IT Engineer

Who we are

Helsing is a defence AI company. Our mission is to protect our democracies. We aim to achieve technological leadership, so that open societies can continue to make sovereign decisions and control their ethical standards.

As democracies, we believe we have a special responsibility to be thoughtful about the development and deployment of powerful technologies like AI. We take this responsibility seriously.

We are an ambitious and committed team of engineers, AI specialists and customer-facing programme managers. We are looking for mission-driven people to join our European teams – and apply their skills to solve the most complex and impactful problems. We embrace an open and transparent culture that welcomes healthy debates on the use of technology in defence, its benefits, and its ethical implications.

The role

As an IT Engineer, you will design, build, and operate the IT and infrastructure that underpins Helsing's European offices and engineering teams. You will work across geographies and functions to deliver secure, scalable, and reliable infrastructure for collaborative work on highly sensitive defence technologies in alignment with applicable regulations, standards, and industry best practice. You will own meaningful parts of our endpoint, identity, network, and cloud estate, and partner closely with Security, Engineering, and IT Support to keep Helsing moving fast without compromising on trust. Your work is an essential ingredient in Helsing's ability to deliver complex systems that answer the challenges of tomorrow's battlefields.

The day-to-day

• Configure, harden, and operate endpoints (workstations, laptops, servers) across macOS, Windows, and Linux.
• Design, deploy, and maintain on-prem compute environments built on Linux, including supporting capabilities like virtualisation and Kubernetes.
• Configure and operate our network and VPN infrastructure across offices and remote workers, including network- and host-based security tooling.
• Operate and continuously optimise our corporate, development, and customer environments built primarily on Microsoft 365 and Azure, alongside other SaaS solutions.
• Lead the design and rollout of identity, access, and device management at scale (Entra ID, Conditional Access, MDM).
• Automate provisioning, configuration, and operational toil using PowerShell, Python, and IaC tooling.
• Partner with our IT Support team to resolve escalations, eliminate recurring issues, and raise the engineering bar across the IT function.

Contribute to security, compliance, and audit activities, and help shape Helsing's IT strategy as we scale

You should apply if you

• Have 5+ years of experience in IT infrastructure and information security, ideally including time in the defence, government, or other regulated industries.
• Have worked in an IT Engineering or SysAdmin role with hands-on experience across macOS clients, Linux servers, cloud environments (Azure and/or AWS), and capabilities like Kubernetes.
• Have managed modern network infrastructure, ideally including administration of network- and host-based security tools.
• Have strong scripting and automation skills (PowerShell, Python, or IaC tooling such as Terraform/Ansible).
• Employ strong problem-solving, critical thinking, and analytical skills, with the ability to find creative solutions to ambiguous problems.
• Are collaborative, humble, intellectually curious, and driven to solve hard problems.
• Your personal values match ours: ownership, initiative, dedication to mission, speed, and inclusiveness.
• Feel strongly about the right of democracies to defend their sovereignty through the fielding of capabilities that bolster deterrence and decisive action

Nice to have

• Deep experience with the Microsoft 365 stack (Entra ID, Intune, Exchange, SharePoint, Defender, Pu