Do you want to contribute to the Fisheries Directorate becoming more data-driven?

Norway | Sept. 4, 2026

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Company: FISKERIDIREKTORATET BERGEN

Country: Norway

Type: Onsite

Employment: Full-time

Description: The Directorate of Fisheries' social mission is to promote value-creating business activity through the sustainable management of marine resources and the marine environment. We work closely with research institutions, industry and other public agencies, nationally and internationally.
 
The Directorate of Fisheries has adopted an ambitious strategy for the future data platform. Our aim is for the Directorate to simplify, harmonize and standardize how data is handled in the organisation. As part of the follow-up of the strategy, we have recently established a data platform team. The team currently consists of data engineers, database administrators and information managers and has a total of 5 colleagues. The team is central to the development of the future data platform, including the data catalog, as well as the management of the current Oracle database platform.
 
We are now looking for an architect for the data platform. The position combines strategic responsibility with more operational and hands-on tasks. You will contribute actively with development and be a link between business needs and technical solutions.
 
Your place of work will be at the Directorate of Fisheries' head office in Bergen, where the section manager and the bulk of the section's employees are located. The rest of the IT department is also located in Bergen, which together make up approx. 60 employees.
 
Work tasks

• contribute to the data platform team delivering robust, scalable and user-friendly data solutions
• contribute to developing the data platform in line with modern principles and best practices in data engineering and data architecture
• develop and automate data flows and work processes
• participate in the operation and management of existing data platforms and related solutions, by needs

 
The work tasks will be able to be adapted to the individual's experience, competence and area of interest, and will be developed in line with the needs of the team and the data platform.  
 
Qualification requirements 

• relevant education at college or university level (bachelor/master) in technology. If you have solid and relevant experience, the education requirement can be waived. 
• at least 4 years of work experience in the development, operation and management of a data platform or as a backend developer
• professional knowledge in data platform architecture and data modelling. In addition, competence is required in one or more of the fields of data engineering, data platform development, data management, automation and technology management.
• experience with postgres/database solutions and SQL
• experience working flexibly
• good oral and written presentation skills in Norwegian (minimum B2)

 
The person hired must be able to be security cleared.
 
It is an advantage, but not a requirement, if you also have experience with:

• CI/CD, for example Argo CD, Git and Jenkins
• Kubernetes and container-based operation
• Change Data Capture (CDC)
• Streaming, Kafka and AMQP
• dbt, ELT/ETL and dlt
• Python

 
Personal characteristics
In order to be able to contribute to our high pace of digitization, it is important that you is curious about trends in digitization and information management, and has a good understanding of innovation. You must be able to challenge established processes in a constructive way, so that working methods can be simplified and improved. To achieve this, it is essential to be able to play as a team and share knowledge with your colleagues and partners. You must therefore have good relational qualities and enjoy establishing collaboration internally and externally - also with those who have a different professional background than yourself. This also means that you must be able to explain technical concepts in an understandable way. 
​​Why choose us?
You will have a central role in building the data platform and get combined architecture, development and close dialogue with business. You can contribute to turning data into value, to the delight of both internal and external users.
 
You get a great opportunity to develop together with professionally skilled colleagues, and we have internal arrangements for further development.
As an employee of the Directorate of Fisheries, you get a number of benefits:
 

• Membership in the Norwegian State Pension Fund. This includes, among other things, a 2 per cent contribution to a pension, good insurance options and good mortgage schemes.
• Opportunity for up to 2 days home office a week.
• Flexible working hours with summer and winter time as well as opportunities for time off.
• With us you can train during working hours.

 
The position is placed as an advisor/senior advisor, with a salary from NOK 700,000 to NOK 900,000 per year, depending on qualifications. For particularly qualified applicants, a slightly higher salary may be considered. 
Inclusive workplace
The Directorate of Fisheries is concerned with diversity and wants to be an inclusive workplace that reflects the population. We need employees with different backgrounds, experience, competence and perspective to solve our social mission.  
If you have a disability, an immigrant background or gaps in your CV, you may receive positive special treatment if you tick this off when you apply for the position. We will invite at least one qualified applicant in each of these groups to an interview. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply.
 
Other information 
Anyone applying for the position must apply digitally via our recruitment system. You must upload relevant diplomas and certificates. You can obtain diplomas and/or transcripts from the diploma portal. If you have education from abroad, you must attach approval from the Directorate for Higher Education and Skills (HK-dir). 
Public applicant list is prepared after the application deadline has expired. If you wish to reserve yourself from entry on the public applicant list, this must be justified. You will be notified if a reservation is not accepted.
 
The Norwegian Directorate of Fisheries uses an external supplier of background checks in its recruitment processes. Background checks are not carried out without the consent of the applicant, and relevant applicants will receive further information about this.
For more information, contact section manager for section information management, Ida Omenaas Flaageng, on tel. + 47 980 88 595. 
Application deadline: 27/09/2026 
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