Domain Architect Channel Services in Amsterdam

In this role you are responsible for the IT architecture of the Digital Channel Capabilities grid. The Digital Channel Capabilities (DCC) grid ensures standardisation of channel components across AAB to increase efficiency and create a consistent and smooth customer experience. This grid is responsible for the design & development of generic channel components and further professionalisation of these capabilities. In this way DCC grid enables the Consumer and Corporate NWE grids to only focus on segment/journey specific development. You will be part of the Value Cluster Channels Services IT Shared Services team together with other Domain Architects and Project & Process Enablers. Your main stakeholders are the Value Proposition teams, other domain architects, CADM, CISO and development teams. 

Do you want to bring banking as we know it to the next level and contribute to the biggest digital revolution in history? Do you want to discover what new technologies can bring to our clients? Then ABN AMRO is looking for you!  

This role is for someone who enjoys working as part of a team of technical experts and being the linking pin between technology, product owners and management. This means that you will:
 
-    Coach agile development teams making the right architectural decisions in a landscape transformation but also able to provide clear guidance when needed.
-    Help the development teams to cut big changes in small user stories and shippable products.
-    Cooperate with several departments and sometimes different technologies.
-    Informal atmosphere with plenty of room for fun.
-    We’re ok with making mistakes, as long as we learn from them.

As a Domain Architect you are a connector. Guarding the scope, technical implementation and quality for solutions. You will be in connection with lots of departments because you are in the centre between Business and IT. As a sparring partner you will help the IT Lead, Grid Owner and Product Owner with the right cadres and solutioning. 

Complexity of the job is in facilitating and supporting agile teams (Blocks) where knowledge is required of both application architecture as enterprise architecture so that solutions fit in the enterprise future state architecture. 

You will have the overview and support the quality of architecture and you are able to translate this information to colleagues. In togetherness you will create the architecture required and solution to meet business demand. A Domain Architect has technical expertise, a long term vision, product knowledge and soft skills. Your end product is a Solution Intent wherein all your skills come together in a architecture vision. Main goal:  simplifying and improvement of IT landscape so that ABN AMRO remains future proof. All activities of the Domain Architect are really based on creation of long term value keeping the future state architecture in mind. 

You have a lot of knowledge on both IT as business(mainly customer identity and access management , customer experience). Azure/AWS knowledge/software engineering background is very useful and you are able to identify challenges for our development engineers. 
You are following all the technics & backgrounds about internet banking & websites. You can transfers this knowledge to the DevOps teams.     

Also you will have knowledge of our applications and how they fulfil business requirements and ABN AMRO architecture. A University degree/thinking level is required as well as 5-7 years relevant work experience from which 3-5 years on the area of solution architecture. We are looking at a person with knowledge in following areas:

    Security standards; user security and application security
    Togaf
    Archimate 
    UML
    Rest API technology
    Cloud technology Azure/AWS hands on experience & certified
    Experienced in setting up a multi team way of working for creating front-end
    Have a drive to improve the developer experience of our web development environment
    You are a star in making connections between various solutions and design workable patterns for teams to develop
    Middleware (Java) 
    FE (Vue JS, HTML, CCS, JavaScript, Cookie knowledge) 
    NL en EN language
    Agile
    DevOps

Following competences are required: 
    Connector 
    Self-knowledge 
    Change mindset 
    Communication skills 
    Vision 
    Innovative 

The mindset of a Domain Architect within our eyes: 

-    Domain Architects are the connectors within IT and business within the bank. You will connect between teams, IT integrators but also with each other. 
-    Domain Architects work towards a clear strategy for our future state architecture within the grid. A clear vision is required with a clear argumentation and therewith choices. Also there will be thought of a plan of approach how do realise this vision. 
-    Domain Architects are up to date of latest IT knowledge within the area of architecture. 
-    Domain Architects are there to facilitate delivery teams. They will support where needed and facilitate on the area of architecture. 
-    Domain Architects are creative, think of solutions and outside the box. They will put in effort to make things more smooth and more clear than before.  

Within ABN AMRO you will have the space to work together at a future state architecture for realising the best client experience within our distribution channels and mobile apps. We are eager to learn from your experience and willing to share your best practices.  At ABN AMRO you can develop your competences to the max. We offer:
 You will get: 
-    Flexible work conditions and space to grow 
-    An additional benefit budget of 11% 
-    A personal development budget of  € 1.000,- per year 
-    A public transport subscription or transport budget 
-    Hay 11 or 12 dependent based on experience 
-    An excellent pension regulation