DevOps Engineer

Role highlights:

DevOps Engineer

Location: Espoo, Finland

Department: Fleet Control and Satellite Communications

Reports to: Engineering Manager, Connect & Ground Stations

Employment type: Permanent

Workplace model: Hybrid, 3 days a week at the office in Espoo

Employment is subject to applicable security screening (incl. SUPO, where required)

Why this role matters

As a DevOps Engineer, you’ll support ICEYE’s mission by building and maintaining reliable cloud environments that power critical Earth Observation capabilities. You’ll help ensure our systems run smoothly across ground stations, testing environments, and end-user platforms, enabling teams to deliver mission-critical data with speed and accuracy.

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

Build and maintain AWS-based infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code, and support containerized workloads running on Kubernetes with secure practices

Configure and support environments including ground stations, testing setups, and end-user platforms

Troubleshoot production issues and participate in debugging and incident resolution

Support development teams by improving deployment workflows and platform reliability

What we’re looking for

Must haves:

Hands-on experience with AWS, including VPC, IAM, networking, and cost awareness

Strong experience with Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform

Experience working with containers and Kubernetes, including deployments and debugging

Practical experience with CI/CD pipelines and tools such as GitHub Actions

Nice to haves:

Experience with observability practices, including logging, metrics, and alerting

Basic knowledge of databases such as PostgreSQL, RDS, or MongoDB

Background in software engineering or experience with Go, Python, or Bash scripting

Application Process

TA Partner Screen Call

Hiring manager interview

Technical interview

Values & Fit 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.

Base salary range for this position is 5700–6500 € per month (gross), depending on experience, and will be negotiated individually.

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 .