Senior ICT Architect — Flexible Hours, High-Impact IT

Jobup; Aarau; Hybrid; CHF 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working hours with home‑offic

Home office options

25–30 days annual leave

Progressive social benefits

Professional development support

Competitive salary

Job summary

Swissgrid seeks a Senior ICT Architect to shape the digital future of its IT landscape from the Aarau headquarters. You will own and evolve domain architectures for the Market Business Unit and translate business needs into robust designs with security and resilience at the core.

You will monitor portfolios, drive improvements, and collaborate with security experts and fellow architects to ensure an efficient, future-oriented IT architecture aligned with corporate goals.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree from a university/ETH/FH is required.
• Several years of experience in planning, developing, and building cross-divisional IT architectures, ideally with critical infrastructure operators.
• Strong understanding of strategic and new technology trends and their practical application.
• Experience designing secure and resilient solutions (security by design).
• High goal orientation, solution orientation, and assertiveness.
• Strong conceptual and communication skills with pragmatism.
• Very good German and English; French is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain, and evolve domain architectures for the Market Business Unit.
• Translate business and technical needs into architecture designs.
• Monitor the solution portfolio and identify improvements and innovations.
• Contribute to cross-divisional enterprise architecture design and governance.
• Coordinate with information security and cyber security teams.
• Collaborate with other architects to create a future-oriented IT landscape.

Skills

IT architecture

Strong communication

Security by design

Teamwork and proactive

German and English

French a plus

Education

Master's degree in IT or related field

Job description

Swissgrid seeks a Senior ICT Architect to shape the digital future of its IT landscape from the Aarau headquarters. You will own and evolve domain architectures for the Market Business Unit and translate business needs into robust designs with security and resilience at the core.

You will monitor portfolios, drive improvements, and collaborate with security experts and fellow architects to ensure an efficient, future-oriented IT architecture aligned with corporate goals.