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Are you passionate about creating structure, clear direction, and long-term sustainability in complex IT landscapes? At our company, you will work with architecture at a strategic and tactical level in one of Sweden's largest digital transformations. Together, we get Sweden to work. Do you want to join us?

About the unit and our mission

The Swedish Public Employment Service (Arbetsförmedlingen) is in the midst of one of Sweden's most extensive digital transformations. Our IT department plays a crucial role in modernizing and developing the agency's support for job seekers, employers, and society at large.

The Transformation Office is a central function that coordinates governance, architecture, and development of the agency's digital landscape. We work to create uniform working methods, a clear direction, and long-term sustainability in our IT and business solutions.

We are now looking for an Enterprise Architect who wants to contribute to shaping the future of the Swedish Public Employment Service, an agency that uses technology, information, and data in a smart and responsible way to create public value.

Job Description

As an Enterprise Architect, you work at the intersection of business, technology, and strategy. You will have overarching responsibility for creating structure and alignment in the agency's target architecture and transitions, in collaboration with portfolio and domain architects.

Key responsibilities include:

• Forming and communicating target architectures in collaboration with business units, portfolios, and domain architects, supporting the agency's strategic direction.
• Driving architecture dialogues and analyses to identify dependencies, information flows, and areas for improvement in processes and technology.
• Developing and maintaining artifacts such as information models and process descriptions as a basis for data-driven decisions and effective business governance, as well as artifacts like overarching application diagrams and catalogs for long-term technical governance.
• Integrating the architecture perspective into business development and security.
• Contributing to the development of the Transformation Office's working methods.

You work closely with other architects, strategists, initiative leaders, and technology experts to ensure that our solutions fit into the whole, are sustainable, secure, and scalable over time.

We are looking for someone who is curious, innovative, analytical, and collaborative. You thrive in an environment where you can contribute to long-term structure while also creating something new. You have the ability to build trust and create understanding for the value of architecture, both in business and in technology.

What We Offer

This is a permanent full-time position that may start with a six-month probationary period. The location is Solna.

The position may require security clearance.

We offer you the opportunity to work at a workplace where we value balance between work and private life. You will have access to a generous vacation agreement, flexible working hours, and the possibility to work remotely up to 49 percent on an annual basis. Our benefits also include health care during working hours and a favorable wellness allowance.

As an employee of the Swedish Public Employment Service, you also have access to competence development and career opportunities within the agency. Through our work, we contribute to an inclusive and sustainable society, where you have the opportunity to make a real difference for individuals and for society at large.

Basic Requirements for the Position

• Several years of experience as an Enterprise, Domain, or Area Architect in a large organization.
• Experience in designing target architectures and driving architecture work with a holistic perspective in close collaboration with business, portfolios, and domain architects.
• Good communication skills and experience leading dialogues between technology and business.
• Good ability to express yourself in Swedish and English, both orally and in writing.

Other Merits for the Position

• Ability to translate strategic goals into governance, models, and concrete change initiatives.
• Good knowledge of modeling, technical analysis, and business analysis.
• Experience in the public sector or other regulated industries.
• Knowledge of OSL, NIS2, or similar security frameworks.
• Knowledge of leading architecture frameworks such as TOGAF.
• Knowledge of agile frameworks such as SAFe.
• Experience in modernization work in complex IT environments.

The government's values guide us in our daily work. As an employee, you are expected to work fairly, impartially, and with high integrity, and to contribute to maintaining and strengthening trust in our agency.

As a colleague at the Swedish Public Employment Service, you are expected to be:

Responsible – take responsibility for your work, collaborate, and contribute to a good working environment.

Proactive – take initiative, contribute to improvements, and handle changes.

Result-oriented – plan, follow up, and contribute to business benefits and results.

Application

Please submit your application by 2026-08-21.

Due to holiday periods, you can expect feedback on the next steps only in August, after the application deadline has passed.

Attach your CV where you specify the year, month, and duties for each employment. It is important that you answer the selection questions so that we get a clear picture of your experience. If requested information is not provided, you risk being excluded from the selection. You do not need to send a cover letter.

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