As a proven leader in the global aerospace sector, Airbus designs, produces and delivers innovative solutions with the aim to create a better-connected, safer and more prosperous world. These cutting-edge products and services – which span the commercial aircraft, helicopter, defence, security and space segments – benefit from our wide-ranging expertise and continued emphasis on innovation.

In Finland, Airbus Defence and Space Oy employs around 370 people in Helsinki and Jyväskylä. Most of our employees work in Secure Land Communications (SLC) business unit, which offers advanced communication and collaboration solutions, compliant with the highest standards of security and reliability, both for mission and business critical users. We help our customers in public safety organisations such as police, defence, fire & rescue, healthcare & hospitals, airports, transportation, oil & gas, and utilities, collaborate in a smart and secure manner. While offering hybrid solutions to support our customers on a smooth evolution path, we are playing an active role in shaping future communications and collaborations technology and setting the ground for new standards.

The telecommunications division of Airbus Defence and Space is looking for a Linux Virtualisation System Engineer to join our Customer Maintenance team in Helsinki. 

As a part of continuous product development, we are virtualizing our telecom network elements to run in high availability COTS servers and in virtualized environments. To provide our customers the support for these products needed, we are looking for a new colleague to join our team. We are developing and maintaining complete telecom solutions for our worldwide customers, so with us you have the opportunity to use these systems in our laboratories for end-to-end troubleshooting.

Your responsibilities

Your tasks will be troubleshooting and root cause exploration of RH virtualizations system for a complex telecommunication system based on the TETRA standard. As part of our team, you will be responsible for providing technical expertise to our customers and our local engineers worldwide and act as a point of contact for queries and support from our areas, investigate and analyze complex faults and evaluate their impact. You will also discuss the then needed changes with your peers in R&D.

What we expect from you

We expect you to have a technical degree in computer science, telecommunications or related fields, knowledge in server technology and virtualization as well as hands-on experience in Linux (RHEL, CentOS, Alma Linux). Good spoken and written English language skills are mandatory.

We also appreciate if you have experience in:

• WMware virtualization
• IT solution architecture
• IP protocol, networking and backhauling (VoIP, Mobile IP, VLAN, VPN, OSPF, VxLAN)
• Security for IT network and applications (PKI, Authentication, end-to-end encryption, Firewall, Proxy, IPsec, SSL, vulnerability)
• RH satellite, Configuration control and Scripting (Python, Ansible,…)
• Test Automation (Robot Framework)
• HPE Server Platform products (OneView, ArcSight,...)
• Modern high availability systems and platforms, RH clustering, redundancy including geo-redundancy and load distribution.

The position requires security clearance approval from Finnish authorities.

What we offer

We offer you a great working environment with great colleagues, both local and international, a new office environment with modern and flexible ways of working. Teamwork in hybrid connecting across both remote and office environments. We also offer you the benefits of a large company as well as many opportunities for personal development. Our employees have a tailored development plan to support their professional growth. We also have a wide range of remote training modules to ensure learning. In addition, we offer you e.g. comprehensive occupational healthcare, lunch and flex benefit and a supportive working community where you are appreciated just the way you are.

Interested?

To apply, please send your CV, cover letter and salary expectation via the link below latest on April 2nd. We are also happy to give you more information about the role. For further information, please contact hiring manager Wolfram Roth, +358 50 525 3634 (SMS, Signal, Whatsapp).

Read more about Airbus in Finland on:
https://www.securelandcommunications.com/airbus-finland

Read more about what we do on:
https://www.securelandcommunications.com

Choose a workplace that offers truly meaningful work!

Secure our society: Airbus operates within an industry that is crucial for common safety. You are therefore able to find great meaning in your work tasks that help e.g. authorities to operate in a secure and collaborative way.

You’ll have an impact: due to the nature of our industry, our products need to be 100% secure. Everyone of our employees helps to ensure that.

Work with great, competent colleagues: our work community is truly international, flexible and very supportive. We take pride in working together. Airbus as a company employs 138 000 professionals. For us, it is highly important that our employees feel valued just the way they are.

Let us support you: we look out for each other and tackle problems together. Our supporting work community is something our employees value and appreciate. In addition, you’ll have comprehensive occupational healthcare team taking care of you as well as other benefits ensuring your wellbeing.