Job Description
Do you enjoy working directly with traders and receiving feedback on your work? Do you want to help Vattenfall’s energy traders maximize their PnL? If so, this might be the job for you! You will be part of the Market Access SCRUM team within ETRM, which combines IT technical competencies with in-depth business knowledge related to exchange marketplaces, commodity trading products, and trading processes.
At Vattenfall, we don’t just “do energy”, we exist to help our customers power their lives in ever climate smarter ways. If you are looking for interesting challenges and the opportunity to be part of this change, then join our diverse and talented team and make a difference.
For our office in Hamburg or Stockholm, we are looking for a dedicated and motivated person to fill the position of
(Senior) Energy Trading Market Access Software Specialist / 2nd Level Support
in the Energy Trading and Risk Management (ETRM) Market Access & Intraday Solutions team.
This is an excellent opportunity for ambitious IT professionals who are looking for a challenging and diverse job within a leading energy company in one of the fastest-changing and evolving trading areas.
Market Access enables business in BA Markets through timely and sustainable delivery of application development and support in the area of Energy Trading. You will be responsible for our Market Access applications, from system analyses and daily support to change management. This includes the coordination of external software suppliers, configuration management, follow-up on market changes, and on-the-floor trader support.
Your key responsibilities:
* Direct interaction with traders, software vendors, and IT departments in Vattenfall
* Provide technical support and resolve problems for our trading business
* Enable trade execution for traders and automate trading processes in close collaboration with the application vendor
* Monitor, analyze, and fix the Front Office IT system landscape
* Continuous improvements on our landscape and way of working are strong drivers of our daily work
* Contribute actively to the SCRUM events of the agile & DevOps team and adhere to the established SCRUM framework
Qualifications
Your Profile as Senior ETRM Market Access Software Specialist / 2nd Level Support
If you are eager to learn and curious to enter into a new career, you will be in the right spot. The ETRM MA Team welcomes career changers, e.g., coming from a banking or finance background.
* University degree in Business and Information Technology, Engineering, or another related field
* Significant working experience with overall IT support and operations
* Strong analytical skills
* Experience with Front Office support in any type of trading environment
* Experience with marketplace connectivity, complex IT network architecture, and low latency communication is required, including the systems being supported: E*Star Energy Trading Solution, Trading Technologies, and Trayport
* Experience with supporting news & data provider infrastructure from LSEG (formerly Reuters/Refinitiv) and Bloomberg is required
* Prior experience working with Splunk, Grafana, Kafka, Jenkins is required
* Experience with IT networks and application hosting (with a focus on cloud technology)
* Hands-on application support experience following ITIL principles
* High degree of commitment
* Willingness to stretch over the full service chain (from 1st level support up to supplier coordination)
* Team-oriented and excellent communicator
* Fluent in English, written and spoken
* German or Swedish would be beneficial
Additional Information
We welcome your application in English, no later than April 3rd, 2025. We kindly request that you do not send applications by any means other than via our website as we cannot guarantee that we will be able to process applications that are not made via our website.
For more information about the recruitment process you are welcome to contact our Recruiter Carina Böhle via phone at +49 40 79022 1623.
At Vattenfall we are convinced that diversity contributes to build a more profitable and attractive company and we strive to be good role model regarding diversity. Vattenfall works actively for all employees to have the same opportunities and rights regardless of gender, ethnicity, age, transgender identity or expression, religion or other belief, disability or sexual orientation.
The security of Vattenfall and its employees is essential. For that reason, a pre-employment screening will be part of your recruitment process. The screening is based on the role you will fulfill within Vattenfall. The screening will be performed by a third party, called Validata. In addition, a certificate of good conduct (i.e. criminal record certificate) is required for certain positions.
The trade union representatives in Sweden can be reached via Vattenfall´s switchboard +46 8 739 50 00. Sven-Gunnar Gremlin, Akademikerna and Anders Bohlin, Unionen.
Since Vattenfall is a part of the Swedish critical infrastructure, many of our services are security classed. If this position is security classed the final candidates might be subjected to a security vetting process, according to the Swedish legislation.
We look forward to receiving your application!