Solution Architect Lead – Continuous Integration Tribe

Division: Group Technology Services (GTS)

About the Role

We are looking for a Solution Architect with strong transversal expertise in infrastructure, SDLC (CI/CD), and middleware to help shape the future of Euroclear's technology landscape. You will design robust, scalable architectures, ensure alignment with enterprise standards, and act as a bridge between Enterprise Architecture, CISO, delivery teams, and business stakeholders.

This role is key to driving architectural consistency, supporting agile delivery, and contributing to our Communities of Practice (SA COP) to share knowledge and best practices.

What You'll Do

• Design & Blueprint:
  Define system architectures, standards, guidelines, and reusable design patterns —ensuring strong, resilient architectural patterns are applied across our epic solutions.
• Collaborate & Influence:
  Act as liaison between architects, technical leads, application owners, and business teams.
• Governance & Compliance:
  Ensure adherence to architecture principles (patterns and standards)  and trigger governance bodies when deviations occur.
• Support Delivery:
  Act as Feature Engineer for end-to-end design solutions meeting functional, non-functional, security, and resilience requirements.
• Prototype & Innovate:
  Build proof-of-concepts to validate new architectural approaches.
• Community Engagement:
  Actively participate in SA COP and contribute to architectural knowledge sharing.
• Agile Contribution:
  Join ceremonies (e.g., backlog refinement, sprint reviews) to provide architectural guidance.

Responsibilities

• Deliver coherent IT solutions that meet both functional and non-functional requirements. 
• Ensure alignment with enterprise architecture standards and business needs. 
• Collaborates and provides input to Enterprise Architecture to shape future technology & technical components (brings hands-on experience).
• Coordinate solution delivery across teams, ensuring consistency and quality. 
• Conduct design reviews and provide feedback for technical and functional alignment. 
• Present solutions to both technical and non-technical stakeholders. 
• Triggers escalation through design governance if needed.
• Build prototypes and proof-of-concepts to validate new approaches. 
• Estimate implementation effort at the Tribe level.
• Contributes from the Epic initiation onward, up & until the end of the "warranty" period after production release.
• Identifies the need for generalization/standardization (beyond epic-specific solutions), defines solution patterns or engineering standards together with the design or engineering teams, get them documented, endorsed by the relevant authorities and published in catalogues. 

Technologies We use

• OS: Windows, Linux
• Middleware: IBM WebSphere MQ, Confluent Kafka, IBM Integration Bus, API Management (IBM API Connect, Azure API Management), IIS, Service Fabric, Managed File Transfer, Java Application Servers (JBOSS, Apache Tomcat, WebSphere Liberty), Apache HTTP
• Cloud: Azure services, OpenShift, AKS
• Languages: .NET, Java, Python
• CI/CD: Azure DevOps, Artifactory, Terraform, ARM
• Infrastructure as Code: Strong asset

What You Bring

1. Systems Architecture Design
Expertise in defining system architectures, setting standards, and creating reusable design patterns to ensure robust, scalable, and resilient solutions.

2. Feature Engineering
Ownership of end-to-end design solutions, ensuring they meet all functional, non-functional, security, and resilience requirements.

3. Stakeholder Management
Ability to build relationships and act as a liaison between architects, technical leads, application owners, business teams, and enterprise architecture, ensuring alignment and collaboration.

4. Analytical Thinking
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills to break down complex challenges and develop effective solutions.

5. Superb Communication
Clear, empathetic, and professional communication—both verbal and written—with technical and non-technical stakeholders, including active listening and assertiveness.

6. Agile Mindset
Comfortable working in agile environments, participating in ceremonies, and supporting delivery teams with architectural guidance.

7. Governance & Compliance
Ensuring adherence to architecture principles, patterns, and standards, and triggering governance bodies when deviations occur.

8. Middleware, Cloud & Integration Expertise
Hands-on experience with middleware technologies, cloud platforms, and integration tools to design and implement modern solutions.

9. Continuous Improvement
Proactively identifying opportunities for generalization, standardization, and process optimization, and contributing to SA Communities of Practice.

10. Change Management & Adaptability
Ability to operate in a changing environment, lead change initiatives, and adapt quickly to new tools, processes, and priorities

Why Join Us?

• Be part of GTS Continuous Integration Tribe, driving innovation and architectural excellence.
• Collaborate with experts across SA COP and GCEB.
• Work in a dynamic environment that values agility, knowledge sharing, and continuous improvement.

Please note that this is a permanent position, and we do not offer freelance or contract arrangements for this role.

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