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Are you driven, engaged, and eager to drive improvement through modern technology while developing in an exciting environment? Great! This could be your next challenge.

About Us

The Department of Digitalization and IT is Örebro University's support for IT matters, working to ensure we have a modern and cost-effective IT environment. The term "IT environment" refers to both the workplace for staff and students, technical infrastructure, and efficient IT support for education and research. The Department of Digitalization and IT is responsible for both operational and administrative IT and provides support to all university employees and, to some extent, to students. The department consists of approximately 45 employees distributed across the units IT Service, Infrastructure Operations and System Development, and Digital Management and Development. This position is located within the Infrastructure Operations and System Development unit.

The Department of Digitalization and IT is currently undergoing a significant transition. We are developing the university's digital infrastructure from traditional technology delivery and datacenter-oriented operations toward more service-oriented, secure, automated, and business-close digital platforms.

Initiatives within the department include IAM, client and device management, data centers, networks, identity, security, cloud services, automation, and modern platform capabilities. This work aims to contribute to a sustainable, cost-effective, and future-proof IT environment that supports education, research, and administration.

Örebro University creates the future through internationally competitive research and offers professional-oriented education among the best in the country. We offer a varied and interesting assignment in an international and exciting environment! IT is a crucial support and prerequisite for the university to achieve its goals as a leading university.

Job Description

We are looking for an IT Architect with a focus on general infrastructure and modern digital platform capabilities. This role is central to our transition toward a more service-oriented, secure, automated, and business-close IT delivery.

You will work both strategically and closely with implementation by developing architectural decisions, principles, standards, and target images for the university's digital infrastructure. The role involves translating business needs into sustainable technical solutions, specifying requirements for internal and external services, and contributing to modernization, lifecycle management, and the decommissioning of technical debt.

You will lead, among other things, our technical architecture forum and actively participate in work within our service areas. In this role, you will collaborate closely with business units, system engineers, service owners, information security, suppliers, and EA architects. You will act as a bridge between business needs, technical possibilities, security requirements, and long-term architecture. You will contribute to ensuring solutions are sustainable, feasible, maintainable, and well-established.

Qualifications

We are looking for someone with good knowledge and experience in:

• IT architecture with a focus on general infrastructure, data centers, and technical holistic solutions.
• Several years of experience in architecture work within server, storage, networking, identity, client platforms, security, hybrid environments, or cloud services.
• Developing, documenting, and establishing technical decisions, principles, standards, and target images for sustainable infrastructure.
• Good understanding of data center architecture, dependencies between platforms, and how technology choices affect operations, security, and long-term management.
• Relevant certification in IT architecture, infrastructure, or cloud platforms is advantageous, such as Microsoft Azure Solutions Architect or equivalent. We also consider equivalent work experience as comparable.
• Ability to collaborate at the intersection of architecture, technology, management, and business needs, and contribute to the development of a service area responsible for data centers.

As a person, you are motivated by working in a group and thrive when you can challenge with new thoughts and ideas. You have the ability to understand and translate requirements and needs into feasible solutions. You are motivated by working in technical implementation projects, work in a structured manner, and have a good ability to independently plan your workday.

Documented leadership skills and the ability to create direction, coordination, and trust are advantageous, as the role is expected to eventually step into the position of service area manager for data centers.

The work is highly service-oriented, with the majority of the work taking place in close collaboration with colleagues and users. We are looking for someone who wants to develop further and is driven by new challenges. You are ambitious, structured, responsible, quality-conscious, and an open and receptive person who can communicate about problems and solutions. It is important that you have a solution-focused holistic perspective on the operations we conduct. Great emphasis is placed on your personal qualities.

Good knowledge of Swedish and English is required.

Information

The position is 100% and permanent, with a start date as agreed. Örebro University applies individual salary setting and, where applicable, probationary employment.

Further information about the position can be obtained from Unit Manager Towe Johansson at 019-30 10 74, email: [email protected].

At Örebro University, we expect all employees to be open to development and change, take responsibility for their own work effort and quality, show engagement in collaboration and contributing to development, and show respect for others through a constructive and professional attitude.

Örebro University works actively with equal opportunities and gender equality and to ensure that our work environment is characterized by openness, trust, and respect. We value the qualities that diversity brings to the operations.

Application

You apply on our website by clicking the "Apply" button.

A complete application should contain the following electronic documents:

• A cover letter explaining why you are interested in the role of IT Architect with a focus on general infrastructure
• Complete CV
• Copies of relevant degrees/certificates

Only documents written in Swedish, English, Norwegian, or Danish can be assessed.

The last day for applications is 2026-06-18. We look forward to receiving your application!

We kindly decline contact with advertisers and staffing agencies in the recruitment process.

According to the National Archives' regulations, we must archive a batch of application documents (excluding publications) for two years after the appointment decision has become final.