Platform Specialist Kafka/Artemis

Are you curious about new technology? Do you want to work as a Platform Specialist Kafka/Artemis alongside development-oriented colleagues? The Swedish Tax Agency is entering a new phase of building and innovation as we strengthen our delivery of IT services and IT operations to more government agencies.

Be part of making society possible!

About the job

As a Platform Specialist Kafka/Artemis, you will work in an agile team where you will have a varied and educational job with great personal responsibility and room for ideas. You will primarily work with our integration platforms, and the job involves development, management, support, requirements specification, and testing. Together with the team and architects, you will develop solutions based on needs and specified requirements.

With us, you will have the opportunity for continuous development and learning in your work. We actively work with competence and technology development through, for example, innovation sprints. You have knowledgeable colleagues with whom you can exchange experiences, and you can develop both breadth and depth with us. Thanks to being a large IT organization with nearly 1700 employees, we can offer good opportunities for internal mobility. It is important for us that you have a balance between work and leisure, and we offer, among other things, flexible working hours and the possibility to work partially from home. You will receive a wellness hour each week and wellness allowance.

The IT department of the Swedish Tax Agency actively works to promote an inclusive workplace characterized by equality and diversity where all employees have equal opportunities to contribute and develop. Read more at Swedish Tax Agency (https://skatteverket.se/omoss/jobbahososs/jobbamedithososs.4.13948c0e18e810bfa0c55ba.html).

You will belong to the IT department, located in Sundbyberg.

About you

To do a good job and thrive with us at the Swedish Tax Agency, you need to be attentive, think innovatively, and take responsibility. Good judgment and an understanding of legal security and safety are important in the work. You should also live up to our employee policy (https://skatteverket.se/medarbetarpolicy).

In this job, you should:

• have good collaboration skills, be helpful, and have a good attitude
• be able to work independently and together with the team, plan and drive the work forward to achieve results in a humble manner
• have the ability and willingness to learn new things, be flexible and open to changes
• have good problem-solving skills, see patterns, and be able to make delimitations
• be goal-oriented and contribute to achieving the purpose of the organization
• act consciously and professionally based on good self-awareness
• be secure and stable
• express yourself well in speech and writing in Swedish.

You should also have:

• post-secondary education in IT that the employer assesses as relevant for the role, or at least 3 years of documented current and relevant work experience in IT related to integration platforms
• several years of current and relevant work experience as a Platform Specialist in integration or equivalent in system development and management, or DevOps in IT, or DevSecOps
• knowledge of Linux (RHEL) and experience in managing and setting up environments
• work experience in advanced analysis and troubleshooting in complex Kubernetes environments
• work experience in operating and managing Kafka/Artemis clusters in container-based environments.

It is desirable that you have work experience in automated deployment environments. Work experience with scripts for development, DevOps, or production is also desirable. Finally, it is desirable that you have work experience in one or more of the following areas: integration platforms (for example, Mulesoft or WSO2), container architecture, Git, incident and problem management, and agile working methods.

Good to know

The employment is permanent and may start with a six-month probationary period.

Employment with us may involve placement in a security class. A security review with a background check according to the Security Protection Act (2018:585) may therefore be conducted before a decision on employment. For some of our tasks in security class, Swedish citizenship is required.

At Swedish Tax Agency (https://skatteverket.se/jobb), you can read about our societal role, the benefits of working with us, and how to apply for our jobs.

When you apply, please attach your CV. We do not use cover letters in our recruitment, so please do not include one in your application.

Responsible contact persons have limited availability during the holiday period. If you wish to contact any of us, please email us, and we will assist you as soon as we can. Interviews are planned to be conducted starting in week 5.

Welcome with your application!

The Swedish Tax Agency has a societal role. Our work affects all individuals and businesses, and through our mission, we contribute to a well-functioning society. Our development is customer-driven, and we collaborate with others to create effective solutions. Together we make society possible.