Employer: Easpring Finland New Materials Oy
Location at the start of employment: Kotka, Finland

About Easpring Finland

Easpring Finland is developing a battery materials plant in Kotka to meet the growing demand for battery materials in Europe. The plant will produce cathode active materials required for electric vehicle batteries.

We are looking for an experienced ICT professional to support the growth of our organization and help build a secure, reliable, and scalable ICT environment during the company's ramp-up phase.

Position Summary

As an ICT Specialist, you will have a key role in building, operating, and continuously developing Easpring Finland's ICT environment. You will work closely with the CISO / IT Manager and external ICT partners to establish and maintain the company's network, server, workstation, identity, cloud, and infrastructure services.

This is a hands-on role with broad responsibility. You will not be limited to one narrow technology area. Instead, you will help ensure that the ICT environment works as a reliable whole, supporting office users, production-related functions, partners, and future business growth.

The role offers an excellent opportunity to participate in building a modern hybrid Microsoft-based infrastructure from the ground up, including local network and server services, Microsoft cloud integration, workstation management, backup, monitoring, documentation, lifecycle management, and operational ICT processes.

This role is ideal for a practical ICT professional who has 3 - 5 years of experience with networks, servers, infrastructure services, and day-to-day ICT operations, and who is ready to take ownership of maintaining and improving a growing industrial ICT environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Participate in building, operating, maintaining, and developing Easpring Finland's ICT infrastructure

• Support the implementation and administration of network, server, workstation, identity, and cloud services

• Maintain network infrastructure including switches, firewalls, wireless networks, VLANs, routing, VPN connections, and network security controls in co-operation with our ICT partners

• Administer server hardware, virtualization platforms, Windows Server environments, storage, and related infrastructure services

• Support Microsoft-based infrastructure services such as Active Directory, Microsoft Entra ID, Microsoft 365, Intune, DNS, DHCP, file services, print services, and workstation management

• Participate in the planning, implementation, and maintenance of secure network segmentation, server environments, backup solutions, monitoring, and logging

• Handle incidents, troubleshooting, root cause analysis, reporting, and follow-up actions with our IT Manager

• Support lifecycle management of ICT assets, including hardware, software, licenses, certificates, network devices, servers, workstations, printers, and related services

• Coordinate and manage external ICT partners, suppliers, service providers, and support vendors with our IT Manager

• Maintain ICT documentation, including network diagrams, inventories, configuration records, operational procedures, runbooks, and recovery instructions

• Support backup, restore testing, disaster recovery readiness, and business continuity activities

• Contribute to patching, vulnerability management, access management, information security controls, and technical hardening activities

• Work closely with internal stakeholders to understand business needs and convert them into practical ICT solutions

• Support the continuous improvement of ICT processes, documentation, reporting, and operational quality

• Respond effectively to changing priorities in a growing industrial and manufacturing environment

Requirements

• Suitable education in Information Technology, Telecommunications, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience

• Several years of hands-on experience in ICT infrastructure, network administration, systems administration, or a similar technical role

• Good understanding of network technologies, including TCP/IP, VLANs, switching, routing, firewalls, wireless networks, VPNs, and network troubleshooting

• Experience with network devices, server hardware, virtualization, storage, and server operating systems

• Experience with Windows Server environments and common infrastructure services such as Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, file services, print services, backup, monitoring, and patching

• Experience in building, maintaining, or significantly developing network and server environments

• Experience working with Microsoft 365, Microsoft Entra ID, Intune, or other Microsoft cloud services is considered an advantage

• Experience in ICT partner, vendor, or service provider coordination

• Experience in incident handling, troubleshooting, documentation, technical reporting, and follow-up of corrective actions

• Understanding of ICT lifecycle management, including asset management, updates, renewals, configuration documentation, and service continuity

• Basic understanding of information security principles, including access control, least privilege, patching, backup, monitoring, vulnerability management, and secure configuration

• Knowledge of ISO 27001, NIS2, industrial ICT, OT environments, or cybersecurity practices is considered an advantage

• Full professional proficiency in Finnish and English

• Strong communication and cooperation skills with the ability to work with users, managers, technical partners, and international stakeholders

• Ability to work independently, prioritize tasks, and take responsibility for the overall reliability of the ICT environment

• Practical, service-minded, and structured approach to problem solving

• Willingness to work broadly across ICT areas rather than focusing only on one specialist domain

What We Offer

• Opportunity to join a fast-growing battery materials company

• A key role in building a modern ICT environment during a major industrial investment project

• Opportunity to take broad ownership of network, server, cloud, workstation, and infrastructure operations

• Close cooperation with the CISO / IT Manager and external ICT partners

• Opportunity to develop ICT practices, documentation, security controls, and operational processes from an early stage

• International working environment with strong local operational responsibility

• Competitive compensation and benefits package

Join us in our exciting journey ahead! We welcome talented individuals to be part of our team