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.

We at Vattenfall Eldistribution are growing and right now we are looking for several competent employees for our architecture team.

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 in the area of Customer, Market & Measurement, which includes the life cycle of our customer meeting, network connection, market contacts and the entire metrics collection. You will work on building our backend in the customer, market and measurement area, which includes everything from platform and application modernization, integration and interoperability to ensuring the architecture of the service development in the front end. Information and data quality issues will be a central part of the work. The work also involves close collaboration with the security function and you will have many interfaces, stakeholders and actors both externally and internally, including to our group-wide IT (Vattenfall IT).

We are moving towards a domain-driven and business-oriented architecture work and you will, together with other architects in the team, be involved in shaping and establishing new working methods and methods 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 and contribute to the work of developing target architecture, 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

• Relevant education from university or college in IT, computer science or equivalent
• Experience of architecture work in roles such as Domain Architect, IT Architect, Solution Architect and/or System Architect
• Experience with web platforms, CMS systems, SAP, Microsoft dynamics, customer case orchestration, etc.
• You have experience of major IT modernization and computer transformation projects in complex IT environments, preferably in transaction-heavy and security-classified operations.
• Experience in producing decision-making documents, developing and communicating target architectures and roadmaps.
• 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 customer and business value.
• Experience in data and integration transformations and cloud solutions in a hybrid environment is meritorious

We see that you have a customer focus, are innovative and have 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.

Further information

In addition to being involved in shaping the smart energy society of the future, we offer you a developing and varied job with many contact surfaces. 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.

Location

Solna, Trollhällan, 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

Welcome with your application no later than 2024-11-17. Selection and interviews are ongoing. We only accept applications via our website.

Union representatives via Vattenfall's switchboard, 08 739 50 00. Akademikerna (SACO) - Sofi Wadström and Silvija Vatkovic, Ledarna - Christer Gustafsson, SEKO - Juha Siipilehto, Unionen - Inger Strandberg

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 classified, a security clearance will be carried out before employment, in accordance with the Security Protection Act.

We look forward to your application!

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