Engineering Manager, Infrastructure & Security

We’re building the go-to platform for real football fans—a centralised home where trusted and passionate supporters can share their voices, insights, and emotions without being drowned out by pundits or fragmented across social media. Our mission is to amplify the perspectives of those who live and breathe the game, and to create a space where genuine fan sentiment drives the conversation. This is a really exciting opportunity to join the founding team and be a really important part of driving our success. 

The role

As the Engineering Manager, Infrastructure & Security at Fanalysis, you'll be our leading technical authority responsible for building and maintaining a world-class cloud infrastructure that supports our passionate football fan community. You'll architect secure, scalable, and cost-effective systems while establishing the foundational practices that enable our engineering teams to deliver exceptional experiences. Beyond infrastructure, you'll oversee our information technology operations and ensure our platform meets the highest standards of security and reliability.

Responsibilities

• Designing and implementing AWS cloud infrastructure following industry best practices for scalability, security, and performance

• Managing infrastructure as code using tools like Terraform or CloudFormation to ensure consistency and repeatability

• Establishing comprehensive monitoring, logging, and observability systems across all platforms and services

• Implementing and maintaining robust security frameworks, including identity access management and privileged access controls

• Optimizing AWS costs and vendor relationships to ensure efficient resource utilization

• Managing database systems including MySQL and MongoDB for optimal performance and reliability

• Overseeing content delivery networks to ensure fast, reliable content delivery to users globally

• Managing information technology tools including Google Workspace, Slack, and other productivity platforms

• Developing and implementing employee onboarding and offboarding processes for security and access management

• Collaborating with engineering teams to ensure infrastructure supports customer-facing applications effectively

• Establishing disaster recovery and business continuity plans

• Staying current with security threats and implementing proactive measures to protect user and company data

About you

• 7+ years of experience in infrastructure engineering, DevOps, or similar roles, with at least 2 years in leadership positions

• Deep expertise in AWS cloud services and architecture best practices

• Proficiency with infrastructure as code tools such as Terraform or CloudFormation

• Strong experience with monitoring and observability tools (CloudWatch, Datadog, New Relic, or similar)

• Extensive knowledge of security best practices, identity access management, and privileged access management

• Hands-on experience with database management systems, specifically MySQL and MongoDB

• Proven experience serving high-availability, customer-facing applications

• Experience implementing and managing content delivery networks

• Strong understanding of cost optimization strategies for cloud infrastructure

• Experience managing IT operations including Google Workspace, Slack, and employee lifecycle processes

• Knowledge of containerization technologies (Docker, Kubernetes) and CI/CD pipelines

• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to troubleshoot complex infrastructure issues

• Excellent communication skills and ability to work cross-functionally with engineering teams

• Experience with compliance frameworks and security auditing

• Passion for building secure, reliable systems that scale with business growth

This is a full-time role based in London. Our office is in Soho and we believe in the benefits of working together, so ideally you’d be able to join us in the office at least 3 days a week.