Systems Specialist in Integration Development and Administration

Pensionsmyndigheten · Full-time

Aurorum 4, Luleå, Sweden

Are you a developer with a few years of experience and an interest in developing within the integration field? Then we're looking for you! In our IT department, we have approximately 350 employees, and our mission of vital importance to society means we need to grow. As part of our IT department, you will work in a developing environment with a focus on employee engagement and new ideas. We also invest significant energy in creating an inclusive culture with emphasis on equality and sustainable employee practices. We believe that diverse perspectives and experiences make us better! About the role You will work with development and administration of our internal and external integrations as one of our systems specialists. The services run on our own container platform based on Kubernetes/Rancher and VmWare. Knowledge sharing and your development are important, and we strive to help each other become both broader and sharper in our skills. Performance, availability, and security are central—we handle large volumes of important information for our common pension system. Requirements are also increasing as Pensionsmyndigheten develops new systems that depend on integration services—and you are a key prerequisite for us to meet these demands. The team consists of 4 developers and 4 systems specialists, a scrum master, and a product owner. Together, we are responsible for ensuring all services function, and we share responsibility for troubleshooting and incident management. In addition to custom-developed integration solutions, the team is also responsible for configuration and operations lifecycle management of purchased components such as IIPAX and Gravitee API-manager. Monitoring and alerts are set up using Elastic Stack, Grafana, and Prometheus, while configuration management and automation are done with Puppet, Helm, Bash, and Python. We work agile with SAFe as our framework, 2-week sprints, and planning intervals every 10 weeks. The team is self-directed and actively collaborates with other teams that use the integration services—you will therefore have extensive contact with other developers within the IT department. Your profile For this role, you need to have excellent collaboration skills, both within and outside the team. You are expected to be curious and eager to learn, have strong problem-solving abilities, and be able to take responsibility and own initiative. We believe you want to take the next step as a developer in an environment where you actively work with our integrations in the production environment. We will place great emphasis on your personal qualities. We are looking for someone who is/has: - Education as a systems engineer, data scientist/data engineer, or relevant professional education or equivalent competence as assessed by the employer as equivalent - Several years of relevant professional experience in DevOps - Good knowledge of Swedish, both spoken and written It is advantageous if you have: - Current experience with any integration solution, such as ActiveMQ Artemis or Kafka - Experience managing availability and stability of Java and Spring Boot applications in production environments - Experience with Kubernetes, especially in Rancher (preferably private cloud) - Experience developing microservices in Java - Current experience with configuration management or automation, such as Puppet, Helm, Bash, or Python - Practical experience and familiarity working in Linux environments—preferably Red Hat - Experience with automated testing, CI/CD, and DevOps - Knowledge or experience with API gateway (e.g., Gravitee) and/or integration engine (e.g., IIPAX) What we offer A government mission that is truly important! A workplace where we value our employees having a good balance between work and leisure. We offer flexible working hours and the opportunity to work partly from home. As a state employee, you also have good employment terms and a benefits package including wellness benefits, extra paid days off, and good vacation and pension benefits. You can read more about our benefits and what it's like to work with us here. Good to know This is a permanent full-time position, and we apply a 6-month probationary period. This position is based at our office in Stockholm or Luleå. The position may be placed in a security clearance class. Your application We work competency-based throughout the process and are committed to an inclusive, fair, objective, and candidate-friendly process. Therefore, we ask you to answer a number of selection questions instead of requesting a cover letter. You apply here. We may use work-psychological tests. If you have protected personal information, please contact the recruiting manager who will assist you with your application. We strive for gender balance and view diversity as a strength, therefore welcoming applicants with different backgrounds. In preparation for the recruitment process, we have made decisions regarding advertising channels and marketing. We therefore request no further contact from media/advertising sales, recruitment sites, and similar. Pensionsmyndigheten is responsible for the general pension and provides information about the full pension. Each year, we pay out approximately 415 billion kronor to 2.3 million pensioners, process approximately 911,000 fund switches, and send out 8 million orange envelopes. We have approximately 25 million digital customer contacts per year. We are approximately 1,700 employees at eight locations, from Luleå in the north to Halmstad in the south. We make pensions simpler. #LI-HYBRID