Senior DevOps Engineer in MarTech

Nordea Bank Norge ASA; Helsinki; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Nordea Bank Norge ASA is seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer to own infrastructure automation, CI/CD pipelines, and deployment strategies for high‑scale analytical workloads on GCP and Snowflake. You will design Ansible templates and deployment scripts across cloud and on‑prem environments, while partnering with security teams to maintain secure, compliant platforms.

The role requires strong expertise in Git, Jenkins, Docker, Kubernetes, and observability stacks, with a focus on cost efficiency and

Qualifications

• 4+ years of hands-on experience writing Ansible for onprem and cloud infrastructure management.
• Strong operational experience with core GCP services, including IAM, GKE, RDS and networking/VPC routing; GCP certification highly regarded.
• Solid experience with Docker and Kubernetes.
• Expert-level mastery of Git, Groovy and Bitbucket, with deep experience designing branching strategies and Jenkins pipelines and shared libraries.
• Solid understanding of legacy big data ecosystems (Hadoop, HDFS, Hive) and modern cloud data warehouses (Snowflake).
• Understanding of OWASP Top 10 vulnerabilities and secure development practices; knowledge of Sysdig secure, SBOM, vulnerabilities elimination cycle.
• Hands-on experience configuring monitoring, alerting, and logging (Prometheus, Grafana, Splunk).
• 5+ years of advanced Linux/Unix systems administration and shell scripting (Bash, Python).

Responsibilities

• Own the infrastructure automation, pipeline orchestration, and deployment strategies for high-scale analytical workloads on GCP and Snowflake.
• Scale CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins and Bitbucket Pipelines and SonarQube for data jobs, microservices, and models.
• Design and maintain Ansible templates for consistent infrastructure across cloud and on-prem environments.
• Create and maintain deployment scripts using Bash, Python, and Groovy.
• Monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize system performance, scaling, and cost across cloud and big data infrastructure.
• Partner with security teams to enforce secure IAM, PAM, SSL certificates management and platform security controls.
• Drive DevOps best practices and help engineering teams adopt high-quality standards.

Skills

IaC

GCP

Container orchestration

CI/CD

Big data & Cloud

Security knowledge

Observability

Linux scripting

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Git

Bitbucket

Jenkins

Ansible

Sysdig

Splunk

Job description

Welcome to Group Technology, where we pride ourselves on engineering solutions and direct Nordea's transformation by providing a holistic technological view and structured understanding of the bank, and its surrounding environment to enable the Customer Vision and the Business Strategy.

We are looking for a senior DevOps engineer to help shape the next generation of web and mobile bank's analytics and marketing capabilities for Nordea's private and corporate customers. This is an opportunity for you to join a team of highly motivated people that strive to deliver a modern digital banking solution to millions of our customers across the Nordics. This is a permanent and full-time position, at Nordea Campus in Helsinki (Finland).

Nordea is a place where traditions meet tomorrow. We're not just a bank; we're a tech employer on a mission to evolve finance securely and responsibly. Together, we impact millions of people's daily lives by ensuring they can access our solutions anytime, anywhere, while safeguarding their personal data and wealth. Join us in making an impact on the banking industry.

About our team

Meet the Orchestration and Optimization train & its teams. We are part of the SD MarTech & Sales Technology in Group Technology, working at the intersection of business, data, and technology to support Nordea's digital sales ambition.

What we do

Our role is to enable effective orchestration marketing, experience management and analytics across all customer channels. We focus on creating and optimizing simple, relevant, and personalized marketing, voice of the customer and analytics experiences that help customers discover and engage with Nordea's products and services.

How we work

We build solutions that bring together customer data, insights, and content to deliver meaningful interactions across channels such as mobile, online banking, and other digital touchpoints. By combining data with technology, we help ensure that the right message reaches the right customer at the right time - while continuously learning and improving based on feedback and performance.

