Senior ICT Architect (80-100%)

About the job

Electricity powers our lives. And we move electricity. Every day, we commit ourselves to the security of supply on the network side in Switzerland. On behalf of Switzerland and in cooperation with international partners, our employees ensure a powerful and reliable electricity grid.

The Swiss energy system is changing rapidly, and so are the demands on our IT. As a Senior ICT Architect, you shape the digital future of Swissgrid and ensure that our IT architecture remains efficient, secure, and future-oriented.

For our architects team at the headquarters in Aarau, we are looking for you as

Senior ICT Architect (80-100%) - 1653

Ensure electricity in Switzerland

In this exciting role, you play a central part in the development and implementation of the IT domain architecture for our Business Unit Market.

As part of the architects team, you take responsibility for the domain architectures in the mentioned Business Unit, design architectural solutions together with business and IT experts, and ensure that these meet business requirements and comply with architectural guidelines and standards.

In addition, you support the design and realisation of the cross-divisional enterprise architecture, thereby making a significant contribution to achieving our corporate goals. Your tasks include:

• Development, further development, and ongoing maintenance of domain architectures with regard to a cross-divisional overall architecture
• Translation of business and technical requirements into architectural designs and development of solution architectures using target images, roadmaps, and transition planning
• Monitoring the current solution portfolio, identifying critical deficiencies, legacy issues, and technical debts, and deriving concrete improvement measures
• Observing technological developments and assessing their potential for new and changing business requirements
• Functioning as a contact person for the use of new technologies and methods and supporting specific digitalisation and automation projects
• Continuous coordination with those responsible for information security and cyber security
• Collaboration with architects from other areas and enterprise architecture to design a future-oriented and sustainable IT landscape

This is how you make a difference

You think in networks, are proactive and independent, and enjoy interdisciplinary collaboration. You keep an eye on the essentials, take responsibility, and remain calm even in hectic situations. You are characterised by good team spirit and strong communication skills. In addition, you bring the following:

• Master’s degree from a university/ETH/FH, preferably in computer science, business informatics, or an equivalent qualification
• Several years of professional experience in planning, developing, and building cross-divisional IT architectures, ideally with critical infrastructure operators
• Good understanding of strategic and new technology trends and the practical application of existing and new technologies to evolving business requirements
• Experience in designing secure and resilient solutions (“security by design”)
• High goal orientation, solution orientation, and assertiveness
• Strong conceptual and communication skills combined with a healthy dose of pragmatism
• Very good German and English skills; French skills are a plus

How we inspire you

We offer varied and exciting tasks in a company unique to Switzerland and a modern working environment in close proximity to the station in Aarau. In addition, you benefit from the following perks:

• Flexible working hours (42 hours per week), including home office options
• 25-30 days of annual leave plus company holidays between Christmas and New Year
• Progressive social benefits and an attractive pension fund
• Opportunities for professional development
• Financial and/or time support for internal or external training
• Competitive salary and reward for good performance