Cloud Architect

Polar Squad Oy; Helsinki; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Polar Squad Oy is hiring a Platform Engineer to lead cloud architecture design across AWS, Azure and GCP within a hybrid work setup in Helsinki. The role emphasizes scalable, secure, and cost-conscious cloud solutions, with strong emphasis on IaC and containerization.

You will shape infrastructure patterns, contribute to observability, and mentor teams while collaborating with security and network disciplines to ensure compliant, robust platforms.

Qualifications

• Experience with major public cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP).
• Strong IaC skills with Terraform, Pulumi or equivalent.
• Hands-on with containerization and modern cloud architectures.

Responsibilities

• Design scalable, resilient cloud architectures across platforms.
• Work with IaC tools (Terraform, Pulumi, CDK, or Bicep).
• Implement monitoring, logging and observability solutions.
• Ensure security, data privacy and network best practices throughout.
• Collaborate on cost optimization and architecture evolution.

Skills

AWS

Azure

GCP

Terraform

Pulumi

Kubernetes

Docker

Security best practices

Data privacy

Tools

AWS CDK

Azure Bicep

Terraform

Docker

Kubernetes

Pulumi

Job description

Location

Malaga, Tampere, Helsinki. Hybrid.

Contact

Niko Heikkilä. Platform Engineer / Recruitment Lead.

About Polar Squad

The best DevOps company. Founded in 2017. 50+ employees, 8+ nationalities, in 3 countries. Turnover. 6M.

Responsibilities

• Extensive experience with major public cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, and GCP)
• Knowledge of cloud services, best practices, and cost optimization
• Designing scalable, resilient, and secure cloud architectures
• Understanding of network architecture, security principles, and data privacy regulations
• Proficiency in infrastructure as code (IaC) tools such as Terraform, Pulumi, AWS CDK, or Azure Bicep
• Experience with containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), serverless architectures
• Designing monitoring, logging, and observability solutions
• Knowledge of database technologies (SQL and NoSQL)
• Ability to evolve architecture iteratively
• Creating and maintaining technical documentation