IT Systems Engineer

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Your role

As an IT Systems Engineer at Saab Naval, you will work with onboard IT systems for our submarine and surface vessel projects. You will be part of building and maintaining robust, secure, and high-performing IT environments in complex and distributed systems. You will collaborate closely with system engineers, developers, and other stakeholders to ensure that our onboard IT systems meet operational and technical requirements.

Our systems combine in-house development with commercial components, integrated into advanced and mission-critical platforms.

The main tasks are:

Design, develop, and verify onboard IT systems and infrastructure

Contribute to implementation through scripting, automation, and system configuration

Analyse and review technical solutions and system architectures

Define and maintain system documentation (design, instructions, policies)

Support integration of internally developed and externally sourced systems

Continuously improve system performance, reliability, and maintainability

You will work from one of our centrally located offices in Lund or Karlskrona, with occasional travel within Sweden and internationally.

Your profile

You are a curious and solution-oriented engineer or developer who enjoys working in a collaborative and cross-functional environment. You have the ability to move from requirements and analysis into practical, working solutions.

You value teamwork, knowledge sharing, and contributing to a positive and open engineering culture.

Required skills:

A degree in software engineering, IT, or a related field - or equivalent hands-on experience

Experience in IT systems, software development, or infrastructure engineering

Experience in working in a development team

Experience with or interest in several of the following: Version control (Git), Scripting or programming (Python, Bash, PowerShell or similar), Linux and/or Windows environments, Virtualization (KVM, Hyper-V), Infrastructure as Code (Ansible, Terraform, Puppet) and/or Microsoft Active Directory

Excellent communication skills in Swedish and English, both written and spoken

Desired skills:

Experience in system architecture or technical design

Knowledge of DevOps / DevSecOps practices

Experience working in product development environments

Experience of working in complex, distributed systems

This position requires that you pass a security vetting based on the current regulations around/of security protection. For positions requiring security clearance additional obligations on citizenship may apply.

Please note that the selection process will begin in Week 34, starting after August 14.

What you will be a part of

Explore a wealth of possibilities. Take on challenges, create smart inventions, and grow beyond. This is a place for curious minds, brave pioneers, and everyone in between. Together, we achieve the extraordinary, each bringing our unique perspectives. Your part matters.

Saab is a leading defense and security company with an enduring purpose, to help nations keep their people and society safe. Empowered by its 28,000 talented people, Saab constantly pushes the boundaries of technology to create a safer and more sustainable world.

Saab designs, manufactures and maintains advanced systems in aeronautics, weapons, command and control, sensors and underwater systems. Saab is headquartered in Sweden. It has major operations all over the world and is part of the domestic defense capability of several nations. Read more about us here.

If you have any questions about the job, don´t hesitate to contact

Mattias Bruzelius, recruiting manager +46 734 18 87 49