Senior DevOps Engineer – Core Platform Engineering
Location: Espoo, Finland / Berlin, Germany
Department: Platform & Release Engineering - Engineering
Reports to: Infrastructure Engineering Lead
Employment type: Permanent
Workplace model: Hybrid / Office
Employment is subject to applicable security screening (incl. SUPO)
Why this role matters:
As a Senior DevOps Engineer, you’ll design and operate the core platform foundations that power ICEYE’s products, enabling secure, scalable, and reliable services across cloud and on-prem environments.
Who We Are
ICEYE delivers space-based intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) capabilities to governments and allied nations. This includes sovereign and turnkey ISR missions leveraging ICEYE’s world-leading synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellite technology, as well as access to data from the world’s largest SAR satellite constellation. These capabilities enable partners to detect and respond to critical changes anywhere on Earth with unprecedented speed and accuracy, day or night and in any weather, supported by ultra high-resolution imagery and high-frequency revisits.
As a trusted partner for defense, intelligence, security, and maritime domain awareness, ICEYE’s near real-time data creates a tactical advantage for mission-critical operations. Designed for dual use, the platform also serves civil protection and commercial users for natural-catastrophe intelligence, insurance, maritime monitoring including oil-spill detection, and finance, contributing to global security and community resilience.
ICEYE is headquartered in Finland and operates globally across Europe, North America, the Middle East, and Asia-Pacific. We have more than 900 employees, united by a shared vision: improving life on Earth by becoming the global source of truth in Earth Observation.
Your day-to-day responsibilities
Design, operate, and evolve core platform components including Kubernetes, ingress, service mesh, and secrets management
Build and maintain reusable infrastructure modules using Terraform across AWS and on-prem environments
Define and implement observability standards, including metrics, logs, traces, dashboards, and alerting
Partner with product teams to guide platform adoption and enable scalable, platform-aligned architectures
Automate platform lifecycle processes including provisioning, upgrades, and scaling
Improve platform reliability, performance, and security through continuous iteration
Support and mentor engineers on best practices in Kubernetes, networking, identity, and observability
Reduce operational overhead through tooling, automation, and improved platform abstractions
What we’re looking for
Must haves:
5+ years of experience in DevOps, SRE, or Platform Engineering roles operating production systems
Strong hands-on experience with Kubernetes, including cluster operations, networking, and lifecycle management
Solid understanding of AWS fundamentals including networking, IAM, compute, and storage
Experience with infrastructure as code using tools such as Terraform
Practical experience with observability, including SLOs, metrics, logs, traces, and alerting
Proficiency in at least one backend language such as Python or Go
Strong Linux systems knowledge and troubleshooting skills
Ability to collaborate across teams and communicate effectively in English
Nice to haves:
Experience with Rancher, Istio, External Secrets, or Vault
Experience operating in restricted or air-gapped environments
Experience with identity systems such as FusionAuth or SSO integrations
Experience in regulated or mission-critical environments
Experience with hybrid infrastructure across AWS and on-prem platforms
Application process
Recruiter interview
Hiring manager interview
Task Assignment
Technical interview
Final interview
Working at ICEYE
At ICEYE, you’ll join a diverse and highly engaged team united by the ambition to make the impossible possible. As a global scale-up, we combine speed and ambition with the opportunity to take real ownership from day one. Your growth, wellbeing, and success are a priority, with continuous professional development, training opportunities, and a culture where collaboration is how we win.
How We Work (Our Values)
Make the impossible possible: We set ambitious goals and stay calm under pressure. We bring grit, optimism, and ownership when things get hard, and we keep moving until we find a way.
Be curious: Go deep, ask questions, listen carefully, and think critically. Understand the why behind decisions.
See the big picture: Stay close to what’s happening across the company so you can make better decisions. Consider how your work affects others.
Drive effective teamwork: Create psychological safety, invite different perspectives, and build inclusive teams. There are no bad questions.
Act as one team: We win together. We match tasks to the right owner and stay agile as priorities shift.
Have fun: What we do matters and it should be enjoyable. Celebrate progress, take pride in results, and share the wins.
Benefits
Our benefits are designed to support your health and wellbeing, at work and beyond. We keep improving them based on employee feedback, and offerings vary by location. Talent Acquisition will confirm what applies for this role and location during the process.
Our Commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
We want ICEYE to be a place where people can be themselves and do great work. Different backgrounds and perspectives make us stronger, which is why we work to create an environment where people feel included, respected, and able to speak up. Whatever your background, we want you to bring your authentic self to the table.
We’re committed to fair, inclusive hiring and equal opportunity. Everyone is welcome to apply. If you need any adjustments or support during the recruitment process, tell us and we will do our best to help.
Apply now to start your ICEYE journey and help us continue to make the impossible possible together. Read more about ICEYE and working with us at iceye.com.