Vattenfall is a European energy company with approximately 20 000 employees. For more than 100 years we have electrified industries, supplied energy to people’s homes and modernized our way of living through innovation and cooperation. We now want to make fossil-free living possible within one generation. To be able to reach this ambitious goal we are looking for talented individuals who, in addition to their passion for their own role, also have strong team spirit and want to contribute to supporting a meaningful corporate mission. 

Do you find satisfaction in understanding how your expertise enables our business applications and, by that, be able to work for fossil freedom?

The team is a multi-competence team located in Stockholm, Amsterdam, Berlin and Gliwice. We are designing and coordinating IT services, like infrastructural and application services to all business areas in Vattenfall and are looking for an ambitious Infrastructure Solution Designer.

In this role you will be responsible for creating maintainable technical solution designs, by following the reference architecture and security guidelines that are provided by Vattenfall IT.
 
What will you do? 

Your key activities as an Infrastructure Solution Designer will be:

• Implementing the IT Architecture and IT Security recommendations for a solution design
• Being part of and deep-dive into low-level configurations in the implementation setup phase 
• Advising on the non-functional requirements and validate the implementation needed to maintain the system
• Supporting  the project with the system/application health and perform quality checks for stable operations (non-functional requirements; such as monitor the performance/application behavior during load for instance)
• Supporting in identifying risks and the mitigations that are required to resolve them
• Being cost aware (total cost) when creating infrastructure solution designs, both from Business as well as IT perspective
• Improving the IT delivery speed by using defined IT infrastructure standards in the designed solutions 
• Aligning with IT Architecture and IT Security on the non-standard solution design creation
• Overseeing and actively being involved in the implementation phase, to secure and stabilize the solutions for future operations
• Using the ability to apply technical knowledge and experience to solving broader, project wide issues
• Identifying and suggesting improvements for existing IT services in alignment with the responsible stakeholders

Location  
Katowice or Gliwice/remotly in Poland

Who are you? 

In the role of Infrastructure Solution Designer you will work in a team that is very close to infrastructure maintenance as well as the business. To succeed in this role, you should be self-driven, self-going, exact, analytic, critical and know how to prioritize. You are not only an experienced solution designer, but you also have social competence to understand the needs of the business. You always challenge yourself and others on how to improve, are open to suggestions from others, but can also give suggestions yourself. This job requires some international traveling. You will need to be able to work independently in an international team which meets more virtually than physically 

As our  Infrastructure Solution Designer you will bring experience with working in a large international environment and the ability to work under pressure. You have very good communication skills, you are a good listener, not afraid to ask questions and give advice. Furthermore, you have/are:

• Experience in Service Operations (SLAs) and Infrastructure Design
• Technical expertise in IT infrastructure (Server, Storage, Network, Security, Cloud)
• Strong Project background especially in Operational Handover support
• Solid understanding of IT Security
• Basic knowledge and experience with Azure Cloud
• Highly skilled in Solution Designs for IT Infrastructure and Architecture Document Review processes
• Strong knowledge in ITIL & ITSM processes
• Thorough knowledge of operating systems
• Knowledge of IT infrastructure (server, storage, backup, network)
• Good understanding of IT security
• English on a professional working level
• Experience in handling ITIL processes (Incident/Change/Problem/Config)
• Experience in supporting projects, troubleshooting and (root cause) analysis

Our offer 
Good remuneration, a challenging and international work environment, and the possibility to work with some of the best in the field. You will be working in interdisciplinary teams and you can always count on support from committed colleagues. We offer attractive employment conditions and opportunities for personal and professional development. 

More Information 
We welcome your application in English. We kindly request that you do not send applications by any means other than via our website as we cannot guarantee that we will be able to process applications that are not made via our website. 
 
For more information about the recruitment process you are welcome to contact our recruiter Marta Jura via e-mail: [email protected]. 

At Vattenfall we are convinced that diversity contributes to build a more profitable and attractive company and we strive to be good role model regarding diversity. Vattenfall works actively for all employees to have the same opportunities and rights regardless of gender, ethnicity, age, transgender identity or expression, religion or other belief, disability or sexual orientation. 

The security of Vattenfall and its employees is essential. For that reason, a pre-employment screening will be part of your recruitment process. The screening is based on the role you will fulfill within Vattenfall. The screening will be performed by a third party, Validata.
 
We look forward to receiving your application!