IT Architect Specialist
Workplace: Solna, Sverige
Expires: August 17, 2025
Join Vattenfall to accelerate digitalization in critical societal functions and contribute to a fossil-free life within a generation by shaping tomorrow's climate-smart society and future power grids.
Main requirements:
  • Customer focus with holistic view
  • Experience leading and driving architectural work
  • Ability to balance short- and long-term focus
  • Clear communication and visualization of complex solutions
  • Skilled at anchoring and navigating within large organizations
  • Curious and stays updated with professional and industry trends
  • Respectful and humble in collaboration
  • Relevant university education in IT, computer science or equivalent
  • At least 10 years of architectural experience (Domain, IT, Solution, or System Architect)
  • Experience with major IT modernization and transformation projects in complex IT environments with cloud solutions
  • Experience with Azure PaaS, API Management, Kafka, Hybrid Integration, Databricks, Dynamics, Microservices architecture, Zero Trust, IAM
  • Good understanding of information and data architecture
  • Experience creating decision support, communicating and maintaining target architectures and IT roadmaps
  • Experience applying methods and frameworks (e.g., SAFe, TOGAF) and architecture tools (Visio, Sparx Enterprise Architect)
  • Experience working with agile methods and iterative deliveries
  • Excellent communication skills in Swedish and English, both oral and written
Responsibilities:
  • Drive co-creation and anchoring of the future IT landscape in close cooperation with IT and business
  • Facilitate IT solutions within and between delivery areas including analyses, investigations, and decision support related to data, analytics, infrastructure, and integration
  • Lead architecture and design efforts, analyze technical choices, guide initiatives, and develop architectural designs aligned with principles, target architecture, and standards
  • Communicate and visualize architectural transitions in roadmaps
  • Monitor and lead architectural evaluations of new technologies, tools, and concepts with relevant groups and teams
  • Ensure architecture is updated and cohesive together with other architects and business representatives
  • Participate in developing common architecture methods and tools
Required hard skills:
  • Enterprise architecture expertise
  • Integration and platform architecture
  • Cloud technologies (especially Azure PaaS)
  • API Management
  • Kafka
  • Hybrid Integrations
  • Databricks
  • Microsoft Dynamics
  • Microservices architecture
  • Zero Trust security model
  • Identity and Access Management (IAM)
  • Information and data architecture
  • Architecture frameworks (e.g., TOGAF)
  • Architecture tools (e.g., Visio, Sparx Enterprise Architect)
  • Agile methodologies (e.g., SAFe)
Recommended hard skills:
  • Experience with IT modernization and transformation projects
  • Handling high transaction and security classified environments
Soft skills:
  • Customer focus
  • Holistic thinking
  • Leadership and driving architectural work
  • Communication and visualization of complex solutions
  • Influencing and organizational navigation
  • Humility and respect in teamwork
  • Curiosity and continuous learning
Frameworks:
  • SAFe
  • TOGAF
Natural languages:
  • Swedish (Proficient)
  • English (Proficient)
Cultural skills:
  • Collaboration
  • Diversity and inclusion awareness
  • Sustainability orientation
  • Adaptability to agile and iterative work methods
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