IT Solution Architect - Cloud (f/m/d)

IT Solution Architect - Cloud (f/m/d)

Essity is strategically focusing on the Hygiene and Health business and is driving to enable operational excellence through harmonization and integration of key business processes. To strengthen our capabilities in the Cloud area, we are searching for an IT Solution Architect – Cloud (f/m/d)

About the Role

At Essity, we strongly believe that in this digital age for a sustainable competitiveness it is imperative to have a strong focus on Cloud capabilities cutting across Business Services. We are heavily investing in improving our Cloud maturity.

Solution Architect is a Technical Leader that is also responsible to define Designs, Reference Architectures, drive for harmonization, simplification and adapt to best practices to have fully integrated solutions in a heterogeneous IT landscape as well as sharing these within the organization.

Apart from being the cloud architect lead, this role works with closely with the various teams such as Cloud Enablement Team, Hosting teams, Platform Management Microsoft and other teams; as well as with other Solution Architects to give guidance and share best practices to ensure new capabilities comply with the overall enterprise architecture at Essity.

As a Solution Architect, you are equally able to communicate with developers or tech leads to give direction and business stakeholders on why technical decisions are made. You can also build business cases to ensure accurate, optimal and valuable architecture recommendations are made. This includes understanding the architecture impacts and consequences of different license models as well as the underlying business value and needs that drive the technology.

You feel ownership (and are responsible) for the solutions you are driving and know how to balance speed and quality in delivery.

Microsoft Azure services and products is something that you live and breathe. And you know the best way to utilize them or you are keen to learn and share your findings with others.

You are used to working with both internal and external partners and suppliers from multiple countries and cultures.

We’re looking for people who embody our values, aren’t afraid to challenge, innovate, experiment, and move at a fast pace. We’re always looking for ways to improve our products and ourselves. If this is you, we’d love to talk.

What You Will Do

• Take a leading role in creating a world class Microsoft Azure cloud set-up with services and assist multiple projects on best practices.

• You will be accountable to ensure all aspects of the cloud set-up, such as ensuring all requirements, including functional, integration, security, performance, quality, and operations are covered

• Responsible to ensure that the architecture requirements for the development, execution, and operations are implemented as designed

• Cooperate with other architects to ensure that the solutions and components work together to meet the objectives and work jointly to ensure collaboration between initiatives

• Lead the IT Architecture analysis, design, and implementation, and ensure that policies and standards are followed in respective area

• Validate requirements and obtain stakeholder buy-in for architecture designs

• Create business cases, narratives and assess architecture impacts for new / changed solutions and present to a broad stake holder group from Business and IT

• Identify and communicate any cross-area or cross-release issues that affect other project areas

• Support development of architecture reference architecture, including standards and in management of exemptions

• Actively seek out new technology and trends and advocate for change within Essity

Who You Are

• University degree in computer science, management information systems, or related discipline

• More than five years of experience in IT development (Solution Architect or Tech lead)

• Expert knowledge in creating conceptual, logical, process and information design

• Fluent in English, both written and oral

• Expert knowledge in Azure Cloud management and related Microsoft offerings.

• Experience of Agile methodologies are beneficial.

• Ability to travel

At Essity, we believe every career is as unique as the individual and empower employees to reach their full potential in a winning culture motivated by a powerful purpose.

What We Can Offer You

At Essity, we believe everyone’s learning and professional development is unique and want to empower employees to reach their full potential in a winning culture motivated by a powerful purpose.

Our diversity makes us strong and creates an inclusive, inviting and harmonious workplace where individuality is appreciated by everyone. For this reason, incoming applications are selected based on professional qualifications and working values regardless of ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual identity, nationality, disability or age.

Collaborative and Inclusive Culture | Empowering & Engaged Leaders | Working with Powerful Purpose & Sustainable Impact | Learning and Growing in your Career | Supporting Well-being & Sustainable Working Life | Life-changing Innovations | Competitive Total rewards

Together, we are improving lives, every day.

Working at Essity is not just a career; it is a chance to directly make the world a healthier, more hygienic and safer place. With impactful innovations coupled with sustainable solutions, we strive to reach more people every year with the necessary and essential solutions for well-being.

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