ING wants to be an innovative bank, so we need people who are real innovators. Because within ING our people are the engine for ING´s growth and success.
The international project Model Bank is multi-cultural and cross-business, and is developing a borderless, scalable, retail platform uniting Spain, Italy, France, and Czech Republic.
We offer the position Domain Architect within the IT department for the Model Bank project in Madrid.
Model Bank in collaboration with the MB countries (Spain, Italy, France and Czech Republic) aims to deliver:
- A retail harmonized digital platform (with 60% to 90% harmonization), fully focused on supporting the MB countries in increasing customer interaction, improving customer satisfaction and increasing sales
- A scalable platform which can be extended to on-board additional countries, products and services in future;
- An agile, central IT shared service center that can develop, maintain and run digital requirements going forward
- A high level of standardization and centralization across systems, processes, data and way of working aligned with Enterprise Architecture, Global Process Management, Global Data Management and Bank Infra
Job Description
The Domain Architects will be responsible for defining the requirements of a solution or application for a particular business domain and develop an optimum solution design (end to end) for subsequent development aligned with the Reference Architectures and Architecture strategy and roadmaps.
They will lead and facilitate the project design activities working closely with the Project stakeholders – Business Analysts, and Delivery Teams in an agile environment. They will also collaborate with Application Architects and Senior Developers on the selection of appropriate design patterns and define realistic and ambitious implementation roadmaps.
Knowledge on Spanish technical stack and applications landscape is strongly recommended.
Knowledge and experience
- University degree (IT, Engineering) or equivalent professional experience
- Demonstrated experience in hands on development leadership role
- Proven experience in Agile environments and can work individually and as a team member
- Demonstrated involvement in successful change initiatives associated with IT in business.
- Work experience: 3-5y in software development and at least 5y in Solution Architecture design
- In-depth understanding of banking environment, products and processes.
Technical skills required
- Domain Driven Design approach
- Service Oriented Architecture patterns including SOAP and REST based implementation patterns
- Java and Javascript libraries and frameworks such as Spring, Akka, BackboneJS and Polymer.
- Oracle database
- Profile Core Banking solution
- Knowledge of non-functional aspects of IT Architecture (Performance, Resilience, Availability, Security etc.)
Other competences
- Good communication skills (written /verbal)
- Ability to operate at own initiative with a pro-active attitude, within the directions and confines of management and Bank policy
- Ability to liaise with a broad range of people, including line management, senior management, external suppliers and related people.
- Problem solving ability and strong analytical skills
- Fluent English both written and oral
- Accuracy and attention to details
- Experience working in a team; exhibits clear behavior of a team player
- Execution driven
Doubts? Problems applying? You can contact to maria.angeles.rodriguez.lopez@ing.com
