Junior Platform Operations Engineer – Automation & Infrastructure as Code | SEB Life & Pension, Solna

SEB; Parainen; On-site; EUR 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

SEB Life & Pension is looking for a Junior Platform Operations Engineer who combines hands-on operations with automation and Infrastructure as Code. You will work with container-based and Windows environments, learning how large-scale systems run in production.

The role emphasizes stability, observability, deployments, and continuous improvement, offering growth across operations and software engineering in a production setting.

Qualifications

• Recent graduate or up to a few years of professional experience.
• Technical degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, IT, or related field.
• Strong curiosity, problem-solving ability and willingness to learn.

Responsibilities

• Operate and support container-based and Windows environments.
• Monitor, troubleshoot, and analyze incidents.
• Support deployments and releases and improve deployment processes.
• Move configuration and infrastructure towards Infrastructure as Code.
• Improve reliability, standardisation, and operational efficiency.

Skills

Curiosity

Problem solving

Willingness to learn

Education

Technical university degree in Computer Science or related

Tools

Kubernetes

Windows

Linux

PowerShell

Python

SQL

Git

Terraform

Job description

Are you a recent graduate or early in your career and interested in understanding how large-scale software systemsactually run?

At SEB Life & Pension, weoperatebusiness-critical platforms supporting our insurance and pension business. Our technical landscape includes around 150 container environments as well as Windows-based environments.

We are now looking for a Junior Platform Operations Engineer who wants to combine hands-on operations with engineering, automationand infrastructure as Code.

You do not need previous experience operating large-scale production environments.We are looking for technical curiosity, problem-solvingabilityanda strong desireto learn how complex systems work — and how they can be improved through engineering and automation.

About the role

The role combines hands-on operations with continuous improvement. Working closely with development teams and other engineers, you will help keep our platforms stable and reliable while making them easier tooperatethrough automation,standardisedtooling and Infrastructure as Code.

Your work will span areas such as:

• Operating and supporting container-based and Windows environments

• Monitoring,troubleshootingand incident analysis

• Supporting deployments and releases

• Working with logs,metricsand observability

• Databases and SQL

• Automating recurring operational tasks

• Improving deployment and environment processes

• Moving configuration and infrastructure towards Infrastructure as Code

• Improving reliability,standardisationand operational efficiency

A key part of the role is to reduce repetitive manual work through automation,standardisedtooling and infrastructure managed as software.

Who we are looking for

You may be a recent graduate or have up to a few years of professional experience. We believe you have a technical university degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, EngineeringPhysics or a similar field. More important than the length of your experience is your curiosity and motivation to understand how systems behave in production.

We think you will enjoy this role if you:

• Like understanding how systems work under the hood

• Enjoy troubleshooting and solving difficult technical problems

• Like automation and finding ways to reduce manual work

• Are interested in containers, operating systems,infrastructureand networking

• Want to understand how business-critical systems behave in production

• Learn quickly and take responsibility

• Enjoy combining hands-on operations with engineering and continuous improvement

Your experience may come from university projects, a thesis, internships, personal technicalprojectsorpreviousemployment. Familiarity with technologies such as containers, Kubernetes, Windows, Linux, PowerShell, Python, SQL, Git or Terraform is an advantage, but we do not expect you to know them all. What matters most is a solid technical foundation and a strong willingness to learn.

Why join us?

This role offers the opportunity to build a strong technical foundation across operations, infrastructure,automationand software engineering. You will learn how large systems are deployed,monitored,troubleshotand kept reliable while helping usmoderniseand automate the way they areoperated.

If you are curious, eager to learn and want to understand both softwareand the infrastructure it runs on, we would like to hear from you.

Ready for to join?

It is our fundamental belief that inclusion and diversity is crucial for our future success. We strive to have an inclusive, value-driven culture where employees feel valued, respected, and involved irrespective of who they are, what they believe or where they come from.

Since we select candidates continuously,
If you have questions about the position, please contact Laban Bondesson, Hiring Manager, by email at [e-mail]

About the SEB & the recruitment process

Please be aware that our final candidates undergo background checks, a process that includes for example identity control, verification of qualifications, credit checks, company engagements and criminal records checks. We also apply random drug checks. During employment, employees within SEB can also expect to undergo recurring background checks.

SEB Sweden has a redeployment responsibility, why this position might be covered by internal redeployment.

The employment is covered by collective agreements signed between Finansarbetsgivarna and Akademikerföreningen, and between Finansarbetsgivarna and Finansförbundet.

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