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title: 'Infrastructure Operations Lead at Garda Capital Partners'
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# Infrastructure Operations Lead at Garda Capital Partners

- **Company:** Garda Capital Partners
- **Location:** Wayzata, MN / Minneapolis, MN / Wayzata, MN
- **Compensation:** $150k–$200k
- **Posted:** 2026-11-06
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-11-09
- **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/gardacp/jobs/6251100004

## Job description

Garda Capital Partners (Garda) is a multi-billion dollar alternative investment firm with over 22 years of experience deploying relative value strategies across fixed income markets for institutional investors. We hire, grow, and mentor great talent and remain steadfast in our commitment to building a culture that helps them succeed. Garda is more than a workplace. We are built on trust, integrity, and a shared vision for how we work together, the enduring relationships we build, and the consistency of our results. Garda's primary offices are located in Wayzata, New York City, West Palm Beach, Geneva, Zug, Copenhagen, Singapore, and Scottsdale.

Garda is seeking an Infrastructure Operations Lead to combine hands-on technical work with direct management of the US team. This person owns infrastructure operations and workplace support across the US, personally resolving incidents, implementing changes, supporting users, and delivering projects in collaboration with the team.

The role reports to the Head of Infrastructure, with US support staff reporting into this role. The lead owns staff development, service priorities, coverage planning, and senior escalations, while coordinating with the Non-US Infrastructure Lead to keep global standards and follow-the-sun support running smoothly.

Position Responsibilities

People Leadership

- Manage the US team: set goals, run one-to-ones, deliver performance reviews, and coach development
- Balance hands-on technical work with managing team workload and coverage
- Support hiring and onboarding; set clear expectations for ownership and service quality
- Review recurring incidents with the team and hold owners accountable for fixes

Hands-On Infrastructure & Escalation

- Administer and troubleshoot servers, virtualization, storage, networks, cloud, and identity services
- Act as the senior escalation point for US operations, investigating issues, implementing fixes, and validating recovery
- Handle patching, configuration changes, lifecycle work, and performance tuning
- Resolve connectivity issues across US sites, working with carriers and vendors as needed

Backup, Recovery & Monitoring

- Own backup administration, failed job investigation, restores, and disaster recovery testing
- Ensure monitoring and first-response coverage during US hours, with clean handoffs to the Non-US team
- Configure alerts, investigate recurring issues, and document reusable fixes

US Workplace & Site Technology

- Provide on-site and remote support for Microsoft 365, Intune, Windows, macOS, mobile, printing, and meeting-room AV/VC
- Handle escalated issues for traders, executives, and business teams with clear communication
- Manage device deployments, office tech changes, and vendor coordination across US sites
- Oversee service delivery with Garda’s MSP, ensuring timely resolution

Global Operations & Security

- Coordinate follow-the-sun handoffs with the Non-US lead
- Implement vulnerability remediation, patching, and security hardening; support incident response
- Own technical projects, migrations, and rollouts across US operations
- Maintain runbooks and scripts, automate repeatable work, and coach others

## Qualifications & Desired Skills

- 8-10 years of senior-level, hands-on infrastructure and workplace support experience, with the ability to independently diagnose problems and safely make production changes, along with 2-3 years of experience managing people.
- Track record resolving complex escalations and leading service restoration
- Direct people management experience, including coaching, reviews, development planning, and accountability
- Experience with backup and recovery, monitoring, patching, and change control
- Experience supporting Microsoft 365, Intune, Windows/macOS, AV/VC, and office hardware in a distributed environment
- Strong communication, including incident updates, documentation, and cross-region handoffs
- Able to balance hands-on technical work with managing a team and priorities across US locations

Preference for experience with:

- AWS, Infrastructure as Code, PowerShell, Python, Terraform, or Ansible (Azure a plus)
- Enterprise monitoring, virtualization, storage, and backup platforms
- Exposure to security operations such as vulnerability remediation, EDR/MDR, MFA, certificates, and incident response
- Financial services, trading, or another high-availability, multi-site environment
- Track record as a hands-on leader who works alongside the team and stays technically current
- Demonstrated accountability and decisiveness, with good judgment on risk and priorities
- Effective under pressure, with a disciplined and approachable communication style
- Track record of coaching and driving continuous improvement within team

[Candidate Privacy Notice](https://www.gardacp.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Candidate_Privacy_Notice.pdf) This role is also eligible for other forms of compensation and benefits, such as a discretionary bonus, healthcare plan, 401(k) matching program, etc. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, such as job-related skills, experience, and relevant education.

