IT System Architect & Deployer, Milan

Job Description
The role will cooperate with a high level of independence in the definition and evolution of the infrastructure architecture of the bank's information system, taking into account IT policy.

Key Responsibilities:

• Evangelize application architecture guiding principles, policies, best practices, reference architecture, and standards.
• Implement the reference infrastructure architecture, considering strategic architecture direction defined by the Enterprise Infrastructure Architect.
• Liaise with Head Office and IT architecture community within the ING Group in relation to common technology infrastructure systems used and the requirements of those systems.
• Design infrastructure architectures to meet business and IT requirements and proactively collaborate with development teams during the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) when architecture review is required.
• Ensure that the architecture is implemented according to plan, minimizing technical/tactical debt. Escalate to management if required.
• Reduce complexity and steer towards preventing or reducing technical debt. Improve the quality and consistency and reduce time-to-market for the platform. Shorten the cycle time from idea to service with impact to consumer.
• Actively guard security and data integrity in the design, implementation, and operation of platforms using standard industry frameworks. Define global standards in collaboration with other Architects, Engineers, IT Leads, etc.
• Provide guidance to Engineers, managers, and teams/squads for the platform by describing design patterns in Cookbooks together with the engineering discipline. Describe how these best practices can actually be implemented in practice.
• Collaborate with Business lines for promoting architectural awareness and technological innovation and opportunities.
• Collaborate with IT operation team on problem management that requires architecture analysis.
• Interact effectively with other IT departments and with the global IT community as well as bank industry organizations, consultants, and suppliers.

Education, Qualifications, and Work Experience:

• Degree in IT engineering or Science of Information Technology or comparable background experience.
• 3+ years’ experience as System Engineer/Developer/ICT Architect in a complex IT environment.

Technical and Other Specialized Skills:
Be aware that it is not required to fully cover all the items in the following list; don’t be afraid to apply with partial coverage:

• Deep knowledge/experience of Standard Architecture documentation
• Deep knowledge of System Engineering principles and best practices
• Good knowledge of security concepts and TOGAF architecture framework
• Good knowledge in network protocols and network segmentation best practices
• Good experience in middleware infrastructure design using patterns to support Resilience, High Availability, Disaster Recovery, Capacity, and Performance.
• Good knowledge of IT processes and SDLC.
• Good knowledge of virtualization environments such as VMWare
• Good knowledge of API principles and other integration patterns (Message queue, Event Bus)
• Good knowledge of container orchestration tool/suites such as OpenShift/Kubernetes
• Good knowledge of Cloud computing and at least one of the major CSPs (MS Azure/AWS/GCP)
• Basic knowledge of DB Administration
• Basic knowledge of Integration Script language, ScriptShell, Powershell, Perl.
• Basic knowledge of continuous integration pipelines and generally of Git, Ansible, Artifactory, or Azure DevOps.
• Basic knowledge and/or experience of Storage, Archiving, and Backup principles
• Basic knowledge of SRE principles and best practices
• Good experience/knowledge of Agile WOW
• Fluent in English (written and spoken)
• Open-minded and team player.
• Structured and analytical approach.
• Effective in communication (written and spoken) and able to jump to different abstraction layers.
• High problem-solving skills.
• Perseverance: Sticks to a specific plan or idea until the goal is achieved or turns out to be infeasible.
• Persuasiveness: Can persuade others of a specific standpoint aimed at obtaining support for certain plans, ideas, or products.
• Decisiveness: Shows decisiveness by acting or committing himself by expressing his opinion.

Duration: Permanent

About ING

The Benefits of Joining ING:

• Super flexible smart working
• Competitive base salaries and performance-based bonuses
• Diverse cultures & Innovative mindsets
• International Environment
• Commitment to sustainability
• Lots of training development opportunities to help you grow
• Lots of moments dedicated to physical and mental well-being
• A special day off when it is your birthday: we call it #doyourbirthday!
• And of course we can’t forget: free water & coffee at the office!

Our Commitment:

Diversity is a fundamental element of our corporate culture, and we are fully committed to creating a safe and inclusive environment, based on mutual respect and the value of diversity, offering equal job opportunities to all qualified candidates.