Technical Specialist for Data Storage

Would you like to contribute to creating Sweden's best healthcare and a sustainable society with growth throughout Västra Götaland? Västra Götalandsregionen is Sweden's largest public employer with the ambition to become Sweden's best public employer. At the Corporate Office, we work daily to make a difference for patients, employees, visitors, and residents. We build, manage, and further develop platforms aimed primarily at those who develop the region's systems, applications, and data services. We create reusable components and automated processes to maximize consumers' self-service experience, all with the aim of making their interaction with our platforms as smooth and value-generating as possible. Our clear goal is to offer the best experience for our users while being agile without compromising on security and stability. To achieve this transformation, we have established cross-functional and self-sustaining product teams that continuously deliver value with a focus on user experience and an outside-in perspective. We are now seeking a Technical Specialist for our Platforms unit. Take the opportunity to apply to one of Sweden's largest employers. Your Mission You will be part of an agile product team utilizing DevOps methods to develop and maintain the region's platforms. As a Technical Specialist with us, you will work on: - Developing new solutions and improving existing ones - Automating our large environments using infrastructure as code - Creating self-service solutions - Managing the entire lifecycle from development to operation of the platform's components - Ensuring system requirements align with VGR standards - Being part of the continuous knowledge transfer within the teams and collaborating with other technical teams You will work with various technologies including object storage, scalable NAS solutions, block storage for virtual environments, SAN solutions, backup solutions, PowerShell, Linux, and Windows. What Can We Offer You? Here, the focus is on innovation and collaboration, which creates a foundation for working with the latest technologies and contributing to important initiatives. We provide support for your professional development, and you will become part of a committed team that values and supports your ideas and efforts. It is a place where you have the opportunity to grow, learn, and make a real difference. Västra Götalandsregionen offers flexible working arrangements, allowing you to combine work from our offices in Gothenburg, Mölndal, Skövde, Vänersborg, and Borås with remote work. Who Are You? You want to: - Enhance and improve the team's deliveries - Create added value for users, your team, and our businesses - Build networks with various competencies and other teams You are: - Proactive and willing to suggest improvements - Unpretentious, making everyone around you feel comfortable and appreciated - Attentive, curious, and passionate about continuous learning You have: - Strong knowledge of several enterprise storage solutions - object storage, block storage, NAS solutions, backup solutions - IT technical education in a relevant field or equivalent work experience - Understanding of what it means to work according to agile methodologies - Good communication skills in Swedish and English, both orally and in writing It is a merit if you also have experience in any of the following: - CIFS/SMB, NFS, and S3 - SAN solutions - Knowledge of PowerShell - Authentication methods and IT security - Linux and shell scripting - Version control (e.g., Git) - Experience in large technical environments It is important to us that you can work according to our values: - Together, we make each other successful. - We listen in. We listen out. - Feedback contributes to our development. Additional Information The position may become security classified, which may require Swedish citizenship. We apply standby to ensure a stable IT environment. As one of Sweden's largest employers, we can offer the right person good career and development opportunities. We strive for equality for all employees, ensuring they enjoy their workplace and promoting a good work-life balance. Read more about our operations here: http://www.vgregion.se/om-vgr/ About Västra Götalandsregionen Västra Götalandsregionen exists for the people of Västra Götaland. We ensure that there is good healthcare for everyone. We work for sustainable development and growth, a good environment, improved public health, a rich cultural life, and good communications throughout Västra Götaland. Västra Götalandsregionen actively works to digitalize more working methods. To be part of the digital transformation, you should have foundational skills and be able to use digital tools and services. You can seek information, communicate, interact digitally, are risk-aware, and have the motivation to participate in development to learn new skills. Västra Götalandsregionen allocates all permanent employees to specific positions. If you want to learn more about Västra Götalandsregionen, you can visit our introduction for new employees at the