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About the Company

Region Stockholm has the overarching responsibility to ensure that all residents and visitors have access to a well-developed, easily accessible, and reliable public transport system. The mission of the Traffic Administration (TF) is to prepare and implement decisions regarding the direction and scope for a long-term sustainable public transport system. Additionally, we are responsible for the management and monitoring of traffic operations as well as maintaining the functionality, safety, and value of the infrastructure. Every day, more than 700,000 people travel using public transport, including the subway, buses, commuter trains, and local trains.

About the Assignment

The role of Solution Architect is placed in the Vehicle & Control/Monitoring grouping.

As a solution architect, you need to understand the whole picture to develop suitable solution proposals for implementation based on the collective requirements and internal guidelines and target architectures within the Traffic Administration. Support is available from domain architects, IT and business specialists, and colleagues in relevant areas.

The assignment involves taking overall responsibility for the IT solution's architecture within the vehicle area – whether the work is conducted in projects or in management. The solution architect must ensure that solutions are coherent, sustainable, and aligned with the Traffic Administration's target architecture, security guidelines, and business needs. The work primarily includes:

• Taking responsibility and driving the technical work with IT solutions and IT architecture within management and projects.
• Ensuring that the solutions align with the IT department's target architectures, security guidelines, and strategies, and are coordinated with relevant individuals and entities.
• Participating operationally in incidents and planned activities. Responsible for securing and improving monitoring and automating more stable system processes in collaboration with other stakeholders.
• Participating in requirement specification and review with vehicle suppliers through ongoing projects and their handover.
• Ensuring that architectural documentation, solution descriptions, and decision bases are developed, kept updated, and approved by relevant parties.
• Contributing to ensuring that the solutions are operational and manageable, including monitoring, stability, and automation in collaboration with other stakeholders.
• Contributing to risk management and providing decision bases for technical choices within management and projects.

Competence Requirements

• At least four (4) years of documented work experience as a solution architect (or equivalent IT architect role) in large and complex IT environments with more than 500 users and/or with mission-critical system functions. The experience should include both conceptual and logical architecture as well as collaboration with multiple technical domains.
• The consultant must have at least five (5) years of experience in the role of solution architect, of which at least two (2) years of experience in mentoring and reviewing colleagues and their materials.
• The consultant should have at least two (2) years of documented experience in managing and updating architectural documentation (e.g., system overviews, integration maps, principles, and guidelines) with a focus on ensuring long-term manageability.
• At least two (2) years of experience working with complex system integrations in larger IT environments (with at least 500 users and/or several mission-critical systems), preferably in collaboration with an established integration function (e.g., ICC or equivalent).
• A university degree in IT, computer science, systems science, or another relevant technical degree.
• At least two (2) years of documented experience in handling incidents and operational issues focusing on the stability, monitoring, and manageability of IT solutions in larger IT environments (≥500 users and/or several external suppliers).

Value-Added Requirements

• You have experience working for at least four (4) years in a government agency, municipality, or region as an IT architect.
• At least two (2) years of experience working on large projects with a budget of at least 10 million SEK or in large projects lasting at least five (5) years.
• You should have documented experience working as a Solution Architect or equivalent in at least three (3) different organizations, companies, or government agencies. The assignments may have occurred consecutively or simultaneously, but the total experience should amount to at least three (3) years of work time.

Assignment Information

Assignment Period: 23/3 2026 - 22/3 2027

Extension Option: 1+1+1+1+1 years

Scope: 100%

Location: Stockholm

Please submit your application as soon as possible as the position may be filled before the application deadline.
If you have questions about the position, please contact the responsible recruiter Samuel Lindahl at [email protected] (mailto:[email protected]).

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