IT Architect- Vattenfall IT (Solna)

Vattenfall is one of Europe`s largest electricity generators and producers of heat. We operate in Sweden, Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands and the UK. Our strategy is to reduce emissions from power generation with a roadmap aiming at achieving climate neutrality by one generation.
Do you have the drive and passion to contribute to our digital transformation? Are you a person who sees that key to success is to develop the organization and its people to meet future business challenges? Come and join Vattenfall in the role as IT Architect and get the opportunity to work with some of the best within the field. Let´s get in touch!


WHAT DO WE OFFER?
Everyone is really committed and we want to be the best in what we do. We offer good renumeration, attractive employment conditions and opportunities for personal and professional growth. You will get the opportunity to create your own career within the company and at Vattenfall, we are convinced that striving for diversity helps building a more profitable, efficient and attractive company. Therefore, we seek a harmonious balance of employees in terms of gender, age, and ethnic and cultural backgrounds.


Main tasks and responsibilities:
You will be part of our IT Architecture Team of Vattenfall IT and take responsibility for the enterprise architecture and solution architecture towards our DSO and Asset heavy Business Units like Distribution, Hydro, Heat, Solar and Batteries in Sweden. You will support in strategic projects which range from solution selection and due diligence on vendor’s IT offerings, strategy, technology roadmaps, managing the application portfolio and explaining and ensuring good architectural practices within the teams will be important.
• Understanding business needs, and helping them to define innovative, yet stable and secure solutions in a regulated business environment
• Project & Architecture Management, providing clear and justifiable architectural decisions towards projects so that they can reduce their time to market
• Being a technology partner - be up to date on the latest market trends, and have a good understanding of usage of this technology by relevant Business Units
• Having system engineering background, ensuring solutions are delivered according to architecture, but also by understanding the limitations and dependencies in the IT landscape (like scalability, security, availability, maintainability, usability etc.)
You will be working in interdisciplinary teams and you can always count on support from committed colleagues.


YOUR PROFILE
This role requires several years of experience within IT, were you have strong skills in Enterprise, Software and/or Infrastructure Architecture. You have previously worked in generation and/or distribution (or similar asset intensive business units) and having a good understanding of utility business processes and their IT landscape is important. You could either have a background within Engineering production or in Industrial Engineering and experience of Operational Technology (OT) in relation to Information Technology (IT) is a requirement. Experience with SAP ERP or Microsoft Azure is a appreciated.
We would like for you to also understand Swedish security regulations to ensure critical data is adequately protected; but at least confident in addressing security aspects into architecture work.
To succeed, you need to balance the long-term (or "big-picture") and short-term implications of individual decisions and have the ability to see the whole picture, as well as being able to focus into the detail if the situation or case requires it. We also expect you to work on multiple tasks and activities simultaneously, set priorities and communicate effectively to relevant stakeholders on various matters.


WANT TO LEARN MORE?
We are collaborating with Nexer Recruit regarding this recruitment. Please contact recruitment consultant Johanna Värmfors at Johanna.varmfors@nexergroup.com , or +46 730 821 230 or Artan Bitiqi at artan.bitiqi@nexergroup.com , or call +46 723 61 28 44 should you want to learn more about the position. We are looking forward to hearing from you!


Location: Stockholm (Solna)


We welcome your application in English, no later than 28th of February 2022. To apply, please contact Nexer Recruit- Johanna Värmfors at Johanna.varmfors@nexergroup.com or or Artan Bitiqi at artan.bitiqi@nexergroup.com
Trade union representatives in Sweden: Sofi Wadström (Akademikerna), Inger Strandberg, Christer Gustafsson (Ledarna), Lennart Bengtsson (SEKO). To get in contact with the representatives, please call Vattenfall´s switchboard +46 8 739 50 00.


VATTENFALL AS AN EMPLOYER
At Vattenfall we are convinced that diversity contributes to build a more profitable and attractive company and we strive to be good role model regarding diversity. Vattenfall works actively for all employees to have the same opportunities and rights regardless of gender, ethnicity, age, transgender identity or expression, religion or other belief, disability or sexual orientation
Vattenfall IT is a function with more than 1000 employees to provide reliable IT services to the different Business Areas in Vattenfall. IT consists of a wide range of core IT processes for all businesses Vattenfall works with, Agile Product Development, Strategy and Governance, Project and Transformation competence and Portfolio management with teams mainly in Sweden, Germany, Netherlands and Poland. Vattenfall IT manages the complete IT portfolio of the company and maintains high IT Service standards. We transform existing business towards new digital challenges and continuously develop towards a future proof IT landscape for Vattenfall.
Since Vattenfall is part of the Swedish critical infrastructure many of our positions are security classed. If this position is security classed the final candidates can be subject to a security vetting process, according to the Swedish legislation
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