Software Architect - Documentation and Release Team

Join us on our transformation journey to the digital future
At Group Digital & IT, we have a clear ambition to enable value creation at scale for the Volvo Group. You will be part of a global and diverse team of highly skilled professionals, who learn continuously and embrace change to stay ahead. We have a very important role to play in reaching the Volvo Group ambitions for 2030. Do you want to be part of our transformation journey towards becoming the digital capability of the Group? The time is now.
This will be us - your new colleagues
Our Department, Vehicle Software-R&D within Digital & IT has the responsibility to support all development areas (R&D) withing Volvo Group with digital solutions and applications. Our team is developing Line of Business Applications supporting Embedded Software documentation configuration and release. Our stakeholders are Software engineers developing software used in all products such as trucks, engines, busses, and construction equipment.
We have started to migrate our applications to cloud as Microservices and Micro Frontends as Single Page Applications and will continue our path towards this.
Your role in our team as Solution Architect
You will work together with Delivery Leader/Product Leader evolving our Digital Products supporting engineers at Product Development in the development, release and maintenance of embedded software so that those will meet future needs.
You will ensure that architectures delivered, both logical and physical, are aligned with Volvo Group architecture standards, blueprints and roadmaps. You will create and review architecture designs and build a balance between immediate business requirements and long term strategic plans.
Within the solution development lifecycle, the role will be accountable for solution evaluation and selection, buy vs. build decisions, and early-phase project estimates which contribute to the business case.


Provides technical & IT expertise support to project teams and conducts architectural reviews throughout project lifecycle
Contributes to project and service teams in the development, implementation and maintenance of standard architectural components

Qualifications:
Proven track record as a software architect or senior developer prior to this in an agile context.
Excellent interpersonal, communication, and negotiation skills.


Strong understanding of software development processes and methodologies, including Agile and Scrum.


Good knowledge of modern software engineering principles and best practices.


Understanding potentially complex problems and finding possible solutions.


Ability to communicate complex aspects within area of specialization
Proven experience in learning new business domains, processes and capabilities.


Experience in modeling tools (Sparx EA) and modeling languages such as UML , BPM.


Experience in industry architectural patterns and frameworks


Knowledge about functionality ( abilities ) in .Net5+ , Node.js


Experience in Azure cloud platform
Experience in implementation of Microservice , MicroFrontend using:
Microservice Architecture, Event-Driven, (Choreography)


REST


Domain Driven Design


RESTful APIs
Single Page Application
Experience in Confluence, Azure DevOps with CI/CD development


Security knowledge

Responsibilities:
Secure that solution follow Volvo Groups policies (quality, security)


Analyze Business needs and understanding business domain (Embedded Software)


Researching and understanding new technologies with focus on solution improvement


Support the product Owner and teams in aligning the Product Roadmap to the Volvo Group architectural guidelines and roadmaps.


Collaborating closely with teams, suppliers, and third-party stakeholders in defining the technology, creating a detailed software design of the solution.
Actively participating in the PI planning events and ceremonies


Working with cross-functional teams


Communication, transparency, growth mindset and open for innovation


Passion for DevOps, way of working, automation, continuous improvements, and a strong sense of team collaboration.

If you are passionate about product development and want to join a dynamic team that is making a difference for Volvo Groups different R&D teams, we encourage you to apply.

Curious, and have some questions? Feel free to contact me!
Hanni Godoy, Head of Vehicle Software RnD, Volvo Group Digital & IT, hanni.godoy@volvo.com
Union Representatives:
Akademikerna – Therese Koggdal, +46 470 387855
Unionen - Lajla Dahlsjö +46 31 3224575
Ledarna – Ulrika Holmberg +46 73 9025071

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