Lead Solution Architect E-Government (m/f/d)

About the job

As the fifth largest canton in Switzerland with around 6000 employees, we are committed to the common good of society at the

cantonal administration. With an impressive variety of services,

our work affects all areas of life, whether education, economy, law, security, nature, health, construction, culture, or finance. With our meaningful

work, we leave a small footprint every day, as it is relevant to over half a million people.

We are leading St.Gallen into the digital future. A digital administrative process is only truly digital if it works across organizations. With our STREBAS platform, we are building the foundation so that citizens can record their concerns once and administrative units can collaborate across municipal, city, and cantonal levels. For this, we develop strategic e-government basic services and connect specialized procedures, registers, and identities into seamless services.

To strengthen our team, we are looking immediately or by arrangement for a

Lead Solution Architect E-Government (m/f/d)

Workload: 80-100%

Workplace: St.Gallen

What to expect

• You are responsible for the service architecture of the e-government platform STREBAS and continuously develop it further
• You design and take responsibility for how new digital administrative processes are structured and orchestrated
• You conceive concrete solution and integration architectures and assess their technical feasibility and operability
• You develop architectural specifications and solution designs as binding foundations for procurements and implementations by suppliers
• You review architecture and implementation concepts of external partners and ensure their integration into the overall architecture
• You clarify technology options, conduct reviews, and make fact-based decisions based on concepts, prototypes, or analyses
• You ensure the integration capability of STREBAS with platforms of municipalities, canton, and federal government and work directly with the respective architecture managers

What distinguishes you

• Higher education (FH/University) in computer science or equivalent education with a strong IT focus
• Several years of experience in software development, system integration, or solution design of distributed systems
• Experience with interfaces, APIs, data models, and system couplings
• Ability to concretely design architecture and assess it technically
• Understanding of error cases, operation, monitoring, and lifecycle of integrations
• Ability to work understandably with specialist departments, suppliers, and operations alike
• You argue with technical facts instead of method or framework buzzwords

What we offer

• Architecture role directly assigned to the program manager with scope for design
• Architectural responsibility for a central e-government platform with high impact
• Technically demanding tasks with direct benefits for the population and administration
• Collaboration with municipalities, cities, and cantonal offices
• Work models with flexible working hours, possibility of home office, and a central workplace in St.Gallen

Ready for the next step? If we have sparked your interest and you want to be part of the team, we look forward to your application.