Senior DevOps Engineer - Tieto Banktech

Job Description

We are looking for two Senior DevOps Engineer (Azure Infrastructure & Cloud Operations Engineer) to join our Platform Engineering team and help us build production-ready, resilient platform foundations with Terraform, automated deployment pipelines, and reliable cloud operations at enterprise scale.

At Tieto Banktech, we power some of the Nordics' most trusted banking systems with secure, reliable, and scalable cloud solutions. We are on an exciting transformation journey-modernizing core banking through automation, infrastructure-as-code, AI, and cutting-edge Azure technologies.

We are looking for two Azure Infrastructure & Cloud Operations Engineer to join our Platform Engineering team and help us build production-ready, resilient platform foundations with Terraform, automated deployment pipelines, and reliable cloud operations at enterprise scale.

If you thrive in a talented, forward-leaning engineering team where people collaborate, challenge ideas constructively, and help each other grow, this is your opportunity to make a lasting impact.

Why You'll Love Working with Us

• High-Impact Work: Build and host mission-critical financial applications serving Nordic banking customers.
• Modern Engineering Standards: Full commitment to Infrastructure as Code (Terraform), GitOps, and DevSecOps principles—no manual click-ops.
• True Work-Life Balance & Flexibility: We support a modern, hybrid work culture that respects your time and well-being.
• Culture of Continuous Learning: Technology moves fast, and so do we. We dedicate time and resources for unlearning, relearning, certifications, and mastering new technologies.
• Collaborative & Open Environment: Work closely with cross-functional architecture, security, and product development teams in a flat, supportive organization.
• Knowledge Sharing & Team Growth: Join a talented, forward-leaning Platform Engineering team where sharing knowledge, mentoring colleagues, and helping others grow are part of how we work.

What you will contribute to
Infrastructure as Code & Automation

• Collaborate with the team to design, build, and maintain enterprise Azure infrastructure using Terraform and modular engineering patterns.
• Automate end-to-end resource provisioning and lifecycle management via GitHub Actions and CI/CD pipelines.
• Contribute to reusable deployment modules and automated cloud governance templates that can be adopted and improved by the wider engineering organization.

Azure Platform Engineering

• Help evolve and scale enterprise Azure Landing Zones together with the team, adhering to high availability and security benchmarks.
• Partner with development teams to accelerate cloud adoption, offering paved-road developer platforms and self-service capabilities.
• Standardize hybrid networking, API management, and identity integration across multi-tenant banking environments.

Operations & Reliability Engineering

• Ensure maximum availability and performance for business-critical SaaS products running in Azure.
• Monitor platform health, establish pro-active alerts, and contribute to root-cause analysis for complex operational challenges.
• Bring a Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) mindset to continuously elevate platform resiliency and performance together with the team.

Cloud security & compliance

• Implement robust zero-trust security controls and identity management using Microsoft Entra ID.
• Secure secrets, keys, and certificates via Azure Key Vault and automated vault rotators.

• Ensure platform compliance with strict Nordic financial regulation standards and security audits.

What brings you success in this role

Must-Haves:

• Deep Terraform Expertise: Proven hands-on experience writing modular, production-ready Infrastructure as Code.

• Solid Azure Engineering Background: Strong experience with AKS, APIM, Azure SQL, Entra ID, and cloud networking (VNets, Private Endpoints, Firewalls).
• Operational Resilience Mindset: Hands-on experience troubleshooting, monitoring, and maintaining high-availability enterprise applications.
• Automation-First Philosophy: Strong background in CI/CD automation (GitHub Actions / Azure DevOps) and scriptable workflows.
• Collaborative Engineering Mindset: You enjoy working as part of a strong team, sharing knowledge openly, giving and receiving feedback, and helping colleagues grow.
• Strong Infrastructure Engineering Competence: Proven ability to design, implement, secure, and troubleshoot resilient infrastructure across networking, compute, storage, identity, and platform services in enterprise environments.

Nice-to-Haves:

• Experience with enterprise Kubernetes administration (AKS) & container security.
• Familiarity with observability stacks like Open Telemetry, Grafana, or Application Insights.
• Background in DevSecOps practices within regulated environments (Financial Services, Fintech, or Healthcare).

We offer

We offer you professional growth, meaningful projects, open culture and an outstanding work-life balance! We offer you an opportunity to create the future of a growing, fast-developing and important sector. We believe that our organizational culture is an important part of enabling you to be successful. We provide a flexible hybrid work model as part of our culture and way of working. Finally, we also believe in curiosity and learning as a lifestyle where you need to unlearn and relearn every day as new possibilities emerge.

We perform background checks on all final candidates.   

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Additional Information

At Tieto, we believe in the power of diversity, equity, and inclusion. We encourage applicants of all backgrounds, genders (m/f/d), and walks of life to join our team, as we believe that this fosters an inspiring workplace and fuels innovation. Our commitment to openness, trust, and diversity is at the heart of our mission to create digital futures that benefit businesses, societies, and humanity.
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