System Architect at the Heart of the Nordic Green Transition

Are you eager to make a difference in the Green Transition in the Nordics and in Europe, working towards a fully carbon neutral, sustainable energy system? Do you enjoy working in a diverse and international team balancing many stakeholders? Are you structured and organized? Then you may be just the person we are looking for.

We are looking for a System Architect who likes to make a difference.

The energy sector in Europe is undergoing a dramatic transition towards a fully carbon neutral, sustainable energy system. The Nordic countries have set particularly stretched targets for the transition during this decade.

Nordic RCC A/S is the Nordic Regional Coordination Center and a significant contributor to the green transition. As the provider of regional power system capacity planning and security analysis, Nordic RCC supports the national Transmission System Operators (TSOs) of Finland, Norway, Sweden and Denmark. This is to ensure the efficient operation of the Nordic Power System with a high security of power supply at any time. As such, Nordic RCC plays a vital part of the green transition in the Nordics.

Nordic RCC – supporting security of supply and the Green Transition

Based in Copenhagen, Nordic RCC embodies a strong Nordic collaboration across the Nordics TSOs (Energinet, Statnett, Fingrid and Svenska Kraftnät) and other European Regional Coordination Centers. In this collaboration, we empower the energy market in the Nordics and in Europe, as well as assist the TSOs in maintaining a reliable power supply now and in the future.

Nordic RCC contributes to safe operation of the Nordic power system and to optimize the power market. A key aim of the services provided by Nordic RCC is to ensure transparency and to help the TSOs with operational planning. In doing so, we ensure continued security of supply with an increase of renewables in the energy system, and become an essential driver of the Nordic Green Transformation and electrification in close collaboration with the Nordic TSOs.

Join Nordic RCC, a fast-developing company determined to make a significant impact in the energy sector to provide for a secure and efficient transition to the green, sustainable energy system.

Nordic RCC is growing and changing rapidly and thus working on developing many of our processes. You will be part of a critical and exciting time, building the future of the company.

Key responsibilities

Reporting to the Architecture & Technology Team Lead, and in close collaboration with the Architecture & Technology Team and your IT colleagues, your responsibilities are:

Strategy & Governance:

• Contribute to the architecture strategy in Nordic RCC in coordination with relevant stakeholders
• Ensure system architecture domain alignment with technology and business strategies, and business requirements
• Contribute to the IT Strategy and ensuring Architecture strategic fit
• Trusted Architecture advisor to relevant stakeholders
• Identify value creation opportunities (for both business and IT) by combining business insights with emerging or existing technologies

Planning & Execution:

• Drive architectural frameworks, reference architectures, and blueprints / Modelling at the system level
• Drive joint accountability for technology between the business and technology stakeholders with respect to the system architecture domain
• Work closely with architecture domains to instantiate the reference architecture at the system level
• Drive the central repository for architecture documentation at the system level
• Engage in project delivery and system development ensuring alignment with system architecture throughout project and system lifecycle
• Engage in change roadmap and change assessment ensuring alignment with System Architecture throughout project and system lifecycle
• Member of the Technology Board

Measurement & Improvement:

• Ensure frameworks and reference architectures are regularly updated to reflect business needs at the system level

Key deliveries:

• Architectural roadmap and design framework that guides development and evolution of technology assets across the Nordic RCC in coordination with relevant internal and external stakeholders at system level
• Continuous process for developing architecture principles, norms and standards to support the strategic roadmap and consistency of technology solutions across the Nordic RCC in coordination with relevant internal and external stakeholders at system level
• Architecture modeling, documentation and repository as well as quality assurance at system level
• Drive the maintenance of the software whitelist
• Participate in the technology board and involve stakeholders in new technology being suggested/implemented in NRCC
• Ensure a strong security architecture
• Ensure IP governance compliance

Your work responsibilities and scope of work will develop over time as Nordic RCC develops and as you make your influence. You will work together with the Architecture & Technology Team Lead to structure the role, so it fits your profile and career development.

Structured, open minded and team oriented

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree with a focus on software is preferred. Ideally, you have 6 years or more of relevant work experience.

Nordic RCC is an international office, so fluency in spoken and written English is required as well as a motivation for working in an international environment.

Other key skills are:

• Knowledge of the energy sector is an advantage but not a prerequisite
  • Broad conceptual knowledge of technologies
  • Ability to recognize challenges early and proactively seek solutions

On a personal level you are open-minded, team oriented, take responsibility and aim to build trust. You are structured and appreciate a fast-paced environment from time to time. You take responsibility, have a curious and open-minded with good human understanding. You are proactive, analytic, positive and result oriented with a structured approach to your work and familiar with working in diverse cultures.

An international and flexible working environment

You will join an organization of competent, diverse, and enthusiastic colleagues of 24 nationalities. You will also be working in virtual teams with expert colleagues from the Nordic TSOs, and potentially from all of Europe.

Our values of fellowship, curiosity, respect, and transparency have been defined by all employees. They identify how we behave and shape the way we work together, and we expect you to see yourself in them.

Your daily workplace will be in our newly furnished office premises in Copenhagen Towers, Ørestad. We are offering workplace flexibility to ensure a healthy work-life balance including the possibility of working from home some of your worktime.

Application deadline and contact information

Please apply online as soon as possible (in English) and no later than 14 March 2025. We will conduct interviews and potentially hire on a continuous basis.

To ensure a fair and unbiased recruitment process, we kindly request that you do not include photographs in your CVs or application materials.

The position is conditioned upon a satisfactory background check as well as a national security clearance, both of which will be facilitated by Nordic RCC.

If you have any questions, please contact Rasa Bonyadlou, Team Lead, Architecture & Technology (Interim) M: +45 30 93 59 66