Senior IT Architect Sundsvall

I-Ray IT Solutions AB; Sweden; Hybrid; SEK 1,000,000 - 1,400,000; Part time

Job summary

I-Ray IT Solutions AB is seeking a Senior IT Architect for a long-term consulting assignment in Sundsvall. The role focuses on leading architecture work across development teams, conducting architecture studies, and delivering architecture patterns and documentation within a distributed, event-driven environment.

Experience with Java/microservices, Jira, Confluence, and agile practices is essential. The position requires Swedish fluency and involves a mix of on-site and remote work with a 100%

Qualifications

• Fluent written and spoken Swedish.
• At least 4 years in the last 8 years with distributed, service-oriented platforms using Java and microservices.
• Extensive experience developing solution patterns, architecture documentation, requirements and investigations.
• 10 years in the Swedish public sector within regulated environments.
• 5 years in the last 10 years with economic/financial systems.
• Experience coaching or mentoring teams in system development.
• Experience using Jira for workflows and Confluence for documentation.

Responsibilities

• Lead IT architecture and overall solution design within one or more development teams.
• Lead architecture workshops and collaborate with other IT architects.
• Conduct architecture studies and develop architecture proposals.
• Ensure alignment with reference architecture and documentation.
• Model processes and contribute to technical solutions.
• Provide mentoring and coaching to developers and architects.
• Take on Scrum Master responsibilities when needed.
• Manage dependencies across multiple teams and environments.

Skills

Java

Microservices

Distributed systems

Architecture leadership

Jira

Confluence

Swedish language

Scrum / Agile

Mentoring

Tools

Spring Boot

Red Hat OpenShift

DB2

Camunda

Angular

WAS 9

MS SQL

Job description

Senior IT Architect - Sundsvall

Location: Sundsvall, Sweden
Working method: Partial remote
Job type: Consultant / Sub-consultant
Start date: 1 January 2027
End date: 31 December 2028, with possible extension until 31 December 2029
Scope: 100%
On-site requirement: Minimum 3 working days per week in Sundsvall
Application deadline: 29 September 2026

About the Assignment

We are looking for a Senior IT Architect for a long-term consulting assignment in Sundsvall. The assignment involves working with system development, IT architecture, application management and system support within a complex and regulated environment. The role includes leading and driving architecture work within one or more development teams, conducting architecture studies, developing solution proposals and architecture patterns, and collaborating extensively with other architects and technical stakeholders. The environment is based on event-driven, distributed and service-oriented architecture with microservices, with several parallel development teams working toward shared deliveries. The organization works according to agile methodologies, primarily Scrum, with Jira and Confluence used extensively for workflow, traceability and documentation.

Main Responsibilities

• Lead IT architecture and overall solution design within one or more development teams.
• Lead architecture workshops and collaborate with other IT architects.
• Conduct architecture studies, investigations and problem-solving activities.
• Develop solution proposals, architecture patterns and architecture documentation.
• Ensure alignment with reference architecture.
• Model processes and contribute to complex technical solutions.
• Ensure application qualities such as robustness, security and performance.
• Work with DB2 database modelling, including database scripts, tables and tablespaces.
• Provide technical support, mentoring and coaching to developers, architects and other roles.
• Contribute to limited-scale development when required.
• Take on Scrum Master responsibilities when needed.
• Work across multiple development teams and manage dependencies between teams.
• Contribute to both modern development and legacy system environments.

Required Experience

The consultant must have:

• Fluent written and spoken Swedish.
• At least 4 years during the last 8 years working with distributed, service-oriented platforms using Java and microservices architecture.
• Extensive experience developing solution patterns, architecture documentation, requirements and conducting investigations.
• Experience ensuring robustness, security and performance in application development.
• At least 10 years of experience in the Swedish public sector during the last 15 years, including extensive experience in legally and regulatorily controlled environments.
• At least 5 years during the last 10 years working with economic/financial systems, such as public loans, support, grants, banking or finance.
• At least 5 years during the last 8 years working in environments with multiple parallel development teams and dependencies between teams.
• At least 2 years during the last 8 years working as a coach or mentor for other participants or teams in system development.
• Extensive experience using Jira for workflows within and between teams.
• Extensive experience using Confluence for documentation and knowledge sharing.

Technical Requirements

Experience with the following technologies and areas is required:

• Spring Boot
• Red Hat OpenShift
• RabbitMQ
• Camunda
• Camunda Modeler
• DB2
• Database modelling and database scripting
• REST
• NooBaa / S3 ObjectStore
• Bitbucket
• Xray
• JSM
• Scrum and/or Kanban
• Scrum at Scale / SAFe or equivalent
• Scrum Master
• Modern Java, version 17 or later
• Legacy Java environments and migration from mainframe systems
• IBM BAW
• MS SQL
• WAS 9
• Java EE
• WebSphere
• Angular
• IBM Data Architect

Additional Requirements

The consultant should also have:

• At least 5 years during the last 10 years working within a government agency.
• At least 5 years during the last 10 years working within an IT organization with 100+ employees.
• At least 5 years during the last 8 years working with Scrum, Kanban or similar agile methodologies.
• At least 5 years during the last 8 years working with Scrum at Scale, SAFe or an equivalent framework.
• Extensive experience working as a Scrum Master or equivalent.
• At least 10 years of relevant experience during the last 15 years within the requested field.
• Experience with legacy environments involving Java code migrated from mainframes.
• Experience with organizations using Angular for frontend and web development.

Location: Sundsvall
Scope: 100%
Start: 1 January 2027
Deadline: 29 September 2026