Meet Urban Sports Club

We are among the leading platforms for sports and wellness in Europe, dedicated to inspiring people to live active, healthy lives. With just one membership we offer access to thousands of fitness and wellness experiences across the continent.

But what truly sets us apart? We believe our people are at the heart of everything we do. If you’re curious about how we work, what we value and how you might grow with us, explore our Culture Hub & Career Opportunities.

*Big news: Wellhub and Urban Sports Club unite!*
Urban Sports Club is now a proud part of Wellhub, creating a global wellbeing ecosystem. Together, we connect 39,000 corporate clients and 97,000 wellness partners across 18 countries, offering millions of people even more ways to stay active and take care of their health.

The opportunity 

At Urban Sports Club, we’re building an IT environment that is modern, automated, and secure. As a Senior IT Systems Engineer, you’ll take ownership of our IT infrastructure, ensuring reliability, security, and smooth collaboration across teams. You’ll work on projects that directly impact how our company operates every day.

What you will do

• Design and maintain scalable IT infrastructure components across network, identity, and endpoint systems
• Manage and enhance our MDM landscape for Windows, macOS, iOS, and Android, including patch and lifecycle management
• Implement automation, workflows, and integrations across tools such as Google Workspace, Okta, Zscaler, or Atlassian
• Troubleshoot complex issues (2nd/3rd level) and support IT projects, migrations, and rollouts
• Strengthen security, monitoring, and alerting systems to ensure reliability and compliance
• Collaborate with teams across departments to align IT solutions with business needs
• Create and maintain technical documentation, processes, and guidelines

What you will need to succeed

• Degree or vocational training in IT or equivalent experience, with 4+ years of hands-on experience in IT infrastructure
• Strong knowledge in at least two of Google Workspace, Okta (especially Workflows), Zscaler, or Atlassian
• Experience with automation/scripting (e.g Python, GoogleScript, JavaScript, Powershell)
• Strong English skills: you feel confident negotiating and communication clearly with both technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Solid understanding of security best practices, compliance, and a proactive approach to system improvement
• Analytical thinking, structured working style and ability to work autonomously in a collaborative team environment

What’s in it for you 

• Free Urban Sports Club L Pro Membership + Friends and Family Discount: Stay active with free membership, plus discounts for friends and family.
• Flexible Work Model: Enjoy a hybrid work setup, balancing on-site and remote work options to fit your lifestyle.
• Extended Remote Work Options: Work up to 120 days remotely within the EU, the UK, and Switzerland, including 30 days outside the EU. You’ll also have the option to desk-swap at our other European offices.
• WorkOUT Life Balance: Take advantage of 30 days of paid vacation annually, plus two additional days for volunteering, flexible working hours, and complimentary access to our mental health provider Open Up.
• Personal Development: Receive an annual budget of €1,000 for professional growth, with regular internal training sessions and weekly German and English language classes.
• Engaging Team Culture: Participate in regular team and company events along with wellness initiatives that help you stay productive, healthy, and engaged in a hybrid work environment.

Urban Sports Club is committed to providing a friendly, safe, and welcoming environment for everyone who applies for a position or already works with us, regardless of their sports preferences, gender, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, body size, race, age, or religion (or lack thereof).

We are looking for a Head of Infrastructure to own the strategy and execution of our hybrid infrastructure. This role is perfect for a leader who understands the "full stack" of infrastructure—from physical data centers to managed cloud services—and can bridge the gap between technical complexity and business goals.

You will lead a team of specialists, ensuring our Linux-based ecosystem and Kubernetes clusters (on-prem and cloud) are reliable, scalable, and fully automated.

Key Responsibilities

• Infrastructure Strategy: Develop the vision for a hybrid environment that balances the performance of on-prem bare metal with the agility of the public cloud.
• Architectural Oversight: Guide the design of robust, scalable solutions. You aren't the one clicking the buttons, but you are the one ensuring the architecture is sound.
• Team Leadership: Build and manage a high-performing team of DevOps and SRE engineers. Foster a culture of accountability and continuous learning.
• Automation Evangelism: Drive the transition toward "No-Ops" by prioritizing automation across all layers of the infrastructure stack.
• Vendor & Capacity Management: Manage the lifecycle of hardware and data center relationships. Balance OpEx (Cloud) and CapEx (On-Prem) effectively.
• Security & Compliance: Ensure that the infrastructure meets modern security standards, from network isolation to access management.

Technical Profile (Strong Conceptual Understanding)

• Linux Foundations: A solid understanding of Linux internals, file systems, and server management principles.
• Networking Principles: Strong grasp of L2/L3 networking, routing, BGP, and load balancing, especially in the context of connecting data centers to the cloud.
• Kubernetes Ecosystem: Good understanding of K8s architecture, including how it runs on bare metal versus managed services (EKS/GKE). You should understand orchestration, persistent storage, and service discovery.
• Cloud Platforms: Experience managing environments in AWS, GCP, or Azure.
• Modern Tooling: Familiarity with the CNCF landscape, CI/CD pipelines, and Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Ansible).

Core Competencies

• Management Excellence: Proven track record of leading technical teams and managing stakeholders.
• High Responsibility: A "the buck stops here" attitude regarding system reliability and team performance.
• Strategic Thinking: The ability to decide when to build on-prem (for cost/performance) and when to use cloud (for speed/flexibility).
• Process Driven: A focus on documentation, post-mortems, and standardized workflows.