IT Systems Lead — Secure, Scalable Collaboration & AI

ICEYE; Finland; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

ICEYE is seeking an IT Systems Lead in Espoo, Finland, to steer a team of 7 engineers across Finland and Poland. You will own the systems strategy for client platforms, AI and identity management, delivering a secure, scalable foundation in a defence‑oriented environment.

You will consolidate the toolset, ensure security with best practices, and partner with stakeholders to balance priorities, budgets and compliance. Hybrid work model in a global tech environment.

Qualifications

• 5+ years leading an IT systems or infrastructure team, with hands‑on technical experience.
• Deep expertise in at least one major collaboration suite (Microsoft 365 or Google Workspace) and tools such as Slack and Atlassian.
• Strong experience with identity and access management (e.g. Okta, Entra ID) and endpoint management.
• Experience leading distributed, multi‑country teams and managing vendors and budgets.
• Experience using AI tools in operations and automation, and assessing AI‑related systems needs.
• Eligibility to obtain and maintain a high‑level national security clearance in Finland.

Responsibilities

• Own the systems strategy and roadmap across client platforms, AI systems, collaboration systems and identity management, and give the team a consistent technical direction.
• Lead the consolidation of a fast-grown toolset into a standardised, secure and scalable platform.
• Keep the client platform highly secure and aligned with industry best practices, adapting systems as business needs change.
• Keep things running: incident and problem management, escalation, monitoring and SLAs.
• Embed business continuity, patch management and logging into how systems are built and run.
• Support security audits, accreditations and certifications.
• Work with business stakeholders, product teams and neighbouring IT teams to balance priorities, compliance and speed.
• Own the systems budget, manage suppliers and consultants, and contribute to quarterly financial planning.

Skills

Leadership

Collaboration suite expertise

Identity and access management

AI in operations

Security mindset

Cross-country team leadership

Tools

Slack

Atlassian

Microsoft 365

Okta/Entra ID

Endpoint management tools

Job description

ICEYE is seeking an IT Systems Lead in Espoo, Finland, to steer a team of 7 engineers across Finland and Poland. You will own the systems strategy for client platforms, AI and identity management, delivering a secure, scalable foundation in a defence‑oriented environment.

You will consolidate the toolset, ensure security with best practices, and partner with stakeholders to balance priorities, budgets and compliance. Hybrid work model in a global tech environment.