Company description

Vattenfall is one of Europe's largest producers and retailers of electricity and heat. Our main markets are Sweden, Germany, the Netherlands, Denmark and the UK. The Vattenfall Group has around 21,000 employees. We have been electrifying industries, powering homes and transforming lives through innovation for over a century.

About the role

Do you want to be part of accelerating our digitization in society-critical operations and contribute to a fossil-free life within a generation? With us, you get to influence tomorrow's climate-smart society and create the electricity grid of the future.

You will belong to an architecture function with broad expertise in Enterprise, Business, IT and Information Architecture. The architecture department consists of about 20 employees and consultants with the task of directing, supporting and managing the design of the company's architecture with a focus on and data / information, IT and Operational Technology (OT).

As an IT architect with us, you will have a central role in shaping and driving our long-term IT and digitization strategy for the Business Common domain, which includes everything from HR, Finance, Purchasing, Legal, to Document Management, Compliance and Work Environment, etc. You will work on everything from application modernization strategies, integration, data management to interoperability, information technology and engineering. Information and data quality issues will be a central part of the work. The work also involves close cooperation with the security function and you will have many interfaces, stakeholders and actors both externally and internally, including our group-wide IT (Vattenfall IT).

Vattenfall Eldistribution is about to embark on a major SAP upgrade (S/4Hana) in parallel with a move towards a domain-driven and more business-oriented architecture work. Together with the other architects in the team, you will be involved in shaping and establishing new ways of working and methods and participate in the major SAP move in close collaboration with both business and IT.

Examples of tasks/responsibilities;

• Drive co-creation and anchoring of our future IT landscape in close collaboration with IT and the business
• Lead the work of developing target architecture, IT roadmaps and architecture principles in the area to ensure effective portfolio management.
• Participate in/support projects, conduct analyses and develop and communicate decision-making documents and architecture to various target groups
• Together with other architects and the business, ensure that the architecture is up to date and coherent
• Skills development and business intelligence in your area
• Participate in the work of further developing common architecture methods and tools

Requirements specification

We see that you have customer focus and the ability to see the big picture. You are comfortable leading and driving architecture work and have the ability to balance short- and long-term focus. You communicate and visualize complex solutions in a simple and accessible way, you are skilled at anchoring and navigating large organizations, and you show humility and respect in working with others. You are also curious and good at keeping up to date with what is happening in your professional field and in the industry. We attach great importance to your personal qualities.

We would like you to have:

• Relevant education from university or college in IT, computer science or equivalent
• Experience in architecture work in roles such as Domain Architect, IT Architect, Solution Architect and/or System Architect
• Experience with SAP (S/4HANA, SAP FI/CO, SAP DMS, SAP HCM, SAP HR etc), Microsoft Azure and IAM solutions are meritorious
• You have experience of major IT modernization and computer transformation projects in complex IT environments with hybrid cloud solutions
• Experience in producing decision-making documents, developing, communicating and maintaining target architectures and IT roadmaps
• Experience of architecture work with complex IT environments, preferably in facility-intensive, critical and/or security-classified operations.
• Fluent Swedish and English, both spoken and written
• Experience and ability to apply methods and frameworks (SAFe, TOGAF etc) and architecture tools (we use Sparx Enterprise Architect) to create architecture that delivers clear customer and business benefits.

Additional information

In addition to being involved in shaping the smart energy society of the future, we offer you a developing and varied work with many contact areas. For us at Vattenfall, it is important that work and private life have a good balance, which is why we offer flexibility in work and the opportunity to work from home if needed. We also have a lot of other employee benefits such as reduced working hours, favorable occupational pension agreements, parental leave allowance and more. Read more about our benefits here

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Location

Solna, Trollhättan, Luleå

For more information about the position itself, please contact the recruiting manager Jenny Brodin, jenny1.brodin@vattenfall.com. For questions about the recruitment process, contact recruiter Julia Norberg, julia.norberg@vattenfall.com

Union representatives via Vattenfall's switchboard, 08 739 50 00 - Christian Ericsson - Ledarna, Anne-Marie Sjöbohm - Akademikerna, Asim Nokic - Unionen, Ulf Tengman - SEKO.

Please send your application no later than 5-1-2025. Selection and interviews will take place after the deadline. We only accept applications via our website.

We are convinced that diversity contributes to building a more profitable and appealing company and strive to be good role models when it comes to diversity. Vattenfall works actively to ensure that all employees have the same opportunities and rights regardless of age, ethnic or cultural background, gender, religion/belief, sexual orientation or disability. Read more about how we work with diversity and inclusion here.

Because the safety of Vattenfall and its employees is paramount, we will carry out a pre-employment screening prior to each hire. These checks are based on your role that you will fill within Vattenfall.

Vattenfall is part of Sweden's critical infrastructure, thus many of our services are classified. If this position is security classified, a security clearance will be carried out before employment, in accordance with the Security Protection Act.

We look forward to your application