Aarau
Senior ICT Architect (80-100%)
- 27 October 2026
- 80 – 100%
- Permanent position
- Aarau
About the job
Swissgrid is a technology- and innovation-driven company focused on the electricity future of Switzerland. Our employees develop the best solutions for the Swiss transmission grid with the highest level of quality, motivation, and commitment. As the national grid company, we offer you exciting and meaningful tasks. Apply now and help shape the electricity future of Switzerland with us.
Senior ICT Architect (80-100%)
Ensuring electricity supply 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 architect 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.
Additionally, you support the design and realisation of the cross-divisional enterprise architecture, thereby significantly contributing to the achievement of 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
- Acting 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 shape 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 your good team spirit and strong communication skills. Furthermore, 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 holiday as well as company holidays between Christmas and New Year
- Progressive social benefits and an attractive pension scheme
- Opportunities for professional development
- Financial and/or time support for internal or external training
- Competitive salary and reward for good performance
We offer you varied and exciting tasks in a company unique to Switzerland. In addition, you benefit from the following perks:
- Flexible working hours (42 hours per week)
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25-30 days of holiday as well as paid company holidays between Christmas and New Year
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Progressive social benefits and an attractive pension scheme
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Financial and/or time support for internal or external training
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State-of-the-art working environment in close proximity to Aarau station