Solution Architect

Division: Group Business Solutions (GBS)

Within GBS, you will join the “Solutions Architecture” team within the Software Engineering Tribe, where you can play a key role in defining the target architecture and end-to-end design of initiatives across the different GBS domains, with a focus on the Settlement area.

Please note that this is a permanent position and we do not offer freelance/contract arrangement for the role.

Role

• You support the delivery of transversal IT initiatives as a Solution Architect, accountable for defining and realizing end-to-end architecture solutions that fulfill the functional, non-functional, and strict security & resilience requirements.
• From inception to realization, you collaborate with requirement owners and domain architects, leading IT engineers and application experts across the organization to design fit-for-purpose and quality end-to-end solutions.
• You act as the linchpin between Enterprise Architecture and IT delivery engineers, ensuring alignment of the end-to-end solution with enterprise standards and domain target architectures.
• You actively participate in developing the Solution Architecture & Software Engineering practices in Euroclear, contributing reusable and consumable solution patterns and building blocks to the community.
• You leverage your hands-on technology and delivery experience to define domain target architectures and roadmaps.
• You contribute to the Software Engineering Department by designing new technology solutions that align with the departments scope and mission (covering mainframe and open platforms: software development tools and processes, application integration middleware and frameworks, application integration guidelines and practices, application infrastructure design and provisioning).
• You will actively participate in communities of practice with other solution architects and domain architects to collaborate and share best practices and lessons learned.
• You contribute to improving the Solution Architecture practice.

Profile

• You have proven and extensive experience in the IT industry.
• Experience in the Financial Services industry and knowledge of Security Settlement is required; understanding of the Capital Markets is a plus.
• You have worked as a solution architect on transformation projects, designing, developing, and deploying mission-critical transactional systems.
• You have worked as an architect in agile projects that used DevOps practices, including CI/CD.
• You have designed or architected event-driven and service-based applications.
• You have experience with designing and implementing RESTful APIs.
• You have proven experience in mainframe and integration & data technologies in general. Some experience with .NET/Java would also be beneficial.
• An understanding of modern integration patterns between mainframe and distributed technology is desirable.
• You cope with systems and problems of various levels of complexity, which can typically span across functions, locations, and organizations.
• You can autonomously tackle all types of architectural analysis and provide global and pragmatic recommendations adapted to the company context with little guidance.
• You can support the creation of strategic position papers and reference architectures, and you have the ability to focus on the technical challenges of implementation.
• You are a problem-solver with strong analytical skills (e.g., breaking up and structuring complex problems into manageable pieces), which you apply to problems spanning multiple architectural domains.
• You strive for a pragmatic approach (80/20 rule) and deliver fit-for-purpose and actionable results.
• You are proactive in identifying the need for change and proposing innovative solutions that improve our IT software delivery or engineering processes.
• You can effectively communicate and advocate for architecture recommendations to project/agile delivery teams and senior business and IT management. You can sell the architecture.
• A strong command of English is required.
• You can use your experience, knowledge, and communication skills to build strong relationships with colleagues across the organization.
• Knowledge of post-trade market infrastructures (e.g., CSD) and Enterprise Architecture frameworks (e.g., TOGAF, IAF, OAA) are desirable extra assets.
• Degree or equivalent experience required.

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