Do you want to work with one of the fashion industry’s biggest tech transformations and develop and manage H&M Groups network globally? Join us and become our new Solution Architect! 

The H&M group is on an exciting journey to meet and exceed our customers' expectations today, tomorrow and in the future. Rapid technological development and new customer behaviors are transforming the fashion retail industry. To cater the individual needs and desires of our millions of customers, we deliver technological solutions for the entire value chain for all our brands.
Join our journey!

As a Solution Architect you will work within the Technical Service Area Network. We are focusing on operating and managing the H&M Network and at the same time developing the next generation Network for a cloud-based application delivery, collapsing our Network, and running Network as a code to increase end user experience and Network availability for our business across all locations around the world. We work closely with suppliers and outsourced functions to govern optimal spend and cooperation within the Network domain.  

Our mission within the Network team is to deliver an intelligent, innovative, and trusted network with business aligned availability, being an enabler for H&M digitalization journey to deliver great user experience. 

Team values that we embrace in our daily work are essential and we learn and listen to each other to make sure that we deliver business value, learn new things in a positive and open-minded environment. The ambition is to be in the forefront of technology with a fit for purpose Network to support the H&M business.

As a Solution Architect you will be in the center of the action contributing and learning new skills every day making sure that H&Ms global Network delivery is in line with business needs.

Responsibilities  

• Take lead in design work for new solutions supporting business initiatives requiring new functions and services 
• Develop, build, and manage the H&M Network, transforming our legacy network to network as a code with a service layer.   
• Control that architectural policies and guidelines are followed and in accordance with roadmap 
• Analyze, design, develop and maintain roadmaps and implementation plans.
• Documentation of service design package and service description 
• Documentation of guidelines, processes and routines 
• Being an advisor in design, plan, build and operate within the Network domain.  
• Cooperate and coordinate with stakeholder’s contribution with Network knowledge to reach business needs  
• Contribute to the Domain and Product Area strategy and OKRs 
• Striving for cost efficiency and automation based on trends and new technologies for service-layer oriented Networking  
• Provide technical engineering and best practices concerning the overall Network  
• Stay current with industry trends and best practices, making recommendations as needed to help our company develop
• Understand and visualize concepts that are not yet concrete, and use your problem-solving skills, strong analytic ability, creativity and customer and business drive to find a solution. 
• See the big picture, identify patterns and instinctively know how to win support for your ideas. 
• Take the initiative and are not afraid to take the first steps to identify and address existing and potential obstacles, issues, and opportunities.

Who are you? 
As a Solution Architect at H&M Group we believe you are a true team player who has several years of experience of global IT and complex network environments with basic understanding of Agile methodology. You can take responsibility, work proactively and continuously improve activities in complex, quickly transforming environments You will be a key player and we believe you are adaptable, collaborative, open-minded and able to work in a flexible environment with a non-prestigious approach.

We believe you have experience from:

• Network design and Network architecture 
• Creating High, and low-level designs
• Planning, design and lifecycle management for global WAN networks (either from ISP or big IT organizations) 
• The ability to understand business needs transforming them into design for new services or infrastructure functionalities  
• Design and implementation of routing, switching, WAN optimization, MP-BGP, Ethernet QoS, DMVPN, VPLS etc.
• A curious mindset to learn and understand how the Network delivery can support the business needs
• The ability to recognize structural issues within the organization, functional interdependencies and cross-silo redundancies and apply architectural principles to business solutions
• An understanding about product development from ideation to release.
• Cloud networking and cloud connectivity solutions in a multicloud environment
• Understanding of network security ((IPS, proxy, firewall, reverse-proxy, load balancing, VPN),
• Experience of micro segmentation and profiling
• IP Networking and SDWAN and SD-LAN 
• Running network as a code
• Scripting, python, ansible, Git etc.
• Network automation and programming
• Experience of working with APIs and system integrations 
• Knowledge of Cisco DevNet
• Experience from network delivery and operations from either telecoms or large information technology companies. 

Furthermore, we believe you have expertise within one or more of following

• 802.1x Network Access Control
• BGP and internet routing
• Cisco ICE
• Cisco Wireless on enterprise level
• PCI/DSS
• Infoblox IPAM

 Who are we? 

H&M Group is a family of brands with the desire to make great design available to everyone in a sustainable and circular way. Rapid technological development is transforming the fashion retail industry. We are seizing this opportunity to not only challenge ourselves, but the whole industry with the aim to be the most impactful ecosystem. 

We operate on a large scale across 74 markets. From AI to data-driven business development, user experience to engineering, we turn business challenges into innovative tech solutions – making H&M Group a global leader in combining tech, fashion, and design. 

What we offer! 

Besides the obvious perks such as staff discount card, flexible work life, learning communities, wellness benefits, parental benefits etc. You are joining a unique value driven culture, a large tech network and community where you can be yourself. There are endless opportunities to experiment and grow in any direction that you want and when you grow, we grow. Being a major player gives us countless opportunities to make a real impact and shape the future. 

Practical info 

This is a fulltime position with placement in Stockholm. We will review and interview on-going so please apply with a CV and Cover Letter as soon as possible, but no later than May 31th.  If you have any questions about the position get in touch with Tony Sjören, Competece Lead at +46705513404 or Peter Norberg, Product Owner Edge Network at +46707965342. If you have any questions regarding the recruitment process, please contact Björn Lundgren at [email protected].