DevOps Engineer

We are looking for an experienced and motivated DevOps Engineer to join our growing Architecture and Developer Experience team in Keilaniemi, Espoo. Vaisala Xweather (https://www.xweather.com) brings weather confidence to decision-makers in every weather-sensitive business. By combining unique measurement data, cutting-edge AI models, and actionable insights, Xweather data and software solutions transform weather challenges into opportunities to optimize safety and efficiency while enhancing resilience against severe weather and climate change. Our products leverage and manage multiple different meteorological data and AI models across various products, such as Road Weather, Renewable Energy, Weather API etc. Join us to work on designing, building, and maintaining scalable, secure, and highly available cloud infrastructure.

Vaisala is a global leader in measurement instruments and intelligence helping industries, nations, people, and the planet to thrive. From predicting hurricanes to optimizing renewable energy production, our technology is used where it matters the most – from data centers, windfarms and laboratories to airports, the Arctic and even the surface of Mars. Vaisala is recognized in TIME Magazine's World's Best Companies in Sustainable Growth 2025 study. Our team of over 2,400 experts and 59 nationalities around the world is committed to taking every measure for the planet. Driven by our shared purpose, curiosity, and pioneering spirit, we stay ahead and make a difference. At Vaisala, you don't have to fit in to belong.

Why join us?

• Vaisala’s purpose is “taking every measure for the planet.” As part of our team, you’ll contribute to this meaningful mission in a tangible way.
• Working in Developer Experience, you’ll have a seat at the table in multiple projects and product development teams. You’ll have the opportunity to tackle interesting challenges in both software and the measurement business.
• Within reasonable limits, you can choose your own tools—whether it’s your preferred programming language, Infrastructure as Code (IaC) framework, monitoring platform, or others.
• You’ll work with the latest technologies, as a key responsibility of the Developer Experience team is to evaluate new solutions and provide recommendations.

What will you do?

You will join the Vaisala Xweather team in our Espoo office which is home to more than one hundred brilliant minds. We are a diverse bunch, but we share the same excitement about making the world a better place with data and technology. You will report to Chief Software Architect.

As a member of our team, you will:

• Design, implement, and manage AWS infrastructure using Terraform and CDK.
• Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines to support rapid development and deployment.
• Collaborate with development and operations teams to ensure reliable and scalable platform services.
• Automate infrastructure provisioning, configuration, and monitoring.
• Implement security best practices and ensure compliance with internal and external standards.
• Troubleshoot and resolve infrastructure and deployment issues.
• Monitor system performance and availability and proactively address potential issues.
• Ensure maintainable solutions by documentation, writing automated unit tests with code, and contributing to peer reviews within the team.
• Contribute to architectural decisions and infrastructure strategy.
• Drive FinOps practices by monitoring cloud usage, optimizing resource allocation, and ensuring cost efficiency across AWS environments.

What will you bring:

• 3+ years of experience in a Platform Engineer, DevOps Engineer, or similar role.
• Strong hands-on experience with AWS services (e.g., EC2, ECS, Lambda, RDS, VPC, IAM, CloudWatch, MSK).
• Strong understanding of cloud architecture and deployment models.
• Proficiency in Terraform and/or AWS CDK for infrastructure automation.
• Experience with CI/CD tools such as GitHub Actions, Bitbucket or similar.
• Solid understanding of networking, security, and cloud architecture principles.
• Knowledge of serverless and event-driven architectures.
• Experience with Linux operating systems.
• Strong problem-solving skills and a proactive mindset.
• Ability to quickly adapt to new tools and environments.

Skills that are considered a plus: 

• Familiarity with Agile/Scrum methodologies.
• Proficiency in scripting languages such as Python, Bash, or TypeScript.
• Familiarity with containerization and orchestration tools (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes). Experience with managed Kubernetes (e.g. EKS) is a plus.
• Experience with monitoring tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog).
• Knowledge with device management and telemetry in IoT ecosystems and protocols such as LwM2M and MQTT.

For additional information, please contact the hiring manager, Chief Software Architect, Umut Karabudak via email umut.karabudak@vaisala.com. Please note that applications sent via email cannot be processed due to privacy reasons.  

Ready to take every measure for the planet? Apply at the latest on August 10th, 2025, via the application form.