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! Information management services play a key role in enabling smooth everyday work 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 information management function.
In this role you can influence the definition of 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 will be 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 will act as owner of the capacity services and be responsible for ensuring that solutions support business continuity, information security and cost-effective operations.
In this role you will define the target architecture, technical standards and technology roadmap for capacity services, and guide the lifecycle of the services from planning to continuous development. You will be responsible for the sizing of cloud and capacity services, the adequacy of capacity, performance forecasting, and the design and development of continuity and recovery solutions.
In your work you will also take part in modernising legacy solutions and defining architecture principles related to the use of cloud services. In addition, you will be 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 owner of the capacity services and work in close collaboration with the service architect, other information management service teams, the information security function, business continuity and risk management, and external service providers. The aim is to ensure that capacity services are available, performant, secure and predictable throughout their entire lifecycle.
This is a permanent, full-time position. You may work in Tampere or Helsinki, and the work includes extensive remote working options and flexible working hours. The role includes taking part in on-call and incident arrangements of information management.
❤️ A dream workplace at Pihlajalinna?
For us at Pihlajalinna, a dream workplace means a place where the person comes first. Our customer-centred operations rest on the Pihlis principles: we build trust, succeed together and take care. We help each other succeed and create a cheerful, uncomplicated and safe working day around us. It is important to us that our professionals feel well, which is why we pay particular 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 Mieli Pihlajalinna services
We look after your wellbeing by providing comprehensive leisure accident insurance and a wellbeing, sports and culture pass benefit (400 EUR per year). Pihlajalinna employees also have the opportunity, with employer support, to take part in numerous sports events as a staff benefit and to exercise at lower prices at Forever fitness centres (remote exercise options also available).
We look after your expertise by providing training opportunities, the Pihlajalinna Akatemia learning environment, which is continuously available to you, and you receive pre-induction before your employment starts to help you get to know the work community
We make sure you receive the support of an encouraging team for varied tasks. We support balancing work and free time, and you have the opportunity to agree on flexible working hours
At Pihlajalinna we value diversity in the work community and work for equality. We welcome applicants from diverse backgrounds, including 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, 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 NIS2 requirements, the Act on the Secondary Use of Health and Social Data...
experience in supplier collaboration and technical guidance
Microsoft AZ-104, AZ-305 and AZ-400 certifications
fluent Finnish and English language skills
💰 What does the work pay?
The salary for this position is 5,700 - 6,300 euros per month. We consider your work experience and competence individually when setting pay.
✅ I want this job! How do I proceed?
If you recognised yourself in the description of the person we are looking for, submit your application by 28.10.2026.
If you would like to discuss the position in more detail, your future line manager Esa Immonen (service architect, IT infrastructure) will gladly answer your questions on weekdays between 14.00 and 16.00 (tel. [contact details removed] or [contact details removed]).
For questions about the recruitment process and timetables, Pihlajalinna's group services recruitment lead expert Juho Siikaluoma is available on weekdays between 8.00 and 16.00 (tel. [contact details removed] or [contact details removed]).
How does the application process proceed?
🔔 The application period ends on 28.10.2026
🔎 In weeks 44-45 we review applications and may ask for clarifications.
💬 In weeks 45-46 we meet applicants remotely and at the premises of our administration in Tampere Kehräsaari and Helsinki Stockmann building.
🎯 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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