About the Role
Your Role
As an Application Specialist, you will work practically and closely with business operations to manage a selection of our applications, with a primary focus on Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and QGIS. You will be involved in transitioning GIS from project implementation to ongoing maintenance, contributing to shared routines, effective business support systems, and solutions that create real value for our operations. You will also work with our e-service platform, Open ePlatform, and may take on responsibility for additional standard systems over time.
You will maintain close contact with business units and collaborate with management, IT operations, development teams, and vendors. A key part of your role is understanding business needs, proposing solutions, and enabling effective application usage that delivers measurable benefits.
This position is ideal for someone early in their career who wants to grow within application and system maintenance. While prior knowledge of our specific systems is not required, curiosity and a willingness to learn are essential.
Key Responsibilities Include:
Supporting the handover of GIS from projects to maintenance and helping establish shared workflows, documentation, support channels, and routines
Configuring and troubleshooting GIS/QGIS, supporting geodata connections, and managing shared settings
Providing user support, developing instructions, delivering basic training, and identifying improvement needs
Planning and testing upgrades, investigating incidents, and coordinating changes with operations and vendors
Administering, configuring, and testing Open ePlatform and supporting business units in their e-service activities
Maintaining system documentation, following security and access procedures, and monitoring relevant solutions and methodologies
Together with your colleagues, you will share responsibility for the agency’s common tasks and resources, as well as the needs of our user groups. You will make thoughtful prioritizations, deliver according to set goals, and continuously update your professional skills.
The Unit for Digitalisation and IT
At the Unit for Digitalisation and IT, we drive business development and digitalisation by leading, developing, and maintaining our IT systems, while ensuring operations and support.
Together, we create sustainable and robust solutions that support the Swedish Food Agency’s mission and contribute to an efficient and quality-assured operation.
Your Competence
We are looking for you who have:
Relevant higher education (university or vocational college) in GIS, geoinformatics, IT, or equivalent—or another education combined with experience we consider comparable
Foundational knowledge of geodata, vector and raster data, coordinate systems, and connections to data sources and map services
Excellent proficiency in Swedish and good command of English, both spoken and written.
Meritorious Qualifications:
Advanced education in GIS
Experience in operational application or system maintenance—including configuration, troubleshooting, and documentation—even from a previous role
Practical experience with GIS, map layers, data sources, and user or maintenance support for GIS software, especially QGIS
Experience with user support, dialogue around business needs, and creating documentation or instructions
Experience maintaining or administering e-service platforms, especially Open ePlatform
Knowledge of how IT systems interact via APIs, integrations, and network connections across different operational environments
Your Personal Qualities
To succeed in this role, you take initiative, work systematically, and drive issues forward. You are curious and analytical, seeking root causes of problems and finding practical solutions. You adapt well to changing conditions and follow up to ensure your work delivers results.
You enjoy collaborating and interacting with people. You have excellent communication skills—able to present information clearly and pedagogically, tailored to different audiences. By listening to business needs and sharing knowledge, you help ensure systems deliver real value. We place great importance on your personal qualities.
Welcome to Contact Us
You are welcome to contact the recruiting manager, Martin Samuelsson. The union representative for Saco-S is Shara Unneberg and for ST it is Annika Gunnarsson. All can be reached via our switch at +46 18-17 55 00.
Application deadline: November 10, 2026. Apply via the job advertisement on Lediga jobb (livsmedelsverket.se), marking your application with reference number 2026/03320. Applications must be written in Swedish.
More Information About the Position
Employment Form: Permanent, full-time. We apply a 6-month probationary period. (Formal title: System Maintenance Specialist)
Start Date: As soon as possible, by mutual agreement.
Organisational Unit: Unit for Digitalisation and IT
Location: Uppsala
Salary is determined in accordance with central collective agreements for the state sector. At the Swedish Food Agency, individual and differentiated salary setting is applied.
All permanent employees at the Swedish Food Agency are assigned to civil defence duties within the agency.
Before the Interview
Grades, certificates, and ID documents verifying your application will be reviewed in case of an interview.
Our assessment is based solely on the information provided in your application documents, so please be clear about how you meet the qualifications.
Welcome with your application!
This recruitment is handled entirely by the Swedish Food Agency. We therefore decline phone calls from recruitment agencies and ad sales representatives.
Why the Swedish Food Agency?
Food and drinking water affect everyone in one way or another, and interest in food issues—and our work—is very high.
At the Swedish Food Agency, we contribute to ensuring that food and drinking water are safe for Swedish consumers, that no one is misled about food contents, and that food consumption is sustainable. The Agency helps build Sweden’s civil defence and plays a key role in ensuring a resilient food and drinking water supply.
We work efficiently and with quality assurance, and all employees, managers, and leaders jointly take responsibility for the agency’s mission and development from a holistic perspective. Through our employee engagement initiatives, we promote commitment and learning.