System Manager

Academic Work; Espoo; On-site; EUR 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Academic Work is seeking a System Manager in Espoo to oversee daily operation and maintenance of critical applications and systems. You will monitor integrations and data flows, coordinate updates and maintenance windows, and work with IT Operations to resolve incidents. Strong documentation and a proactive, development-oriented mindset are essential.

The role requires fluent English; Finnish language skills are an advantage and alignment with a Nordic IT environment is expected.

Qualifications

• Experience in maintaining and managing applications or systems in an IT environment.
• Understanding of integrations and data flows or production systems.
• Ability to solve technical problems in collaboration with stakeholders.
• Experience with system updates, change management, or lifecycle management.
• Good documentation and organisational skills.
• Proactive and development-oriented mindset.
• Strong written and spoken English; Finnish language skills are an advantage.

Responsibilities

• Daily operation and maintenance of named applications and systems.
• Monitor integrations and data flows.
• Coordinate updates and maintenance windows.
• Resolve system incidents with IT Operations.
• Maintain system documentation.

Skills

IT system administration

Integrations understanding

Data flows handling

Problem solving with stakeholders

Lifecycle/change management

Documentation skills

Proactive development mindset

English-Finnish language skills

Job description

System Manager responsibilities include daily operation and maintenance of named applications and systems, monitoring integrations and data flows, coordinating updates and maintenance windows, resolving system incidents with IT Operations, and maintaining system documentation.

The role also requires proactive and development-oriented work attitude, with fluent English and Finnish language skills preferred.

• Experience in maintaining and managing applications or systems in an IT environment
• Understanding of integrations
• data flows or production systems
• Ability to solve technical problems in collaboration with stakeholders
• Experience with system updates, change management, or lifecycle management
• Good documentation and organizational skills
• Proactive and development-oriented mindset
• Strong written and spoken English; Finnish language skills are an advantage