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IT Manager

It’s an incredibly exciting time here at Space Ape Games. We have projects at all stages of the development cycle, along with a fast paced environment that promotes genuine autonomy. We launched our exciting new music game, Beatstar, just over one year ago, and have some super creative projects that we’re working on behind the scenes! Check out our artstation to get a glimpse of the other genres we’ve been working on.

We are looking to recruit a passionate, hands-on IT Manager to join us in the challenge of supporting, maintaining and improving the IT infrastructure at Space Ape. Itʼs an important role: you’ll be working on the things that enable our teams to make great games. From keeping our laptop fleet healthy to managing our audio-visual gear, from keeping our office network secure to optimising our cloud tools; it’s all vital to the smooth running of the studio. You won’t be stuck just working on mundane problems and managing tickets, you’ll be helping plan our future and delivering cutting-edge new tech.

Along the way, you’ll learn how we secure and manage a growing fleet of devices using tools like AirWatch, Okta and Crowdstrike. You’ll see how we monitor, maintain and secure our local networks and VPNs with our Palo Alto firewalls and our monitoring platform, LogicMonitor. You’ll also see how a small studio’s IT team can punch above its weight by using the best cloud products combined with bespoke tooling in AWS. Eventually, you’ll learn what changes we can make to improve our service to teams and bring fresh ideas for how we can make things better; for instance, rolling out new tools, services and security features.

Responsibilities

• Managing and owning the studio’s IT infrastructure from end to end
• Mentoring and managing a small IT Team
• Delivery of support to our users via Slack, Zoom and face-to-face
• Owning management of our fleet of macOS, Windows, iOS and Android devices
• Implementing accounts and permissions on cloud tools and services
• Maintaining and improving the security and performance of our networks
• Ensuring our audio-visual equipment is ready and reliable for meetings and events
• Communication to the studio through documentation and training
• Maintaining a healthy, inquisitive culture in the team

Requirements

The kinds of skills and knowledge we’re looking for include:

• Hands-on, technical experience working within an IT team
• Great knowledge of both macOS and Windows
• Ability to troubleshoot wired and wireless networks
• Experience with operating SaaS tools and services
• Great communication skills with the ability to explain problems and solutions to both technical and non-technical users
• An empathy and understanding of how technology impacts the lives of its users
• A passion for all things tech and a desire to learn new things

We're looking for passionate, productive, team-players who are self-starters. But we know that everyone's different and so, even if you don't have everything we write about here, it doesn't mean we don't want to talk. Let us know what excites you about Space Ape and let's see!

Why Space Ape is right for you

• Be a part of one of several small empowered teams who inspire and challenge one another in the pursuit of our mission
• Autonomy to make your own impact with the support to help it happen
• Designated ‘Ape Space’ creative time where you are free to work on game concepts and ideas away from your day to day
• The freedom to further your skill set the way you want with a generous training budget
• An award winning studio that has been crowned one of the best places to work, for the last 5 years in a row!
• Help run and create games which bring joy to millions of players all over the world
• 5* Glassdoor rating - Check out our reviews
• Entered a long-term strategic partnership with Supercell in 2017
• Competitive salary & stock options

About Space Ape

At Space Ape we pride ourselves on our passion and the trust we place in our people. We look for passionate, productive, team players who are relentless in their pursuit of our mission. There’s no bureaucracy here, we just get things done. Space Ape’s mission is to make the highest quality and most successful mobile games in the world. Founded in 2012 we’ve since launched five games that have been installed by over 100 million people and generated over $250m revenue.

We are part of the Supercell family, giving access to some of the most talented game makers on the planet.

Our studio is currently 120 strong and built around the belief that small empowered teams make the best games. This philosophy enables us to innovate, move faster and have the creative ownership required to make the greatest games on mobile.

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