# Studio IT Manager

We are a crowdfunded company and have a dedicated and enthusiastic community of backers who are helping us create the “Best Damn Space Sim Ever”. We want to build the best we can deliver and we believe wholeheartedly in the value of exceptional diverse talent. Founded in 2012, Cloud Imperium Games creates cutting-edge videogames that defy expectations. We’re currently developing Star Citizen, a record-breaking multiplayer online space sim, and Squadron 42, a cinematic single-player adventure set in the same universe. Join us as we break boundaries and make video game history. Cloud Imperium Games is looking for a highly technical and people-focused Studio IT Manager to lead IT for our Manchester studio, home to the teams building Star Citizen and Squadron 42! What do our IT Managers do? Own the end-to-end delivery of IT services for the Manchester studio, ensuring systems, endpoints, and support services are reliable, secure, and aligned to the needs of game development. Lead, develop, and manage the Service Desk and Desktop Support teams, including hiring, coaching, 1:1s, performance reviews, and career paths, so the team can handle Tier 2 and Tier 3 work locally. Define, measure,

- **Id**: 3965452
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/cloud-imperium-games-studio-it-manager>
- **Role**: Leadership
- **Role family**: Leadership
- **Seniority**: lead
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: remote
- **Remote scope**: stated_countries
- **Remote scope basis**: board_field
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Manchester, United Kingdom
- **Countries**: GB
- **Hiring countries**: GB
- **Hiring countries total**: 1
- **Experience years min**: 8
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-09T13:52:20Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-09
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-09T13:52:20Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 0
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 6412
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: yes
- **Industries**: PC Games, Game Development

## Company

- **Id**: 453848
- **Name**: Cloud Imperium Games
- **Domain**: cloudimperiumgames.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/cloudimperiumgames-2>
- **Size band**: 501-1000
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Workday

### Truth index

- **Grade**: B
- **Score**: 71
- **Open postings**: 37
- **Ghost share**: 0.405
- **Stale share**: 0
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 60
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-09T06:03:00Z

## Technologies

- **Active Directory** — Optional: no
- **DHCP** — Optional: no
- **DNS** — Optional: no
- **ITIL** — Optional: no
- **ITSM** — Optional: no
- **Microsoft Entra ID** — Optional: no
- **PowerShell** — Optional: no
- **Service Desk** — Optional: no
- **TCP/IP** — Optional: no
- **Wi-Fi** — Optional: no
- **Windows** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 0

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 8
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

## Hiring locations

- **United Kingdom** — Iso: GB; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-09T13:52:20Z

## Visa

- Country: GB; Licensed sponsor: yes; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 0; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: Licensed UK visa sponsor (Senior or Specialist Worker, Skilled Worker); Route: Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker; Skilled Worker

## Liveness

- **Score**: 86
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.86
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 0
- **Expected fill days**: 60
- **Reasons**: conf:5, win:early
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-09T19:13:59Z

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