Solution Architect

Company Description
You see things a little differently. So do we. Leadership at IKEA is simple, clear and humble. We’re not fans of bureaucracy and complicated hierarchy. We believe that what you value is more important than what your CV says. Come see things a little differently with us.
Inter IKEA Group brings together three core businesses: Franchise, Range and Supply. Together we work constantly to improve the IKEA home furnishing offer and make it more accessible for the many people.
We are now establishing a new IKEA Shared Data & Technology organization as part of developing our digital capabilities. This organization will be built up together with existing co-workers, recruitments and establishing and developing partnerships over the coming years. It is now an opportunity to join us and be part of and leading this development journey. Our data & technology capabilities that are common across Inter IKEA group will be kept together and organized in the IKEA Shared data & technology organization.
At IKEA we have a vibrant culture where ideas are heard, where there is opportunity to learn new skills and where the goal always is "to create a better everyday life for the many people". We give down-to-earth, straightforward people the possibility to grow, both as individuals and in their professional roles. We offer this position in a fast paced, truly global environment with an endless supply of challenges and development opportunities.
Job Description
We are looking for several passionate engineers who are excited about technology and innovative ways of working and want to be a part of shaping the future of IKEA in the below areas.
For this role we will consider applications from junior, mid and senior level candidates who are engineers at heart.
You will be a member of one of the below teams where you together develop, maintain, and to some extent operate, the technology platform. The team is also responsible for supporting a community of integration developers with knowledge bases, workbench documentation, and more hands-on support through reviews, design support etc.
The area consists of several smaller teams (2-4 people), where each is responsible for one technical integration technology, or for shared infrastructure used by the other teams:
The Event hub team is responsible for Confluent Kafka, with multiple clusters on-prem as well as in the cloud
The API services team is responsible for a workbench and runtime used by many integration teams to develop microservices. The API services are developed in Java, and deployed as containers in kubernetes
The API gateway team is responsible for API gateways from several vendors (Oracle, Kong, Apigee)
The MFT team is responsible for a managed file transfer solution from GoAnywhere
The CI/CD team is responsible for the development pipeline managing integration components as well as integration infrastructure as code
The Security & Topology team is responsible for shared infrastructure, on-prem and in the cloud, supporting the integration technologies.

Qualifications
To be successful in this role as an IKEA coworker you need to:
Share the IKEA Values. The IKEA culture and values are very much a part of our business and day to day work life. What are they? Check them out here: www.ikea.com
Have a university education in computer science or equivalent training and experience
Have a curious nature and actively acquire new knowledge, skills, champion new methods, technology and processes to improve performance

We also want you to have experience in several of the areas below:
Knowledge and understanding of the technologies used by at least one of the smaller teams: Event Hub, API services, API gateway, MFT, CI/CD, or Security & Topology
Experience in working in a hybrid setup with deployments on-prem as well as in cloud
Experience in working with Microsoft Azure
Keen interest to learn about using automation to manage technology platforms
Understanding of what it means to work with technology platforms in a global context with requirements on 24/7 operation
Experience in working hands on with integration of IT solutions
Experience in working with Linux operating system(s)
Experience and deep interest in technical infrastructure and how the different technical layers relate to each other
Previous experience in Devops or pure IT System Engineering

Additional information
We really want to get to know you, so make sure in your CV you tell us why you would be a good fit for this role. Please send us your application in English.
The last day to send your application is November 14, 2021. Please note that we will be reviewing applications on a continuous basis.
If you have questions about the recruitment process please get in touch with todd.graham@inter.ikea.com.