Architect, IT Capacity Services
Pihlajalinna
Required skills
About the role
Translated into English from Finnish by Korum. The employer's original wording is on their site.
Join us in building the IT services of the future! IT management services play a key role in enabling smooth everyday life for both our staff and our customers. We are now looking for an architect for our IT cloud capacity services to be responsible for the architecture, technical development and lifecycle management of capacity services as part of Pihlajalinna's IT management.
In this role you can influence the architecture, technology solutions and development direction of Pihlajalinna's capacity services and help ensure the continuity of business-critical services within the healthcare operating environment.
💡 What does the work involve?
As an architect you are responsible for the architecture, technical principles and development direction of Pihlajalinna's capacity services. Your area of responsibility covers the Nutanix environment as well as the capacity services of Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud Platform. You act as the owner of the capacity services and are responsible for ensuring that the solutions support business continuity, information security and cost-efficient operations.
In this role you define the target architecture, technical standards and technology roadmap for the capacity services, and guide the lifecycle of the services from planning to continuous development. You are responsible for sizing cloud and capacity services, capacity adequacy, performance forecasting, and the design and development of continuity and recovery solutions.
In your work you also take part in the modernisation of legacy solutions and in defining architectural principles related to the use of cloud services. In addition, you are responsible for the technical guidance of capacity, storage and backup solutions, maintain technical documentation, and act as a support and sparring partner for experts.
In this role you act as the owner of the capacity services and work in close cooperation with the service architect, the other IT management service teams, the information security function, the continuity and risk management function, and external service providers. The aim is to ensure that the capacity services are available, high-performing, secure and predictable throughout their entire lifecycle.
The employment is permanent and full-time. In this role you can work in Tampere or Helsinki, and the work includes extensive remote working options and flexible working hours. The role includes taking part in the IT management on-call and incident arrangements.
❤️ A dream workplace at Pihlajalinna?
At Pihlajalinna, a dream workplace means a place where the person comes first. Our customer-oriented operations rest on the Pihlis principles: we build trust, succeed together and take care. We help each other succeed and create a cheerful, easygoing and safe working day around us. It is important to us that our professionals feel well, and therefore we pay special attention to managerial work.
We invest in you, for example in the following ways:
We look after your health by providing comprehensive occupational health care, which also includes Mielen Pihlajalinna services
We look after your wellbeing by providing comprehensive personal accident insurance for leisure time, as well as a wellbeing, exercise and culture pass benefit (400 EUR per year). Pihlajalinna employees may also take part in numerous exercise events as a staff benefit with employer support and exercise at Forever fitness centres at a lower price (remote exercise options also available).
We look after your skills by providing training opportunities, the Pihlajalinna Akatemia learning environment which is available to you at all times, and you receive pre-induction before the employment starts to help you get to know the work community
We make sure you receive the support of an encouraging team for diverse tasks. We support the combination of work and leisure, and you have the opportunity to agree on flexible working hours
At Pihlajalinna we value the diversity of our work community and work for equality. We welcome applicants from different backgrounds, such as people of different ages and genders, and people belonging to language, cultural or other minorities.
🔎 Do you recognise yourself in this?
You are an experienced infrastructure and cloud architect with a strong understanding of capacity services, their lifecycle management, and the continuity requirements of business-critical environments. You have several years of experience in designing, developing and technically guiding Azure and Nutanix environments, and you can create solutions that combine performance, information security, cost-efficiency and continuity.
In addition, we hope that your background includes expertise in several of the following areas:
several years of experience with cloud capacity and virtualised infrastructure environments
strong expertise in the architecture of Azure and Nutanix environments, capacity management and lifecycle guidance
experience with storage, backup, continuity and recovery solutions
expertise in automation and infrastructure as code
understanding of the NIS2 requirements, the Client Data Act, the ISO 27001 framework and ITIL processes
experience in supplier cooperation and technical guidance
Microsoft AZ-104, AZ-305 and AZ-400 certifications
fluent Finnish and English language skills
💰 What is the pay for this work?
The salary for this position is 5700 - 6300 euros per month. We consider your work experience and skills individually when setting the salary.
✅ I want this job! What do I do next?
If you recognised yourself in the description of the person we are looking for, submit your application by 1.11.2026.
If you would like to discuss the position in more detail, your future line manager Esa Immonen (service architect, IT infrastructure) is happy to answer your questions on weekdays between 14.00 - 16.00 (tel. [contact details removed] or [contact details removed]).
For questions about the recruitment process and timelines, the lead recruitment specialist of Pihlajalinna's group services, Juho Siikaluoma, is available on weekdays between 8.00 - 16.00 (tel. [contact details removed] or [contact details removed]).
How does the application process proceed?
🔔 The application period ends on 1.11.2026 (Note! The application period has been extended from the original end date of 28.10.).
🔎 During weeks 44-45 we will review applications and may ask for clarifications.
💬 During weeks 45-46 we will meet applicants remotely and at the premises of our administration in the Kehräsaari building in Tampere and the Stockmann building in Helsinki.
🎯 We aim to make recruitment decisions at the beginning of November.
👋 Our goal is for our new architect to start during December 2026 or January 2027.
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