At ING we are looking for a Solution Architect to join our Architecture CoE team in Madrid.
Responsibilities
* Design end‑to‑end technical solutions ensuring alignment with domain architecture, enterprise architecture and IT strategy.
* Refine technical solution directions and technical dependencies drafted in the Epic in coordination with the Enterprise Architect, the Domain Architect and relevant squad members and IT Chapter Lead.
* Provide knowledge, vision and structure to help find solutions to programs or complex IT environments.
* Guide squads to find the best solution according to the IT strategy and listening to tribe needs, helping on epics and features prioritization.
* Ensure the solutions implemented are aligned with the design and the standards.
* Collaborate with Domain Architect and IT and Business Chapters leads elaborating tribe and assets roadmap.
* Help to align and resolve dependencies between squads.
* Facilitate epics slicing into features and feature planning cooperating with delivery squad while maintaining close relationships with delivery counterparts.
* Align with IT Chapter Leads in the evolution and maintenance of tribe’s IT Landscape.
* Ensure solutions designed are aligned within Domain Architecture horizons defined.
* Maintain contact with various stakeholders on all levels of the ING organization, working together with them to achieve the purpose.
* Ensure maintenance systems documentation is up to date including new solutions implemented.
Qualifications
* Clear strategic vision of the bank and the objectives of IT.
* Problem‑solving mindset, used to evaluate different solutions and balance between them aiming to reach the best one based on all requirements met together.
* Knowledge and understanding of the technology strategy applied to the tribe assets or products.
* Working knowledge as software engineer, architect or similar position with technical background.
* High knowledge of the infrastructure and IT assets of the tribe domain.
* Skills to influence and manage stakeholders.
* Works and acts rapidly based on intuition, instead of reasoning step‑by‑step.
* Knows the difference between important and less important details.
* A flexible and adaptable person, capable of facing uncertainty, acquiring knowledge in several disciplines and updating it as often as necessary.
* Assertive communicator, able to communicate clearly and directly but adequately.
Benefits
* Health insurance for you and your family.
* Life insurance.
* Flexible remuneration model with tax‑advantaged benefits such as nursery, transport card and training aids.
* Free company shuttle with multiple routes to the Madrid office.
* Banking benefits: special loan conditions and mortgage conditions after six months, and a pension plan from the first month.
* Employee wellbeing: physical, mental and social support, physiotherapy and gym services.
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