IT Manager, Kepler Interactive
More information about location
3-5 days a week in office
Co-ownership game developer
Open for applications
Co-ownership game developer
21-100 employees
Open for applications
More information about location
3-5 days a week in office
21-100 employees
Company mission
To preserve studios' creative independence, enabling them to make fun and commercially successful games.
Role
Who you are
- As you’ll be accountable for IT services within the studio, we are looking for you to bring a good level of previous experience in a similar role
- You are a doer, you strive for excellence, and make every effort to unblock issues
- You have a passion for automation and improving work efficiency
- You’ll have a good level of experience administering and using the Microsoft 365 E5 suite
- Experience with Mimecast for email security, or another similar tool
- Experience with endpoint security (SentinelOne, CheckPoint, Bitdefender, Windows Defender or similar)
- Creation of scripts to automate tasks in a language such as PowerShell
- Working knowledge of virtualization, AWS, VMWare, Proxmox or equivalent
- A good understanding of implementing of helpdesk and IT operations best practices, knowledge of security, storage, data protection, and disaster recovery protocols
- A self-starter, ability to multitask, prioritize issues based on severity and work independently
- Maintain close attention to detail and follows a task to completion
- Ability to communicate clearly both verbally and in writing in French nore English
- A good understanding of networking and localised infrastructure
What the job involves
- We are looking for a talented IT Manager, who will play a pivotal role in maintaining and enhancing our IT infrastructure
- This standalone role has full accountability for IT across the studio in France, reporting to our UK investors Kepler
- Whilst also being part of the Kepler Group IT team, from whom you can draw on for support and share best practice
- The role will suit someone who enjoys variety in their role, being able to provide hands-on day to day support the studio, ensuring you are providing excellent service to enable our team to focus on their work
- Here you will do a bit of everything, operating autonomously, whilst having the support of the Kepler Group IT team, that can provide help or advice when needed
- Providing technical support and managing IT operations to enable the resolution of hardware, software, and network-related issues, within our agreed timeframe
- Collaborating with other IT Manager at Kepler for issue escalation and resolution
- Identifying and addressing complex requirements, workflows, and technology-related pain points. You will identify and develop comprehensive solutions
- Championing IT needs for Paris office and coworker working remotely from Lyon
- Developing and delivering advanced training programs, including user sessions, phishing, and security training
- Collaborating with the People Team to ensure seamless IT onboarding and offboarding processes
- Maintaining and enhance existing onboarding workflow automation
- Ensuring appropriate equipment allocation and permissions management
- Overseeing the procurement, tracking, and disposal of IT assets
- Managing software licensing, procurement, cost analysis, and audits
- Installing, supporting, repairing, and maintaining advanced computer systems and servers
- Monitoring performance metrics and respond to service outages
- Ensuring timely patching of operating systems and third-party applications
- You'll be the driving force behind post-mortems and root cause analyses for service outages, implementing and conducting robust backup procedures
- Leading technical IT projects, ensuring accountability for milestones and deliverables
Application process
- We usually respond within three days
- First interview: HR / Production with our HR Manager and the Production Director from TACTICAL ADVENTURES
- Second interview : Technical interview with the IT Director and the Senior Group IT Manager from Kepler
- Final interview with TACTICAL ADVENTURES’ CEO & CTO
Our take
Gaming, like films and TV is increasingly dominated by big-name studios and franchises. But Kepler Interactive is on a mission to change that, with its co-ownership model that allows smaller studios greater creative freedom over their output.
Its model allows for studio freedom, in some ways mimicking the freedom granted by Sweden’s Embracer (although Embracer doesn’t give studios co-ownership) which has grown into Europe’s largest video game company. Rewarding creative freedom seems to pay off, with an 81 score on meteoritic for 2022 release Sifu, and real anticipation for its upcoming open-world adventure Tchia.
GamingIndustry.biz awarded Kepler Interactive best place to work in the UK in 2022, and in 2023 reported its annual revenue milestone of $50 million. The success of early releases positions it well to cement its place in the gaming landscape going forward.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Company
Funding (1 round)
Sep 2021
$120m
EARLY VC
Total funding: $120m
Company benefits
- Private health care
- Hybrid/remote working
Company values
- Curiosity, creativity and intellectual agility - Original thinking and collaboration are at the core of the organization. Strong voices and unique ideas are valued in everything we do, guiding us in new and inspiring directions.
- Savoir Faire - We celebrate people who take pride in their craft, giving them the space to improve, the resources to flourish, and opportunities to share their expertise
- Supporting and elevating each other - We nurture a vibrant, inclusive community where people feel safe, respected and empowered. We treat our partners with the same kindness and humility we show to each other
Company HQ
London, UK
Articles
Leadership
Samuel Sun-Yiu Lee
(COO)Former Management Associate at HSBC, Engagement Manager at McKinsey, Senior Strategy Manager at Youzu Interactive, and COO at Kowloon Nights.
Alexis Garavaryan
(CEO)Previouslty worked at Apple, Xbox and Ubisoft, before becoming CEO of Kowloon Nights.
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