IT Systems & Operations Specialist

IT Systems & Operations Specialist - help 70 people work smarter

If you're the kind of person who gets a kick out of automating away a repetitive task as much as fixing someone's laptop, this could be your next move.

Key points about the role at a glance

Primary purpose: Keep Refined's IT running day to day, and find the automation and AI opportunities that save the company time

Impact: Every team at Refined, from Engineering to Sales, relies on the tools you look after

Location & ways of working: Malmö-based, hybrid, part of a distributed team across multiple countries

Growth & development: Room to specialise in automation and AI tooling as it grows - and you'll be administering Jira Service Management and Confluence, the exact platform Refined builds products for

This role might not be for you if:

• You want an IT team around you - this is a solo IT role, though you'll sit within the broader Ops & Admin team

• You want daily direction on tasks - your manager sets priorities, but you're expected to organise and drive your own work

• You want a pure IT role or a pure tooling role - this one is genuinely both

Why this role matters

This role exists to keep Refined's people supported and our tools running well, while actively finding ways to automate the manual work that slows the company down.

This could be a great next step if you want to:

• Own IT and software tooling for a whole company, not just a piece of it

• Be the person who spots an automation or integration opportunity and actually ships it

• Work with real autonomy - good routines and follow-through build high trust

What you'll do

As our IT Systems & Operations Specialist, you'll split your time roughly 60% administering Atlassian and our core SaaS tools, 20% building automation and integrations, and 20% internal IT support.

In practice, that means you will:

• Administer and configure Jira, Confluence, Google Workspace, Slack and Iru across the company

• Spot and build automation that removes manual work - for tickets, provisioning, reporting, or anything else that eats people's time

• Provide first-line IT support: troubleshoot hardware, software and access issues, and manage the service desk within SLA

• Manage our device fleet through Iru (formerly Kandji) - enrolment, baseline configuration, patching - rather than building each machine by hand

• Evaluate and safely roll out AI tools, keeping security and compliance in mind

• Support on the IT side of SOC2/Vanta - providing evidence of our existing setup, keeping documentation current and controls in a compliant state

• Manage account provisioning and de-provisioning, and keep asset inventory accurate

• Track licence usage and costs

What success looks like - Your first year at Refined

• In 3 months: You're handling the IT service desk independently and know your way around our Atlassian setup

• In 6 months: You've shipped your first automation or integration with a measurable time saving, and device provisioning runs without you touching each machine

• In 12 months: You're the go-to person for tooling questions across the company, and you've built a track record of finding efficiency gains before anyone has to ask

What you'll bring

We're looking for someone who enjoys both the people side of IT support and the puzzle-solving side of tooling and automation.

Must-haves

• Solid experience administering SaaS tools, ideally including the Atlassian suite (Jira, Confluence)

• Hands-on IT support experience: hardware, software, access management

• Experience with an MDM platform - Iru/Kandji, Jamf, Intune or similar

• Comfortable connecting systems together. This doesn't require deep engineering - willingness to read docs and use vendor support counts for more than prior expertise in any one tool

• A genuine interest in automation and AI - you go looking for opportunities, not just fixing what's broken

• Good self-management: strong routines, follow-through, and comfort owning your own workload

• Comfortable communicating clearly with both technical and non-technical colleagues, in English

Nice-to-haves

• Experience with SOC2 or similar compliance frameworks

• Experience with automation tools or scripting

• Background in distributed/remote teams

Above all, you're self-driven, curious, and genuinely motivated by helping people - someone who wants to dig into how things work and make them better.

Who you'll work with

You'll join the team, working closely with:

• Anders (your manager, Ops & Finance) - on budget, vendor decisions, and priorities

• Svante (Security) - on SOC2 compliance and security practices

• People & Admin Team - on SOC2 compliance and HR/IT processes

• Everyone at Refined - you'll be a first point of contact for IT and tooling questions across all eight countries we operate in

We have everything from people in the office several days a week to those who come in a few times a year. We meet everyone in person at least twice a year during company-wide gatherings.

Tools & environment

In this role you'll encounter:

• Atlassian suite: Jira, Confluence, Jira Service Management (our IT service desk)

• Google Workspace, Slack

• Iru (formerly Kandji) for device management

• Vanta

• Access and integration tools like HubSpot, Bitbucket and Sentry, Zapier

• Growing AI and automation tooling across the company, including Claude and Cursor

Benefits & salary

We value transparency. Here’s what you can expect when you join Refined - specific details may vary by location, and we’ll go through them with you during the hiring process.

All employees receive benefits based on Scandinavian standards, with small variations per country:

• Core benefits: Pension, health insurance, sick leave, and five weeks of paid vacation.

• Parental leave: Paid parental leave to support new parents.

• Work-life balance: Flexible hours, hybrid work (typically 2-3 office days per week), and the trust to manage your own schedule.

• Development & wellness: Learning budget, wellness allowance, and dedicated time to grow personally and professionally.

• Culture perks: Twice-yearly company offsites, optional team events, and offices where fika and darts are part of the rhythm.

• Global team: This role is based in Malmö. Most colleagues are in these hubs, but we also have teammates in Brazil, New York, the Netherlands, Czech Republic, Germany, and Portugal.

• Salary: This role offers a salary range of 38000-48000 SEK depending on experience.

About Refined

We make Atlassian tools simple, branded, and user-friendly - helping more than 5000 companies worldwide, from startups to Apple and Spotify, build sites their teams actually love to use. Read more about our products here>>

Refined is a 70-person SaaS company, founded in Malmö in 2009 and now working across Malmö, Helsinki, and globally. We’re built on Scandinavian roots but our team represents 30+ nationalities.

We value freedom and autonomy, which for us means taking initiative, gathering context, focusing on impact, and driving things forward. It’s about getting it right over being right.

People thrive here when they lean into challenges, learn by doing, and care about the impact of their work - on colleagues, customers, and the wider ecosystem. Every role has a direct line to customer outcomes, and you’ll see your work shaping how thousands of people experience Atlassian every day.

We’re also proud members ofPledge 1%, giving back to people and the planet.

In short: we’re product-led, human-centered, and impact-driven - a startup-minded SaaS company filled with passionate people who care deeply, challenge directly, and continuously improve together.

Learn more about life at working at Refined>>

Recruitment process

After submitting your application, here’s what to expect:

• We will review CVs on a rolling basis and reach out for an introductory call to several candidates

• The next steps includetwo interviews focusing on competence and cultural fit.

• Finally, if we believe it’s a good match both ways, we’ll give you an offer.

We look forward to your application and potentially welcoming you to Refined!

We started Refined in 2009 with a simple idea: Enterprise software doesn’t have to be boring. Since then, Refined has evolved from a handy theming tool into a full-fledged site builder, helping more than 5,000 companies worldwide transform their Atlassian Confluence and Jira instances into beautiful, branded sites users love.