Solution Architect – Detect & Respond Platforms

Sandvik Group; Stockholms kommun; Hybrid; SEK 900,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Sandvik Group IT’s Cybersecurity team is seeking a senior Solution Architect for Detect & Respond Platforms to translate business needs into secure, scalable Azure-based solutions and lead architecture across Global Security Operations.

You will collaborate with architects and engineers, shape technology roadmaps, mentor colleagues, and drive security innovation. Fluent English is required; Swedish is a plus. The role is hybrid within Sweden with Stockholm and Sandviken presence.

Qualifications

• Hands-on senior solution architect with Azure security focus.
• Strong understanding of threat detection, incident response, and vulnerability assessment.
• Excellent communication skills in English; Swedish is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead solution design and ensure continuous improvement in your area.
• Solve complex problems with an innovative and broad perspective.
• Influence and mentor others in policies, practices, and procedures.
• Lead technology development for Detect & Respond platform products.
• Research emerging technologies and recommend architectural enhancements.
• Develop long-term technology roadmaps aligned with product area direction.

Skills

Azure

Threat detection

Incident response

Vulnerability assessment

Communication skills

English proficiency

Tools

Microsoft Sentinel

Microsoft E5

XDR

Defender for Endpoint

Rapid7

Defender for Cloud

Job description

Solution Architect – Detect & Respond Platforms

Are you ready to step into a role where your work truly matters? At Cybersecurity within Sandvik Group IT, your expertise directly shapes how we protect a global organization. We’re looking for a Solution Architect who wants to elevate our cybersecurity capabilities and stay ahead in a rapidly evolving digital landscape.

You become a key enabler of Sandvik’s Global Security Operations – a central part of our cybersecurity service and the backbone of how we detect, respond and defend at scale.

Your new team

Join our Detect & Respond Platforms team that is all about collaboration, transparency, and knowledge sharing – joining forces to tackle challenges and strengthen Sandvik’s security posture. As part of the team, you’ll help enable Global Security Operations by delivering expertise, support, and maintenance for critical security tools, with a strong focus on Microsoft E5 security solutions and Azure technologies.

About the job

As a senior Solution Architect for Detect & Respond Platforms, you translate business requirements into secure IT solutions that meet our high security standards. Your ability to interpret business challenges, recommend best practices and design robust solutions makes you a key technical leader in our cybersecurity organization.

You work independently while collaborating closely with your team and architects across the Cybersecurity domain. You provide technical guidance, ensure alignment with business strategy, and support others when challenges are complex. You take initiative, push boundaries and bring a proactive mindset that drives security innovation and inspires those around you.

Job responsibilities

• Lead solution design and ensure continuous improvement in your area
• Solve complex problems with an innovative and broad perspective
• Influence and mentor others in policies, practices, and procedures
• Lead technology development for Detect & Respond platform products
• Research emerging technologies and recommend architectural enhancements
• Develop long-term technology roadmaps aligned with product area direction

Location & flexibility

This position is flexible within Sweden, with a hybrid setup. The team is primarily based in Stockholm, with occasional collaboration and presence in Sandviken.

Your profile

You have a proven background as a hands‑on solution architect in Azure, preferably from global organizations. You also have a strong grasp of security best practices including threat detection, incident response, and vulnerability assessment. Navigating complex security landscapes comes naturally, and you have a collaborative mindset with excellent communication skills in English; Swedish is a plus.

Your background includes

• Deep knowledge of SIEM, preferably Microsoft Sentinel
• Expertise in one or several programs such as: Microsoft E5, Sentinel, XDR, Defender for Endpoint, Rapid7 or Defender for Cloud
• Familiarity with Infrastructure in Code
• Solid knowledge of Azure infrastructure and network fundamentals.
• Confident in scripting and automation using PowerShell, Python or similar
• Excellent communication skills in English; Swedish is a plus

What would make you stand out from other applicants is a strong understanding of AI engineering in Security Operations, hands‑on experience with external attack surface management, or proven knowledge shown through Azure security certifications.

Our culture

Our role is clear – through every action, every day, we make the shift and advance the world through engineering.

We believe in an inclusive, equal and open-minded culture, and we nurture our diversities to form a solid foundation for achieving great results.

Add fair and rewarding benefits, as well as many different career options.

Are you intrigued? Visit our website , LinkedIn or Facebook page to get to know us further.

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Union contacts – Sweden

At Sandvik, we value a healthy work-life balance and will be away on summer vacation. Therefore, it can be difficult to reach us, and the recruitment process might take longer than usual.

We aim for an open and fair recruitment process and use different tools to ensure objective assessment. Later in the process, you may be invited to complete a personality and logic test.

Sandvik is a global, industrial technology group providing solutions that enhance productivity, profitability and sustainability for the manufacturing, mining and infrastructure industries. We are at the forefront of digitalization and focus on optimizing our customers’ processes. Our world‑leading offering includes equipment, tools, services and digital solutions for machining, mining, rock excavation and rock processing. In 2025 the Group had approximately 42,000 employees and revenues of about SEK 121 billion in more than 150 countries.