Description
Solution Architect Mainframe, Cloud, .Net, IAF, Core Business Solutions - Banking, Brussels
Rate: Euros per day
Description
You will be joining the Enterprise Architecture (EA) department within the bank.
The EA team is a multi-disciplinary group of experienced architects in charge of
- Defining the enterprise architecture directions & standards aligned to the company strategies & goals,
- Creating business cases to develop or transform the IT capabilities supporting the business units' strategies,
- Maintaining a multi-year IT plan & technology roadmap, and providing steer for the decisions on IT investments,
- Defining IT architecture solutions (integrated process, applications, data and technology) to business problems in alignment with the enterprise architecture directions, and guiding the IT development teams during solution realization.
Role
- You will be a Solution Architect supporting our Group Business Solutions (GBS) technology division, focusing on the banks core business domains: Settlement, Collateral Management, Funds,
- You will lead, with the Domain architects, the definition of reference/target architectures, strategies & architecture roadmaps for these domains, aligned to the objectives of our GBS Division.
- You will develop business cases for the major evolution of our IT capabilities and syndicate a wide range of senior stakeholders within business and IT.
- You will cope with systems & problems of various levels of complexity, which can typically span across functions, locations & organizations.
- You will advise GBS management and support the GBS software engineering teams executing the strategy through clear leadership/direction, influence and integration into their agile/project development approaches.
Qualifications
Profile
- You have worked for more than 7 years in the IT industry. Experience in Financial Services industry and understanding of the related regulatory environment are a plus.
- You have worked as end-to-end solution architect on large-scale transformation projects (> 10 mio) designing, developing and deploying reliable transactional applications for large & complex organizations.
- You have proven experience in Mainframe & .NET development stacks as well as a good command of Cloud and APIs technologies.
- You can tackle autonomously all types of architectural analysis and can provide global & pragmatic recommendations adapted to the company context with little guidance.
- You have the ability to work high-level such as creating Strategic position papers and Reference Architectures, as well as the ability to zoom on the technical challenges of implementation
- You are a problem-solver with strong analytical skills (eg breaking up & structuring complex problems into manageable pieces), which you apply to problems spanning across multiple architectural domains.
- You strive for a pragmatic approach (80/20 rule) and deliver fit-for-purpose & actionable results.
- You are proactive in identifying the need for change and proposing solutions that are innovative & have a significant strategic impact.
- You are able to effectively communicate and advocate for the architecture recommendations vis-à-vis project/agile delivery teams and senior business and IT management of the company. You can sell the architecture.
- A strong command of English is required.
- Knowledge of post-trade market infrastructures (eg CSD), knowledge of Enterprise Architecture frameworks (eg TOGAF, IAF) and relevant experience with Agile operating models & frameworks are extra assets.
Our part of the deal
We offer an excellent opportunity to practice and develop your talents in a highly enthusiastic, motivated and passionate team. The exposure to a wide variety of topics (across functional & technical domains) and stakeholders (across divisions, business lines & locations) as well as the opportunity to influence and provide direction for the bank's most strategic IT files make it both a challenging but unique position to further develop your career.