IT SERVICE ARCHITECT – DATA CENTER

TECHNICAL CHALLENGER & TRUE NETWORKER?
WE VALUE THAT IN YOU

Working in a constantly changing environment, with representation in more than 130 countries and across all time zones, calls for a team of open-minded and business-driven people with good technical understanding. Systems administrators and developers, as well as project managers and communicators, all with different backgrounds and experience, make up our team today.

Core Services is now looking for an IT Service Architect for a position that provides opportunities to design services that are fit-for-purpose to give our business areas relevant services for their business operations. You will also be part of, and influence, the journey of moving Sandvik IT to the next generation of data center services, including, for example, the growth of cloud and software defined services.

Job Summary

As an IT Service Architect for Data Center services you are responsible for the design of relevant services that fit the Service Strategy. You ensure that data center services match Sandvik's internal customer requirements and are aligned with the overall architecture framework, IT principles and policies. The position includes identifying which solutions, processes and competencies are necessary to provide the service, as well as maintaining and improving the services in accordance with IT architectural guidelines and constraints. You may also be involved in other assignments, for example supporting application development projects with architectural designs matters.

Additional responsibilities include coordination of the team of architects and assignments to ensure progress on assignments and taking part in the Service Design and Service Transition processes. Furthermore, you collaborate with the service owner and other stakeholders in calculating total cost of ownership for the service, and you also identify and describe cost drivers for specific services.

Travel willbe needed to some extent.

Your profile

We are looking for someone with a Bachelor's in IT or equivalent knowledge gained through experience. You have more than five years’ experience as a solution architect in bid teams, building IT solutions as a service: including writing service descriptions, calculating TCO and defining meaningful SLOs and KPIs. You are a certified IT architect with vast experience from working in a process-oriented organization. Experience from service delivery in a global outsourced environment is advantageous, as is experience with data center services, IT Service Management (ITSM), ITIL, service reporting and outlining business cases. It is also preferred that you have experience from translating customer requirements into solutions and have knowledge from business systems continuity planning. As we operate in a global setting, you need to be fluent in English.

We recognize and value your passion and personality; characterized by your commitment to perform and deliver on tight deadlines, always striving forward and taking the initiative. You are punctual, with an independent working style and great networking and communication skills. Since you will be facing an extensive variety of challenges, you must also be able to identify the wider implications of any given issue.

We are a company with an open-minded culture, actively working to create a workplace that is characterized by diversity and inclusion.

Contact information

For further information about this position, please contact:

Gun Selldén, recruiting manager, +46 (0)8 793 05 53

Union contacts - Sweden

Urban Höög, Unionen, +46 (0)26 261 713

Anna-Karin Wedin, Akademikerföreningen, +46 (0)26 262 780

Peter Olsson-Andrée, Ledarna, +46 (0)26 261 984

Send your application no later than November 3, 2016.Read more about Sandvik and apply at home.sandvik/career. Job ID: 345004.

For more information about the recruitment process, please contact HR Services, +46 (0)26 261 444.

Recruitment Specialist

Renée Nordström

Sandvik is a high-tech and global engineering group offering advanced products and services that enhance customer productivity, profitability and safety. We hold world-leading positions in selected areas – tools for metal cutting, equipment and tools for the mining and construction industries, stainless materials, special alloys, metallic and ceramic resistance materials as well as process systems. In 2015, the Group had about 46,000 employees and sales of about 91 billion SEK in more than 150 countries.

Deadline: 3 Nov
Job-ID: 345004

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