Senior TechOps & Automation Engineer

About the role

As a Senior Engineer, you'll be a core part of a small, high-ownership TechOps function at Upvest. This is not an execution-only role. You're expected to bring ideas, challenge assumptions, flag risks early, and operate with a high degree of autonomy.

What you'll do

• Own our core internal IT stack (i.e. Okta, Google Workspace, Slack, etc), user lifecycle management and security controls in close collaboration with our Security team
• Manage our Mac laptop fleet, zero-touch DEP/MDM device deployments, and ensure company endpoints meet the company's security standards
• Act as a trusted advisor to teams: evaluating, challenging, and prioritising tooling requests rather than simply fulfilling them
• Continuously look for ways to automate and improve processes across TechOps and every department we support, and take ownership of seeing those improvements through
• Actively leverage AI tools in your daily work to raise the quality and speed of your output, and help the broader team do the same
• Collaborate with the Security team on AI tool governance and how LLMs connect to internal systems, ensuring safe and controlled adoption
• Participate in response activities when a security event occurs

What you'll need

• Genuinely hands-on - comfortable owning support end-to-end across all levels, from basic helpdesk to complex technical issues
• Demonstrated ability to think critically, challenge assumptions, prioritise high-value work, and propose better alternatives
• Proven experience building and maintaining automations using tools like Okta Workflows, n8n, Tines, Make or similar
• Active, hands-on use of AI tools (LLMs, AI-assisted workflows, and similar) to meaningfully improve the quality and speed of your work
• Strong understanding of macOS and Apple device management (MDM/DEP)
• Prior experience with Okta, Google Workspace
• Excellent communication and task management skills
• Based in or willing to relocate to Berlin

Nice to have

• Familiarity with Git, GitHub, GitHub Actions, and Terraform in the context of infrastructure-as-code
• Knowledge of scripting languages or our tech stack (Golang, Python, Docker, k8s)

What they offer

• 30 days of annual leave and sports benefits
• Professional coaching and remote work flexibility up to 183 days per year
• UpRest: one-month fully paid sabbatical after every 4 years
• Personal development budget
• Competitive, above-market salary and employee equity program
• Work from Berlin, London or Tallinn hub hybrid or remotely across Europe