Collateral Management/Funds Solution Architect

Division: Group Business Solutions (GBS)

Within GBS, you will join the Solutions Architecture team in the Software Engineering Tribe. Here, you will play a crucial role in defining the target architecture and designing end-to-end solutions for initiatives across various GBS domains with a focus on our Collateral Management and Funds domain and actively participate in the evolution of the Solution Architecture Practice.

Role responsibilities

• Solution Definition: Support and, where appropriate, lead the definition and implementation of architecture solutions for transversal programs, ensuring alignment with business, technical, and security requirements under the guidance of senior architects.
• Collaboration: Work with requirement owners, domain architects, and IT engineers to build high-quality solutions.
• Integration: Bridge the gap between Enterprise Architecture and IT delivery teams, ensuring alignment with enterprise standards and domain target architectures.
• Community Contribution: Contribute to the creation of reusable solution patterns and building blocks and actively participate in the evolution of Solution Architecture and Software Engineering practices.
• Technology Expertise: Apply hands-on technology and delivery experience to contribute to the definition of business capability (Domain) target architectures and roadmaps focussed on the Collateral Management and Funds domain.
• Knowledge Sharing: Engage in communities of practice with other architects to share standard methodologies and lessons learned.

Profile requirements

• Experience: Experience in the IT industry, ideally as a solution architect / lead developer on large-scale transformation projects.
• Agile and DevOps: Experience with large-scale agile projects and DevOps practices, including CI/CD. Knowledge of agile working at scale and methods such as Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) would be beneficial.
• Architectural Skills: Proficiency in Event Driven and Service-based architectures, microservices, and RESTful APIs would be advantageous.
• Technical Knowledge: 
  • Experience with .NET/Java
  • Familiarity with Mainframe in general. 
  • Familiarity with integration and data technologies, and experience with JavaScript front-end frameworks like Angular is advantageous.
  • Familiarity with Cloud also beneficial.
• Complex Problem Solving: Ability to handle complex systems and problems across functions, locations, and organizations.
• Autonomy: Capable of conducting architectural analysis and providing pragmatic suggestions with guidance / mentorship and know when to escalate.
• Analytical Skills: Strong analytical abilities to break down complex problems and provide actionable solutions.
• Pragmatism: Focus on delivering fit-for-purpose results using a pragmatic approach.
• Communication: Strong communication skills to advocate for architectural recommendations to project teams and senior management.
• Relationship Management: Ability to build positive relationships.
• Industry Knowledge: Knowledge of post-trade market infrastructures and Enterprise Architecture frameworks (e.g. Open Agile Architecture or TOGAF) is a plus.
• Financial Services: Experience in the Financial Services industry and a good understanding of Collateral Management or Funds processes and the related regulatory environments is beneficial.
• Language Skills: Proficiency in English is required.
• This role offers the chance to define a significant impact on Euroclear's IT landscape while working in a collaborative and innovative environment.

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

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