Hosting Lead

Job description

Job Description For our HQ in Nootdorp, we are looking for a Hosting Lead. In this role, you are responsible for defining, governing and maintaining global standards for all on prem and private cloud hosting platforms, including servers, virtualization, middleware, storage, backup and tooling. You ensure that hosting operations align with enterprise policies, architectural direction and security requirements, while driving consistency and adoption across regional teams. You work closely with Architecture, Security, IT leadership and operational teams to ensure hosted solutions remain compliant, supportable and aligned with the long-term target architecture. Your role: In this position: You define, publish and manage global hosting standards across operating systems, hypervisors, middleware, storage, backup and platform tooling. You establish governance frameworks including policies, guardrails, RACI models and exception processes with compensating controls. You develop and maintain platform baselines (OS hardening, patch cadence, cluster configurations, TLS/cipher standards, logging, replication, retention and restore testing). You create operating models for each hosting platform,...