Solution Architect

Solution Architect Intelligent Automation, Core Business Supply SCD

Inter IKEA Group brings together three core businesses: Franchise, Range and Supply. Together we work constantly to improve the IKEA home furnishing offer and make it more accessible for the many people. You will be part of IKEA Supply and the Supply Chain Development organisation. IKEA Supply is responsible for securing that the product offer is produced and delivered to our customers. We lead the supply agenda across many functions and work together with all business areas, different business units, but also retail markets to secure customer availability in all markets and sales channels at lowest total cost.

Together, we create a workplace where everyone feels free to be themselves – to experiment, try new ways, and dare to ask, “What if…?” We believe in everyday personal growth and offer the opportunity to develop your career globally. At IKEA we have a vibrant culture where ideas are heard, where there is opportunity to learn new skills and where the goal always is "to create a better everyday life for the many people". We give down-to-earth, straightforward people the possibility to grow, both as individuals and in their professional roles. We offer this position in a fast paced, truly global environment with an endless supply of challenges and development opportunities.

Job Description

The Intelligence Automation Centre of Excellence has the assignment to create value by providing automation solutions and simplify the life of our IKEA co-worker, working hand in hand with the business and product teams.

As IA Solution Architect in the IKEA Supply Intelligent Automation team, you will work in a modern cloud-based Azure environment and be a part of the community continuously developing our data platforms, integration, and automation capabilities. You will be regularly involved in workshops and brainstorms with process, product, solutions, and user teams. You will be responsible for the overall architecture and design of an Intelligent Automation processes. Supporting a complex organization to realize the benefits that intelligent automation can bring is at the heart of the role.

More specifically, in this role you will be accountable for:

• Creating architectural blue prints for development teams
• Create and own solution design documents, as well as provide architect-level approvals on all functional design document
• Define the technical framework considering all relevant artifacts including: Security, compliance, access management and application landscape integration requirement
• Provides technical guidance or support for the development or troubleshooting of automation solutions
• Building complex, highly available, cloud architectures using Infrastructure as Code (IaaC) best practices and ensuring cloud security.
• Staying current with technology trends in the intelligent automation space trends.

In this role you will report to our Planning Manager in Data & Technology at IKEA Supply, under the leadership of our Intelligent Automation COE.

Are you looking for the challenge of your life? Come on board! You can find more information about our digital journey at Technology and Digital Career Hub at IKEA

Qualifications

We are on the journey to transform our digital capabilities, bringing core business processes, people, data & technology together - an enabler for IKEA to become an even better home furnishing company in the future. A journey that needs passionate people who embrace change, dare to question and want to make a difference. If that sounds like you, come and join us. Together we can do great things.

We’re doing some amazing things in IKEA Supply; therefore we need some amazing people – this position is not an exception.

To be successful in this role, we believe you have:

• Solid experience of architecture concepts and experience from modern development techniques such as Agile and DevOps.
• Automation domains knowledge, e.g., RPA, Cloud services (Azure preferred), User Design Interfaces, AI for intelligent automation
• Expertise in software development phases including design, configuration, testing, debugging, and implementation, as well as architecting end-to-end solutions.
• Skills to design both cloud native and hybrid environments
• Good Knowledge around traditional infrastructure concepts like connectivity, architecture, and security
• Experience working with programming languages (C# preferred) and good understanding of development concepts and supporting tools such as Git, Visual Studio, Jira, working with REST APIs.

You should also be able to make advanced technical solutions understood and embraced by both technical and non-technical co-workers.

As a person you are appreciated for collaborative spirit and how you lead with strong focus on both technology and people. You create impact and inspiration regardless of function or formal reporting lines.

The IKEA culture and values are crucial for our business and day to day work life. For you to thrive and grow with IKEA it’s important for us that you share our values! You can read more regarding our values and life at IKEA on our website http://www.ikea.com or just watch this video: https://bit.ly/ikea-what-if

Questions & Support? Let’s connect.

If you have any questions about the role, please reach out to Hans Wirblad Kastman and Akash Jha, IKEA Supply Intelligent Automation Leaders, [email protected] and [email protected].

This position is located in Älmhult, Sweden or in Pratteln, Switzerland. Please also note that we do only handle applications in English and no applications coming in by email. We look forward to receiving your application, CV and Motivational letter, at the latest July 31st, 2022.

You might have some questions about the recruitment process, and we are more than happy to answer those! Feel free to connect with the People & Culture Leader Dan Gustafsson at [email protected]

Note that due to vacations we might be slow in answering questions.