Systems Specialist in Integration Development and Management

Pensionsmyndigheten · plný úvazek

Hornsgatan 168, Stockholm, Švédsko

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 the IT department, we're about 350 employees and our mission of societal importance means we need to grow. As part of our IT department, you'll work in a development-oriented environment with a focus on employee engagement and new ideas. We also invest considerable energy in creating an inclusive culture with emphasis on equality and sustainable employee practices. We believe that different perspectives and experiences make us better! About the Job You'll work with development and management 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 shared pension system. Requirements are also increasing as Pensionsmyndigheten develops new systems that depend on integration services - and you are an important 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're responsible for ensuring all services function and share responsibility for troubleshooting and incident management. In addition to custom-developed integration solutions, the team is also responsible for configuration and operational lifecycle management of purchased components such as IIPAX and Gravitee API-manager. Monitoring and alerts are set up with Elastic Stack, Grafana, and Prometheus while configuration management and automation are handled with Puppet, Helm, Bash, and Python. We work agile with SAFe as our framework, using 2-week sprints and planning intervals every 10 weeks. The team is self-directed and collaborates actively with other teams that use the integration services - you'll therefore have significant contact with other developers within the IT department. Your Profile For this role, you need excellent collaboration skills, both within and outside the team. You're 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'll place great emphasis on your personal qualities. We're looking for someone who is/has: - Education in computer science, data science/data engineering, or relevant vocational training, or equivalent competence as assessed by the employer - Several years of relevant professional experience in DevOps - Good Swedish language skills, both spoken and written It's a merit if you have: - Current experience with an integration solution, such as ActiveMQ Artemis or Kafka - Experience managing the availability and stability of Java and Spring Boot applications in production environments - Experience with Kubernetes, particularly 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 with 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) We Offer A government mission that truly matters! A workplace where we prioritize our employees having a good balance between work and leisure. We offer flexible working hours and the opportunity to work partially from home. As a state employee, you also enjoy good employment terms and a benefits package including wellness benefits, paid leave days, and excellent 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 with a 6-month probationary period. This position is based at our office in Stockholm or Luleå. The employment may be classified for security purposes. 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. We may use occupational psychological tests. If you have protected personal information, please contact the recruiting manager who will assist you with your application. We strive for balanced gender distribution and view diversity as a strength, welcoming applicants from various backgrounds. Regarding the recruitment process, we've made decisions about advertising channels and marketing. We therefore decline further contact from media/advertising salespeople, recruitment websites, and similar. Pensionsmyndigheten is responsible for the general pension and provides information about the entire pension. Each year we pay out approximately 415 billion kronor to 2.3 million pensioners, process approximately 911,000 fund transfers, and send out 8 million orange envelopes. We have approximately 25 million digital customer contacts per year. We're approximately 1,700 employees at eight locations, from Luleå in the north to Halmstad in the south. We make the pension simpler. #LI-HYBRID