Solutions Architect at the Swedish Public Employment Service

Arbetsförmedlingen · Full-time

Elektrogatan 4, Stockholm, Sweden

Do you want to build something that makes a real difference? The Swedish Public Employment Service is seeking a Solutions Architect who wants to be part of shaping the Control Platform – a new platform to prevent incorrect payments and welfare fraud. Together we'll get Sweden working. Do you want to be one of us? The Unit's Mission Around 20 billion kronor are paid out incorrectly each year from Sweden's state welfare systems. At the Analysis and Investigation section (FUT), we are building a Control Platform that will bring together the Swedish Public Employment Service's IT capabilities to detect and prevent incorrect payments and welfare fraud. The foundation of the platform is a graph database. Both the database and the team are under development, and you will work closely with data engineers, data scientists, DevOps engineers, and risk specialists in tight cross-functional collaboration. Job Description As a Solutions Architect for the Control Platform, you are responsible for how the platform's IT solutions meet the organization's needs and comply with internal guidelines and security requirements. You plan the implementation based on the organization's needs and the conditions provided by existing IT services. The Control Platform collaborates with several of the agency's systems and will deliver input to control investigations and other operational processes. The interfaces with surrounding systems are therefore a central part of your work. You develop system relationship descriptions, service interfaces, and architecture guidelines, and ensure traceability between solution requirements and business needs. In day-to-day work, you balance quality attributes such as performance, scalability, robustness, maintainability, and security against functional requirements, and provide the basis for the prioritization and trade-offs that need to be made. You conduct architecture reviews, assess implementation alternatives – buy, build, or a combination – and ensure that the agency's guidelines are followed and that functionality is reused where applicable. You collaborate closely with domain architects and enterprise architects to ensure that the Control Platform's solutions align with the agency's overall architecture. Since the platform processes personal data in a regulated context, information security, data protection, and legal requirements are constantly present in the architecture work. You often lead work on various initiatives and act as a mentor to those involved. You are the team's technical leader and work closely with the product owner on planning and prioritization. Outside the team, you lead workshops with both business and IT experts, and can discuss issues and justify solution choices equally well with technical specialists as with people without a technical background. Our Offer This is a permanent full-time position that may begin with a six-month probationary period. The work location is Solna. 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 opportunity to work remotely up to 49 percent on an annual basis. We also provide wellness activities during working hours and a favorable wellness allowance. As an employee of the Swedish Public Employment Service, you also have access to professional 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 as a whole. Basic Requirements for the Position Degree from college/university in IT, Computer Science, Systems Science, or equivalent technical field, or alternatively experience and qualifications assessed as equivalent At least 5 years of documented experience working as a Solutions Architect or equivalent architecture role Documented experience designing solutions that span multiple systems, including integrations and APIs Documented experience with data platforms and data flows (e.g., ETL/ELT, orchestration with Dagster or equivalent) Very good ability to express yourself in Swedish, both spoken and written, combined with high reading comprehension Good knowledge of English, both spoken and written Additional Merits for the Position Experience with graph databases and modeling domains where relationships between actors are central Experience modeling information structures for analysis or information-intensive solutions, including relationships between entities Experience with architecture work in organizations with high requirements for information security and data protection, e.g., government agencies or other regulated operations Experience with container platforms The state value foundation guides us in our daily work. As an employee with us, you are expected to work fairly, impartially, and with high integrity, and to contribute to maintaining and strengthening confidence 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 work environment. Action-oriented – take initiative, contribute to improvements, and manage change. Results-focused – plan, follow up, and contribute to business value and results. Application Welcome to submit your application by 2026-09-27. Attach your CV where you specify the year, month, and work tasks for each position, as well as documentation proving the requirements for education and/or work experience in your application. It is important that you answer the selection questions in detail and truthfully so that we get a clear picture of your experience. If requested information is not provided, you risk being filtered out during the selection process. You do not need to submit a cover letter. During the recruitment process, selection tests may occur. We will keep you informed throughout the recruitment process. More about our recruitment process. If you have protected personal data, contact the recruitment partner named in the ad and you will receive help submitting your application.