Solution Architect

Project overview

For our client, the Education Administration of the City of Gothenburg, we are looking for a consultant for the assignment below:

The Education Administration needs support in developing new digital solutions for existing and upcoming system implementations. The solutions need to be designed considering the administration's business systems, the City's digital infrastructure, and how they interact.

Role description:

The Solution Architect shall provide advice and develop solution proposals based on the administration's needs. The assignment includes analyzing how digital solutions can be designed and interact with the administration's business systems and the City's digital infrastructure.

The expected outcome is documented solution proposals that can be used as a basis for decisions and further development for system implementations.

Requirements

Start date: 2027-01-01

End date: 2027-12-31

Scope: The scope of the assignment is 0–80 hours per month. No volume is guaranteed. The consultant is only entitled to invoice for time actually spent.

• The consultant must have at least 10 years of documented experience as a solution architect in complex IT environments.
• The consultant must have documented experience in developing target architectures, solution architectures, and decision support materials for system implementations.
• The consultant must have experience in analyzing and designing solutions where multiple business systems, integrations, and common platforms interact.
• The consultant must have at least 5 years of experience working with solution architecture in larger organizations (at least 1,000 users or equivalent complexity).
• The consultant must have documented experience in integration architecture and established integration patterns, such as API-based integrations, message-based communication, or service-oriented architecture.
• The consultant must have experience with cloud-based solutions and modern platform services within, for example, Microsoft Azure or equivalent.
• The consultant must have experience in conducting requirements and needs analyses together with business representatives and technical stakeholders.
• The consultant must be able to communicate fluently in Swedish, both spoken and written.
• The consultant must have experience in documenting solution proposals in a way that enables decision-making, procurement, or further development.
• The consultant should have experience from municipal operations, the education sector, or other public operations.
• The consultant should have experience in architecture work within organizations with complex digital infrastructure and high demands on information management.
• The consultant should have experience with Microsoft platforms and services, such as Azure, Entra ID, Microsoft 365, and Power Platform.
• The consultant should have experience with information architecture, information modeling, and master data management.
• The consultant should have experience working according to established architecture frameworks such as TOGAF, ArchiMate, or equivalent.
• The consultant should have experience in conducting architecture reviews and impact analyses before system implementations.
• The consultant should have experience working with information security and data protection in the public sector.
• The consultant should have experience leading workshops and facilitating dialogue between business, IT, and external vendors.

Project details

Gothenburg. The consultant needs to pick up/drop off equipment on-site, but otherwise, the assignment can be performed 100% remotely.

Option for extension: 2028-12-31

Please apply directly through our system with:

Note that the application must be linked to a company account in Verama for the bid to be accepted.

Evaluation of bids: (Ework makes the selection)

Ework will make an initial selection and present bids to the client for final evaluation.

Interview:

The consultant/supplier may be called for an interview if needed to verify qualification requirements.

Questions:

If you have questions regarding the assignment, please contact the assignment manager. We appreciate if any questions are communicated via email, as they often need to be escalated for discussion with the client.

Last application date:

All applications will receive feedback after the advertisement closes.

• Your updated CV
• Completed skills matrix
• Completed reference documentation
• Hourly rate (incl. overhead)
• Information on when you are available to start the assignment
• In the motivation, describe why you are suitable for this assignment – refer to previous consultant assignments, employment, education, and personal qualities.
• Please note that all attachments must be in Swedish.
• Start: 2027-01-01
• Remote: onsite
• Location: Gothenburg, Sweden, SE
• Languages: Swedish