Otso Saarinen

System Specialist · Turku, Finland

Otso Saarinen

Working at the University of Turku with Azure, Microsoft 365, Entra ID, and PowerShell. Interested in artificial intelligence, cloud infrastructure, and health technology.

Experience

2026

System Specialist

Jan 2026 – Present

University of Turku

Administered and developed Microsoft 365 and Azure environments. Managed identities across cloud and on-premises using Active Directory and Entra ID, and developed PowerShell scripts to automate administrative tasks.

Software Engineer

Mar 2026 – May 2026

Since AI

Built a hackathon platform using TypeScript, Next.js, and NestJS. Implemented authentication with Better Auth, role-based access, team management, ELO-based voting, and judging workflows. Containerized with Docker, deployed on Hetzner, and set up CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions.

2025

Integration Analyst

Jul 2025 – Jan 2026

Lowell

Managed data transfers between Lowell and client companies. Maintained SFTP servers, configured file transfers with MOVEit and BizTalk, and resolved API integration issues.

2024

Medical Engineering Research Intern

Apr 2024 – Jul 2024

NIT Hachinohe (八戸高専)

Researched radiofrequency ablation (RFA) and its thermal effects on human tissue.

Application Specialist Intern

Nov 2023 – Apr 2024

2M-IT

Solved IT issues for employees in the wellbeing services counties of Southwest Finland and Kanta-Häme using Active Directory, Azure, Intune, and Entra ID.

Education

2025

Bachelor of Engineering, ICT

Turku University of Applied Sciences

Specialisation: Health Technology

GPA 4.1 / 5

Projects

AIDA

Private

Since AI Hackathon 2025 — 1st Place

AI-powered job lead sourcing from company career pages

React, TypeScript, Python, FastAPI, LangChain, n8n

Bachelor's Thesis

GitHub

Real-time patient data collection and analysis using Apache Kafka

Kafka, Python, InfluxDB, Grafana

Klemmari

GitHub

AI-powered chatbot using RAG architecture

React, Python, Azure, RAG

Skills

Languages

TypeScript, JavaScript, Python, PowerShell

Frontend

React, Next.js, Tailwind CSS

Backend

Node.js, NestJS, Express.js, Better Auth

Data

Kafka, SQL, PostgreSQL, InfluxDB, Prisma, Grafana

Cloud & Infra

Azure, Hetzner, Docker, GitHub Actions

Tools

Git, Jira