Base Salary for this role is expected to be between: $150,000—$200,000 USD

## About Garda Capital Partners

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Garda Capital Partners is an investment management firm specializing in fixed income relative value strategies for institutional investors, with over $12 billion in assets under management.
- **Entity Type**: Private (minority investment from AMG since 2019, with additional minority stake acquired in 2026)
- **Headquarters**: Wayzata, Minnesota, United States
- **Founded**: 2015 (though the firm’s core strategy and team have over 22 years of experience, originating at Black River in 2003)
- **Founders**: Jeff Drobny (Chairman & CEO) and Tim Magnusson (Chief Investment Officer)

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Investment Management (Fixed Income Relative Value)
- **Target customers**: Institutional investors including pension funds, insurance companies, endowments, and sovereign wealth funds (B2B, strictly institutional – does not accept public investments)
- **Mission**: Protect and grow capital for institutional investors so they can deliver on their promises to their stakeholders.

## Products & Services
- **Fixed Income Relative Value Strategy**: A single, focused investment strategy deploying relative value trades primarily across global sovereign bonds, interest rate futures, cash bonds, and interest rate swaps. Designed to deliver consistent, positive returns uncorrelated to broader market movements. The firm does not offer retail products or multiple fund vehicles.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed (private firm)
- **Key Metric**: Assets Under Management (AUM) – over $12 billion as of February 2026
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: AMG (NYSE: AMG) – a strategic partner and minority investor since 2019, which increased its minority equity interest in February 2026
- **Growth Signals**: AUM has tripled since the AMG partnership began in 2019; headcount of 184 employees (+15.5% year-over-year); offices in 7 global cities (Wayzata, New York, Scottsdale, Palm Beach Gardens, Geneva, Zug, Copenhagen, Singapore); active hiring in quantitative research, AI, data engineering, and software engineering.

## Competitive Advantages
- **22+ year track record** of consistent positive returns across multiple market cycles (including financial crises and rate regime shifts).
- **Uncorrelated returns** to broader equity and credit markets, providing diversification for institutional portfolios.
- **Proprietary analysis** and deep expertise in fixed income relative value, with a highly disciplined, long/short approach.
- **Long-term client relationships** built on transparency, integrity, and alignment of interests – the firm is majority-owned by its management team.

## Strategic Focus
- Deepening the partnership with AMG to ensure long-term stability and independence, while maintaining operational autonomy.
- Scaling the firm’s infrastructure and technology (notably in AI and data engineering) to enhance investment research and trading capabilities.
- Building a multi-generational firm with a “Built to Last” philosophy, investing in talent and culture to sustain performance over decades.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Emphasizes collaboration, empowerment, continuous learning, and accountability. Leaders are approachable, and employees are encouraged to take initiative. Values include rigor, fairness, transparency, and excellence.
- **Work environment**: Global offices with a hybrid/office presence (roles listed in Geneva, Zug, New York, and Wayzata). The firm combines the agility of an entrepreneurial firm with the discipline of an established institution.
- **Career growth**: Focus on long-term career development; employees are given “lived experiences” and opportunities to shape outcomes. Open roles include Quantitative Researcher, Software Engineer (AI Tooling), Data Engineer, AI Intern, and Investment Analyst.
- **Notable perks**: Flat structure, cross-departmental collaboration, and a strong emphasis on integrity and work-life balance (the firm explicitly avoids short-termism).

## Sources
1. [Garda Capital Partners Website](https://www.gardacp.com/)
2. [Garda Careers Page (Greenhouse)](http://job-boards.greenhouse.io/gardacp)
3. [LinkedIn Company Profile](https://www.linkedin.com/company/garda-capital-partners)
4. [CBInsights Company Profile (including AMG press release)](https://www.cbinsights.com/company/garda-capital-partners)

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