Solution Architect i Stockholm

We have an opening for a driven, communicative Solution Architect with an analytical mind and an investigative focus to join our team responsible for development and operations tools You will be an important key person in building H&Ms modern digital workplace and we believe that this is possible since you have relevant knowledge and are a true digital citizen.

This is a great opportunity for you to join H&M Shared Systems, a unit within H&M with lots of exciting possibilities to design solutions and influence the architecture of standard SaaS services within H&M. If you want to be part of a highly skilled and ambitious team this may be an opportunity you just need to check out!

Shared Systems are accountable for a mix of IT services – targeting both IT and business with over 20,000 users at H&M. It’s an area in transformation and it will provide many challenges going forward!

Here we find the frameworks .Net and Java, a journey that have only just started. Most of IT’s development tools (like JIRA, ALM, Teamcity etc.) and some strategical operational tools (Splunk, Dynatrace) are supported and maintained by “DOT” (Development and Operations Tools).

As a solution architect you will be a key player working in an area with business representatives, service responsible, system responsible, and development teams. We expect you to influence the architecture and landscape of the Delivery Area and we are also expecting you to contribute on an overall level in architectural matters through close collaboration with other architects within Shared Systems.

We believe in people and we think that you are a person who will come up with creative ideas and solutions. You are a self-going person that enjoy working in a fast-paced environment, with a lot of responsibility. We also believe that you are an analytic person with strong communication skills, and ability to build good relations. Furthermore, you are straightforward and open minded for changes and you enjoy working in teams as well as working on your own.

H&M is an exciting place for an IT career! Our expansion is long-term and is taking place through several brands - we grow both online and with new stores. This requires a lot from our IT-solutions with fun challenges along the way! We offer a dynamic and creative work environment where we as a team grow together. As one of the world’s largest fashion retailers we can offer you endless career opportunities.

Your responsibilities

The job of a Solution Architect at H&M comes with a lot of responsibility – and lots of fun.

Your to do-list includes:

• Responsible for assessment, planning, design, testing, and technical documentation for development (.Net and Java) and operations tools
• Serve as a subject matter expert for all different areas from Requirements all the way to Deploy on-prem or in cloud to meet H&M’s user productivity needs
• Continuously identify tools on the market suitable for Requirements all the way to Deploy
• Accountable for aligning with the Infrastructure teams on the technical architecture to effectively deliver the SW solutions in a sustainable and high-performing manner
• Collaborate with experts across functions to integrate technical objectives into activities associated with accelerated development of new/improved user productivity solutions
• Advances technical expertise within function. Proactively demonstrates leadership by advising and sharing knowledge and expert opinions with subordinates, peers, and senior management. Mentors and trains functional colleagues and assesses current and emerging business challenges enabling functional goal achievement
• Sources and identifies emerging Digital Workplace technology trends from multiple internal and external sources and assess relevance. Integrates trends into functional short-term objectives
• Applies imagination and innovation by creating, inventing, and implementing new or better approaches, alternatives and breakthrough ideas that are valued by customers within the function
• Responsible for creating, and maintaining architecture plans, roadmaps and system maps for the area and ensuring that the design/development in the teams are aligned accordingly

Your skills

Just like everyone at H&M, we believe you are a social, open, communicative sales-minded and ambitious team player full of drive and optimism.

And your skills include:

• Experience of working in larger IT organizations and/or larger projects
• 5+ years of work experience in a fast-paced, technical environment in a similar role
• Need to understand the importance of using a defined set of tools in work related to software development in a multi-dimensional environment
• Know how to drive usage adoption of new methodologies and tools
• Hands-on experience implementing and supporting SW developments
• Expert knowledge of Atlassian Platform, Microfocus tools, and other SW development and deploy tools that is used in the industry
• Ability to design, implement, document the architecture
• IT Operations best practices/processes and service management
• Possess strong technical, analytical, communication and management skills
• Be able to work independently and provide timely status updates and manage multiple tasks daily
• Ability to establish and maintain excellent working relationships with end users, external providers and teammates
• The ability to be flexible and understand a wide range of SW development technologies
• Ability to create PowerPoint Presentations as a form of communication to management
• Experience of delivering services and projects using outsourced partners
• Skilled in service management in a global enterprise
• Strong background in enterprise-class service delivery on multiple technologies
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills

Sounds interesting? Here’s your chance for a career out of the ordinary!

For questions or further information, please contact Mohammed Abdelaziz, mohammed.abdelaziz@hm.com or Torbjörn Edman, torbjorn.edman@hm.com.

We review applications continuously, please apply with CV and cover letter as soon as possible but at the latest June 20th 2018.

The IT department is an important part of the company’s business and carries out operations, software development and maintenance of the company’s systems and business applications. Our goal is to supply as cost efficient IT solutions as possible in order to offer our customers “Fashion and quality at the best price in a sustainable way”. The IT-department is located in Stockholm and Borås and conducts business virtually all over the globe. The H&M group includes in addition to H&M the brands H&M Home, COS, & Other Stories, Monki, Weekday, Cheap Monday and ARKET. As an IT-department, we work with all brands.