Main responsibilities in this role

• You will own the infrastructure automation, pipeline orchestration, and deployment strategies required to operate and upgrade high-scale analytical workloads on GCP and Snowflake ecosystems
• Scale CI/CD Pipelines: Design and build robust CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins and Bitbucket Pipelines and SonarQube to support continuous integration and deployment of data jobs, microservices, and models.
• Infrastructure as Code: Design and maintain Ansible templates to ensure consistent infrastructure across cloud (GCP/Snowflake) and on-premises environments.
• Scripting & Linux Expertise: Create and maintain deployment scripts leveraging advanced Linux systems expertise and scripting skills (Bash, Python, Groovy) to automate complex changes
• System Monitoring & Optimization: Monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize system performance, scaling, and cost efficiency across our cloud and big data infrastructure - using Sysdig and Splunk.
• Security & vulnerabilities management: Partner with security teams to enforce secure IAM, PAM, SSLcertificates management and platform security controls, keeping our platform' data foundation compliant.
• DevOps Mentorship & Best Practices: Drive best practices in DevOps methodologies and help engineering teams adopt high-quality standards.

This role is based in Helsinki and we follow hybrid model of working (60 % onsite).

Who you are

This is the right role for you if you:

• Take ownership of platform quality, drive continuous improvement, and work well across engineering and business teams
• Platform Collaborator: Experience aligning software development, data engineering, and infrastructure in Agile environments
• Automation Advocate: Passionate about eliminating manual processes through reliable platform tooling
• Systems Thinker: Strong analytical skills for troubleshooting complex network, IAM, or compute issues across hybrid environments
• Clear Communicator: Able to translate infrastructure complexity for business partners and domain leads
• Are curious about how AI can change the way software is built

Your background and skills include:

• Infrastructure as Code (IaC): 4+ years of hands-on experience writing Ansible for onprem and cloud infrastructure management
• Cloud Platforms (GCP): Strong operational experience with core GCP services, including IAM, GKE, RDS and networking/VPC routing. GCP certification is highly regarded
• Container Orchestration: Solid experience with Docker and Kubernetes
• CI/CD & Version Control: Expert-level mastery of Git, Groovy and Bitbucket, with deep experience designing branching strategies and Jenkins pipelines and shared libraries
• Big Data & Cloud Transition: Solid understanding of both legacy big data ecosystems (Hadoop, HDFS, Hive) and modern cloud data warehouses (Snowflake)
• Security Knowledge: Understanding of OWASP Top 10 security vulnerabilities and secure development practices, and knowledge of Sysdig secure, SBOM, vulnerabilities elimination cycle
• Observability Stack: Hands-on experience configuring monitoring, alerting, and logging (Prometheus, Grafana, Splunk)
• (good to have) Operating Systems & Scripting: 5+ years of advanced Linux/Unix systems administration and shell scripting (Bash, Python)

What we offer

Collaboration. Ownership. Passion. Courage. These are the values that guide us in how we work and how we make decisions - and that we imagine you share with us.

People

are driven by many different factors. For some, it's to take their career to the next level. For others, it's to break new ground within their area of expertise - in other words, with us, you will always move forward.

A culture

that fosters performance and growth in one of the largest Nordic banks, offering various opportunities to evolve, develop and learn from brilliant colleagues with diverse backgrounds in a vibrant working environment.

Hybrid working model -

we believe in the value of bringing people together and at same time we embrace freedom of flexibility.

Diversity and inclusion

are a natural part of our daily work. We know that an inclusive workplace is a sustainable one. We genuinely believe that our diverse backgrounds, experiences, characteristics, and traits make us stronger together. Every day we strive to find new ways to improve diversity and inclusion within our community e.g. we have signed the European Diversity Charters in the countries where we operate to show our commitment and engage with others to continue learning and improving.

Studies show that members of underrepresented communities don't apply for jobs unless they tick all the qualification boxes. If this is part of why you hesitate to apply, we would like you to reconsider and give it a chance. Maybe your profile fits our needs much better than you think.

A security clearance will be performed for the person selected for this position.