Job Advertisement: Solution Architect at the Swedish Customs

The Swedish Customs is an authority with significant data resources and ambitions to utilize these more effectively to strengthen our mission of creating a safe and secure society. We are on an exciting journey of change where we modernize how we manage, share, and use data to meet needs both within and outside the Swedish Customs. A large part of the change work is conducted within the cross-agency development area of Data and Analysis, which includes the delivery areas of Data, BI, and AI.

The IT department of the Swedish Customs is now looking for curious and responsible employees to strengthen the delivery area of Data.

The delivery area of Data is in an expansive and exciting phase. You will join a strategically important area under development and become a key player in translating the vision into concrete frameworks and IT solutions. You will shape both your own role and common work processes and directions. The work is agile and cross-functional, involving competencies from IT, operations, data, and law.

The IT department of the Swedish Customs is currently the largest employer in northern Sweden within IT, with approximately 350 employees.

About the Position

We are looking for someone who wants to contribute to the development and management of our future data platform. The role is central to our efforts to create conditions for sustainably and securely meeting all operational needs for information. You will play an important role in our focus on data-driven development and increased levels of automated information exchange.

As a solution architect, you will be involved in the entire process, from planning and requirements specification to design, development, testing, implementation, and operations. You will be responsible for the technical architecture work for the data platform, which is carried out together with other team members and will also be part of various networks, including with other architects in the IT department.

Your Responsibilities Include:

• developing and managing the solution architecture for the Swedish Customs' data platform
• translating conceptual models into data models and flows, as well as realizing rules for data governance
• ensuring that the data platform adheres to the Swedish Customs' architectural principles, information security requirements, and applicable legal requirements
• acting as a technical link to operational units, suppliers, developers, and other operations together with the delivery area manager
• participating in the development of common architectural principles, visions, and roadmaps for the Swedish Customs.

We Are Looking For Someone Who Has:

• relevant post-secondary education with an IT focus, or equivalent experience that we can assess as comparable
• several years of experience in architectural work focusing on data/information, e.g., in various types of data platforms, integration solutions, or management of master data and metadata
• a good understanding of how to realize conceptual models in IT systems, data models, flows, and governance mechanisms
• experience working with data and schemas in various formats, e.g., SQL and JSON, etc.
• the ability to express yourself well in spoken and written Swedish
• Swedish citizenship.

It Is Meritorious If You Have Experience In:

• working with open data
• API-based information exchange
• information and data modeling as well as system design with Sparx Enterprise Architect (UML)
• working in complex environments
• architectural work or system development within public operations
• agile working methods.

as well as good knowledge of various solutions and principles for structuring data, both storage and exchange (relational databases, NoSQL, linked data, schema on read/write, etc.).

Personal Qualities

You are analytical, structured, and have an easy time seeing the big picture. You thrive in collaboration with others and can explain technical relationships in an understandable way. You are curious about new working methods and want to contribute to developing the organization's ability to work data-driven.

The work involves contacts both within and outside the IT department and the Swedish Customs, which requires you to be skilled at building good relationships and committed to creating a dialogue-oriented climate. To thrive and succeed in the role, we see that you are proactive, quality-conscious, and unpretentious.

For you, the Swedish Customs' values; Holistic View – Innovative Thinking - Responsibility, are completely natural.

We place great emphasis on personal suitability!

We Offer You

With us, you will be part of shaping the future of data management in an organization that makes a difference. You will work in an environment with high competence, great responsibility, and a good balance between work and leisure. We highly value well-being and learning from each other. With us, you will receive secure employment conditions, and our benefits include wellness grants, subsidized medications, and good vacation and pension terms.

By working at the Swedish Customs, you have an important job where you contribute to a safe and secure society.

Other Information

Reference number: TV-2025-28682.

Location: Luleå.

The employment is a permanent position that may start with a 6-month probationary period.

Individual salary setting applies.

Start date: As soon as possible.

To be considered for employment at the Swedish Customs, you must meet high standards regarding security and confidentiality awareness, suitability, and compliance with applicable laws. This means that you uphold democratic values and the state values that apply to the operations of the Swedish Customs. Before a hiring decision is made, you will undergo a drug test and background check. A security clearance with a register check according to the Security Protection Act will be conducted before employment, as the position is classified.

The Swedish Customs is a total defense authority, and upon employment, you may be assigned to a military position within the Swedish Customs.

The Swedish Customs values the qualities that contribute to the organization by having a balanced gender distribution and ethnic diversity.

For More Information and Application

Inquiries about the position can be made by the recruiting manager Anna Rönnbäck at 072-252 89 40, or the delivery area manager Mårten Sehlstedt at 070-247 976 2. For questions about the recruitment process, contact the Swedish Customs' HR support at 060-67 25 85. Union representatives are for OFR-P/TULL-KUST, Anders Nilsson at 0920-25 96 31 and for Saco-S, Eva Rutberg at 0920-25 96 39.

Your application, including a personal letter and CV/resume, must be submitted to the Swedish Customs by January 26. You apply via the electronic application form below.

We kindly ask for no contact with staffing and recruitment companies or advertisers of job postings.