Windows SME

Job ID: 6866

Windows SME (permanent position)

Welcome to Group Technology, where we pride ourselves on engineering solutions and direct Nordea’s transformation by providing a holistic technological view and structured understanding of the bank, and its surrounding environment to enable the Customer Vision and the Business Strategy.

We are seeking a Windows Senior Matter Expert (SME) a technical authority on an enterprise engineering team, to help in designing, securing, and automating the complete lifecycle of the organization's server and endpoint infrastructure. On that position SME focuses on engineering scale, standards, design patterns, and systemic automation together with eyes on deep OS diagnostics and vendor cooperation on so the platform can run reliably with minimal manual intervention.

Nordea is a place where traditions meet tomorrow. We're not just a bank, we're a tech employer on a mission to evolve finance securely and responsibly. Together, we impact millions of people’s daily lives by ensuring they can access our solutions anytime, anywhere, while safeguarding their personal data and wealth. Join us in making an impact on the banking industry.

About our team

Meet the Core Infrastructure. We are the backbone of Nordea global technology ecosystem. Our Core Engineering team is a high-impact group of engineers dedicated to designing, automating, and maintaining the enterprise-scale Windows and Unix infrastructure that powers our entire organization.

We don't just maintain servers; we treat infrastructure as code. Our mission is to build highly secure, resilient, and self-healing platforms across thousands of physical, virtual, and cloud environments. We are a collaborative, forward-thinking team that bridges the gap between traditional infrastructure and modern cloud architecture.

What you'll be doingWindows Platform Administration & Architecture:

• Design, deploy, and maintain large-scale Windows Server environments.
• Build, test, and lifecycle-manage Windows Gold Images for servers on premises and in the cloud infrastructure.
• Implement and maintain Windows security baselines by translating security requirements into Group Policy Objects (GPOs) across multiple domains.

Endpoint & Configuration Management

• Administer centralized deployment platform Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager (MECM/SCCM).
• Oversee large-scale software distribution, compliance reporting, task sequences, and configuration baselines

Automation & Scripting

• Write advanced PowerShell scripts, Desired State Configuration (DSC), or Ansible playbooks to automate server provisioning, patching, and repetitive operational tasks.
• Build reusable automation frameworks to eliminate manual toil and ensure environment consistency.

Security, Patching & Compliance

• Monitor Microsoft security advisories and vulnerability findings across massive server/endpoint estates.
• Engineer, package, test, and roll out security hardening standards, OS patches, and risk-based vulnerability remediations mapped to strict SLAs

Escalation Troubleshooting & Project Delivery

• Serve as the final technical escalation and consultation point for the internal Operations team on complex Windows Server, performance, clustering, and infrastructure issues.
• Lead or consult on enterprise transformation projects, such as OS upgrades, data center migrations, hybrid-cloud integration (GCP/Azure/AWS), and audit/compliance readiness.

Who you areDesirable skills and tools

• Advanced PowerShell scripting and large-scale infrastructure automation.
• Experience with Ansible, Terraform, or PowerShell DSC for Infrastructure as Code and configuration management.
• Familiarity with Git, Azure DevOps, Bitbucket, or GitHub Actions for CI/CD and automated deployments.
• Strong knowledge of Enterprise Active Directory, including multi-domain/forest environments, GPOs, trusts, and replication.
• Experience managing large-scale server patching and configuration with MECM/SCCM, WSUS, or similar tools.
• Expertise in Windows Server Failover Clustering (WSFC), SAN storage, and disaster recovery solutions.
• Advanced administration of VMware, Hyper-V, or OpenShift environments.
• Experience with hybrid cloud and identity solutions, including Azure (Entra ID), AWS, or Google Cloud integrations.
• Knowledge of OS hardening and security standards, such as CIS Benchmarks or STIG.
• Hands-on experience with enterprise monitoring and observability tools such as Splunk, SCOM, Datadog, or Azure Monitor.
• Strong troubleshooting skills, including analysis of memory dumps, event logs, and network traces, and collaboration with vendor support for critical incident resolution.

Desirable experience

• Experience managing large-scale enterprise environments with 1,000+ endpoints.
• Leading server, platform, or virtualization migration programs in complex infrastructures.
• Implementing and auditing security and hardening standards, including CIS, STIG, or Zero Trust frameworks.
• Driving Infrastructure as Code adoption by transforming manual processes into automated solutions.
• Acting as a senior escalation point for critical incident management and major outage resolution.
• Managing high-priority vendor escalations, including collaboration with Microsoft engineering teams on complex technical issues.

It would be ideal if you also are

• Proficient in English, spoken and written C1.
• Experienced working for a financial institution.

What we offer

Collaboration. Ownership. Passion. Courage. These are the values that guide us in how we work and how we make decisions – and that we imagine you share with us.

People are driven by many different factors. For some, it’s to take their career to the next level. For others, it’s to break new ground within their area of expertise – in other words, with us, you will always move forward.

A culture that fosters performance and growth in one of the largest Nordic banks, offering various opportunities to evolve, develop and learn from brilliant colleagues with diverse backgrounds in a vibrant working environment.

Hybrid working model – we believe in the value of bringing people together and at the same time we embrace the freedom of flexibility.

Diversity and inclusion are a natural part of our daily work. We know that an inclusive workplace is a sustainable one. We genuinely believe that our diverse backgrounds, experiences, characteristics and traits make us stronger together. Every day we strive to find new ways to improve diversity and inclusion within our community e.g. we have signed the European Diversity Charters in the countries where we operate to show our commitment and engage with others to continue learning and improving.

If this sounds like you, get in touch!

Next steps

​Submit your application no later than 11/11/2026. For more information, you’re welcome to contact Juliusz Sosnowski at juliusz.sosnowski@nordea.com.

The recruitment process consists of the following steps

• Preliminary CV selection
• Online interview with the hiring leader
• Background check

We enable dreams and aspirations for a greater good.

We build relationships. We add a personal touch to everything we do – when advising our customers, collaborating with colleagues, and meeting our potential candidates.

We learn and develop. We take pride in being experts and thinking ahead. We use our expertise to meet our customers’ needs, from the simplest to the most complex. We bring a growth mindset to our work that enables us to focus on a broader perspective in our daily challenges.

We lead change. We are responsible and aware of the impact of our decisions, both for our customers and for our local and global communities. Mindful of our responsibility towards current and future generations, we have made sustainability an integrated part of our business strategy.

We are Nordea. We have a 200-year history of supporting and