DevOps Lead Engineer

The Business Unit Automation as part of Digital Mining Technologies Division is driving an exciting revolutionary transformation of the Mining industry. This industry is going totally digital, which has a radical impact on our customers’ way of thinking, their processes and the way they run their business. Sandvik is the global market leader in this area, offering cutting edge digital products and solutions for its customers worldwide. Our offerings today include solutions for fully automated and robotic mining machines for underground and surface mining applications (AutoMine®). Sandvik also has the best in class software solutions (OptiMine®) for creating a full-process transparency and control for mining operations and maintenance management processes including location tracking in GPS denied environments, real time 3D-imaging, self-learning machines and predictive data analytics technologies.

We are currently looking for a driven DevOps Lead to join our Control Systems team in Automation R&D. This position is full-time, permanent, and based in Tampere, Finland. This is an incredible opportunity for you to join our Business Unit Automation team and be part of the digital transformation in the mining industry, with projects ranging from embedded software for self-driving industrial vehicles, AI and machine learning. We at Sandvik are committed to investing in you and your professional development. So, if you are interested to become a part of our exciting digital journey, please keep reading!

Your mission

As a member of the Control Systems team, you will be in a key role to ensure the success of our engineering work by leading, developing and maintaining the DevOps toolchain and processes together with team members and stakeholders. In your role you will be:

• Defining direction and roadmap for our next generation DevOps toolchain.
• Managing and driving implementation of next generation DevOps toolchain. Migrating existing on-premises solution to cloud environment.
• Leading and implementing DevOps toolchain improvement projects.
• Maintaining existing DevOps solutions and replacing legacy solutions with modern counterparts.
• Innovating new ways of working to boost R&D productivity with new tools and processes.

About you and your background

You have a suitable technical education like a B.Sc. or a M.Sc. and strong prior experience in DevOps area. You can lead the team of experts and you are not afraid of doing hands-on tasks. You have passion and strong vision to develop our DevOps solution to the next level. Strong understanding of cloud environments helps you to succeed in this role. Existing solution relies strongly on tools and technologies like Jenkins, Docker, VMWare and Git. In this role, you can heavily impact on technology and architecture decisions for next generation tooling solution.

You are comfortable in interaction with colleagues and are willing to build relationships over the organization borders. Self-starter attitude and eagerness to learn and improve your capabilities will help you to find innovative solutions to complex problems in our rapidly evolving high-tech environment. You are fluent in written and spoken English.

What is in it for you?

We offer you versatile tasks in a modern, continuously evolving and international business environment, as well as the opportunity to develop your own professional skills and career. In addition, we offer good employee benefits, possibility to work partially remotely and inclusive corporate culture focused on sustainable development, with values such as Innovation, Fair Play, Customer Focus and Passion to Win. We believe in an inclusive, equal and open-minded culture, and we nurture our diversities to form a solid foundation for achieving great results. Visit our Solid Ground stories hub, LinkedIn and Facebook to get to know us better.

Do you want to have a chat about this position?

For further information about the job, please contact the recruiting manager: Jere Paavola, Manager, Product Development, Control Systems, tel. +358 50 4867206.

For further information regarding the recruitment process, please contact: Sandvik's HR Services, Finland, tel. +358 800 1 44444 (at 8-16 EET).

Want to be part of the Automation team?

Submit your application at home.sandvik/careers by Sunday October 30th, 2022.

In the application could you please add an introductory letter including your CV and salary request (in English).

When applying, please make sure to also attach your introductory letter at the same time when asked to upload your CV.

Job ID: R0045927

Our company and culture

Sandvik develops new technologies and innovations in the areas of electrification, automation, and digitalization. This is your opportunity to join Sandvik’s smart minds, all working together to build a better future for the mining industry.

We are forerunners in developing automated equipment for mining which is reducing accidents and improving safety at our customers’ operations. We have a strong focus on sustainability and circularity; Sandvik is committed to halving our CO2 impact by 2030 and our battery electric vehicle offering is developed with this ambitious target in mind.