Infrastructure Specialist at the Heart of the Nordic Green Transformation

Are you eager to make a difference in the Green Transformation 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 an Infrastructure Specialist 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 planning data 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 and high security of power supply at any time. As such, Nordic RCC is 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 Nordic 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 domain. 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 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 IT Infrastructure & Security Team Lead, and in close collaboration with your IT colleagues, your responsibilities are:

A.           Strategy & Governance

• Contribute to strategies, policies and controls to secure solutions and operational environments.
• Oversee the infrastructure and platforms used by the organization, including enabling the monitoring of technology solutions delivered within the organization and external service providers.

B.           Planning & Execution

• Collaborate with stakeholders to design and plan complex IT infrastructure solutions that meet the company's current and future needs, ensuring alignment with business objectives and industry best practices.
• Review and manage active risks and respond to security threats in collaboration with our outsourcing partner.
• Use needed provision technology infrastructure and platforms  to support technology services and business needs in collaboration with our outsourcing partner.
• Maintain infrastructure & platform configurations through maintenance, patching and improvements in collaboration with our outsourcing partner.

C.          Measurement & Improvement

• Identify opportunities for process improvements, automation, and optimization of IT infrastructure and systems, and lead initiatives to implement changes that enhance efficiency, reliability, and scalability.
• Maximize automation of infrastructure and platform provisioning and management across products and environments.

D.          Key deliveries

• Efficiently and effectively deliver technical components required to deliver technology capabilities and business need in collaboration with our outsourcing partner.
• Provide business support and ensure business issues and concerns are addressed.
• Ensure end-to-end security of technology assets, data, and product capabilities.
• Define, establish and maintain infrastructure architecture roadmap that guides development and evolution of technology components in alignment with RCC architectures in collaboration with our outsourcing partner.
• Design, administrate and manage infrastructure components including end user devices, workplace solutions, servers, networking, storage, databases, as well as enable access to cloud based services in collaboration with our outsourcing partner.
• Design and manage the requirements to the outsourcing partners and their performance in collaboration with IT Operations Management.
• Participate in 24/7 on call duty roster.
• Create and maintain documentation of IT infrastructure configurations, processes, and procedures, and provide regular reports and updates to management on the status of infrastructure projects and initiatives in collaboration with our outsourcing partner.
• Propose and coordinate choice of technologies and components with business and vendors.

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 Team Lead to structure the role, so it fits your profile and career development.

Structured, open minded and team oriented
Ideally, you have an IT-related education and +5 years of experience within IT infrastructure.

We work with a wide range of technologies, for example Active Directory, Windows Server, DMZ, MSSQL, VMware, Kubernetes, SharePoint, Linux RHEL. It is therefore important that you have a broad technical profile with a good knowledge of several of the above technologies.

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 or regulated 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 as well as familiar with working in diverse cultures.

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.

The job requires security clearance which will be facilitated by Nordic RCC.

Nordic RCC context
Nordic RCC is a private company but established by EU regulation. Focus differs from a “normal” private company as the main task is not to identify new profit optimizing services. Rather, the goal is to continuously develop services according to legal requirements and (importantly) in a way which adds value to our service recipients (TSOs) and, in the end, to Nordic societies.

This makes the environment that Nordic RCC works in complex, but also highly motivating and engaging, as we are all generally focused on value creation for society in a time where electricity is in focus (security of supply, prices, and energy transition).

We are looking for a candidate who is motivated by this. The candidate is not expected to grasp the complexity and the content of the core business in advance. This understanding will develop over time, and depending on the wishes of the candidate, there will be opportunities for training in the energy systems, markets, etc.

You can read more about Nordic RCC and the services we deliver on our website https://nordic-rcc.net or in our Annual report for 2023 https://nordic-rcc.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Nordic_RCC_Annual_Report_2023.pdf

An international and flexible working environment
You will join an organization of competent, diverse, and enthusiastic colleagues of 22 nationalities. You will also be working in virtual teams with expert colleagues from the Nordic TSOs, and potentially from all of Europe.

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 15 August 2024. We will conduct interviews on a continuous basis. If you have any questions, please contact Patrick Frømming, Team Lead, Infrastructure & Security, M: +45 5128 8093 (on vacation week 29-31).