance: Manage and harden firewall systems, conduct security screenings, maintain audit trails, implement password and account policies aligned with corporate standards.
- Platform Ownership (XenForo): Maintain and develop the OverTake forum ecosystem - including user roles, permissions, add-on integrations, and API interconnections with third-party systems.
- Subscription & Payment Systems: Oversee Adyen and Chargebee configurations, recurring billing logic, webhook reliability, and transactional data integrity.
- Compliance & GDPR: Serve as data protection liaison, ensuring continuous alignment with EU GDPR, Porsche Group requirements, and internal data handling policies.
- Privacy & Data Security: Design and enforce privacy frameworks, breach-prevention measures, and data lifecycle governance.
- Vendor & Partner Coordination: Manage external service providers, agencies, and freelancers across IT, ad tech, and compliance functions.
- Advertising Integrations: Implement, monitor, and optimize ad placements, including ad partner networks and video reward systems.
- Cookie Consent & Legal Interfaces: Oversee CMP configurations and ensure technical/legal compliance for data collection and consent flows.
- Software Development & Automation: Support full-stack development and infrastructure-as-code implementations where required.
- IT Planning & Corporate Alignment: Collaborate with Porsche and internal stakeholders on modernization, cloud migration, and long-term infrastructure strategy, attend meetings, and prepare reports.
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Our expectations of you
Qualifications
- Starker technischer Hintergrund in SQL, Python und Linux-basierter Serveradministration.
- Deep understanding of GDPR, data privacy, and PCI-DSS frameworks.
- Proficiency with XenForo, Chargebee, Adyen, Cloudflare, and Office 365 ecosystems.
- Ability to translate compliance and security requirements into actionable operational measures.
- Understanding of website optimisation, search engine marketing and search algorithms
- Stakeholder management skills, capable of navigating between corporate, legal, and technical environments.
Experience
- Proven experience in IT infrastructure management, cybersecurity, and privacy compliance within complex or regulated environments.
- Hands-on experience with firewall management, SFTP, DNS, SSL certificates, and network configuration.
- Good communication and conflict management skills in English and German. Sim racing, racing games, or general gaming interest and experience are a plus. Whether as an active sim racer & gamer or through previous work in the gaming industry.
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What we offer
- Since our office and studio are located in Cologne and we enjoy meeting and exchanging ideas in person, you should ideally be from the greater Cologne area or be willing to relocate here to come to the office several days a week.
- However, we also actively practice hybrid working.
- Residence in Germany is required.
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About Your Employer
Overtake Gmbh
OverTake GmbH, based in Cologne, is a provider of sim racing media and community platforms. It offers news, guides, mods, and other content for an international audience, connecting the community with publishers, developers, and hardware manufacturers.
Description
- Company Type
- Digital Agency
- Working Model
- Hybrid, Onsite
- Industry
- Media, Publishing
IT & Web Administrator
- Location
- Cologne
- Working Model
- Hybrid, Onsite
- Diversity
- Open for all genders
