IT Configuration Manager
Workplace: Norrköping, Sverige
Expires: August 24, 2025
Contribute to an important societal mission at SMHI by working with modern IT solutions in a complex and integrated environment. Join a skilled IT department focused on collaboration, innovation, and development. Develop SMHI's IT environment emphasizing structure, quality, and automation as a Configuration Manager.
Main requirements:
  • Post-secondary education in IT or equivalent professional experience considered comparable by SMHI
  • Experience working in the IT field with basic knowledge of Linux
  • Good understanding of IT architecture and configuration management
  • Proficiency in both spoken and written Swedish and English
Responsibilities:
  • Manage and develop the information model behind the CMDB focusing on maintainability, quality, usability, and lifecycle perspectives
  • Quality assure working methods and technical implementations to maintain order and comply with guidelines in the IT environment
  • Collaborate with many stakeholders inside and outside IT operations due to numerous system integrations
  • Contribute practically with configuration, scripting, or automation depending on implementations and environments
  • Work closely with Access Manager, with potential to take greater responsibility in Access Management
Required hard skills:
  • CMDB management in complex IT environments
  • Configuration management process expertise
  • Basic Linux knowledge
  • IT architecture understanding
  • Collaboration with various stakeholders
Recommended hard skills:
  • Python coding
  • Ansible/AWX
  • Git platforms (GitLab, Github, Bitbucket, etc.)
  • Experience with information models
  • System integration
  • Digitizing and automating workflows
  • Architectural work with holistic approach
  • Knowledge of ITIL and its processes
  • Access Management
  • ITIL v3 or v4 certification
Soft skills:
  • Collaborative mindset with curiosity and humility
  • Good communication and interpersonal skills
  • Ability to understand and meet organizational needs
  • Capability to lead and structure development work affecting many systems and personnel
  • Creative thinking to find sustainable solutions in a complex and changing IT environment
Coding languages:
  • Python
Frameworks:
  • Ansible/AWX
Operating systems:
  • Linux
Natural languages:
  • Swedish (Proficient)
  • English (Proficient)
Cultural skills:
  • Collaboration across functions
  • Innovation
  • Professional development
  • Adaptability to complex IT environments