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ICEYE is the world leader in sovereign intelligence from space, operating the world's largest and most advanced SAR (synthetic aperture radar) satellite constellation. As IT Infrastructure Lead, you will lead a team of 7 across Finland and Poland responsible for networks, data centres, office setups, and manufacturing IT infrastructure that underpins ICEYE's global operations across 10+ countries.
You will own the infrastructure strategy and roadmap, leading the consolidation of a rapidly-grown setup into a unified, secure, and scalable foundation. Key responsibilities include: establishing consistent technical direction for the infrastructure team; consolidating infrastructure across 10+ countries and building repeatable playbooks for new office and site deployments; implementing security measures including network segmentation, zero trust architecture, classified environments, and separation of manufacturing (OT) networks from office IT; managing incident and problem resolution with focus on SLAs and monitoring; embedding business continuity, disaster recovery, patch management, and logging into infrastructure design and operations; supporting security audits, accreditations, and certifications; collaborating with business stakeholders, product teams, and neighbouring IT teams to balance priorities, compliance, and speed; owning the infrastructure budget, managing suppliers and consultants, and contributing to quarterly financial planning; and leading, hiring, and developing your team while remaining hands-on in architecture, design reviews, and critical incidents.
This role operates in a defence and national security environment, requiring pragmatic decision-making, the ability to find simple solutions to complex problems, and experience with distributed, multi-country team leadership. You will work closely with stakeholders across the organization to ensure infrastructure supports ICEYE's mission of delivering persistent monitoring capabilities to governments, defence and intelligence agencies, and other customers globally.
REQUIREMENTS:
Must haves:
- 5+ years leading an Infrastructure team with hands-on infrastructure experience
- Deep expertise in enterprise network design and operations
- Eligibility to obtain and maintain a high-level national security clearance in Finland
- Proactive can-do attitude with ability to find simple solutions to complex problems
- Experience using AI tools in operations and automation, and assessing AI-related infrastructure needs
- Pragmatic decision-maker who finds simple solutions to complex problems with incomplete information
- Experience leading distributed, multi-country teams
- Vendor and budget management experience
- Fluent English
- Willingness to travel
Nice to haves:
- Familiarity with Kubernetes operations for on-premises setups
- Infrastructure as Code experience for network infrastructure
- Aerospace, defence, or manufacturing background
- Manufacturing network security expertise
- Experience consolidating or integrating infrastructure across sites or acquisitions
- Fluency in Finnish or Polish
