Business Architect – Platform Services

Design and improve core platforms used by thousands of engineers daily across a global financial institution with a strong technology focus.

As Business Architect – Platform Services, you design and evolve modern, secure, and resilient platform architectures. You translate business goals, regulatory requirements, and engineering practices into clear solutions. You work closely with Area Lead and Tech Lead, shaping decisions on operating systems, storage, and recovery while aligning stakeholders across regions and disciplines.

This is what we offer you

• Extras: a thirteenth month, 8% holiday allowance, and a 10% Employee Benefit Budget.
• Development budget: EUR 1,400 development budget per year for your growth and development.
• Hybrid working: a balance between home and office work (possible for most roles).
• Pension: decide for yourself the amount of your personal contribution.

Examples from practice

• Designing a future-proof backup and disaster recovery architecture across hybrid environments.
• Aligning Linux and Windows platform strategies across multiple engineering squads.
• Translating regulatory requirements into practical platform architecture designs.

Top 3 responsibilities

• Define and maintain architectural blueprints for platform services, ensuring alignment with enterprise standards, regulatory requirements, and engineering practices across multiple domains.
• Drive decision-making for storage, operating systems, and recovery strategies, balancing security, cost efficiency, and operational scalability in complex IT landscapes.
• Lead collaboration with architects and stakeholders, translating strategy into actionable roadmaps and guiding multiple squads towards consistent platform solutions.

Translate strategy into scalable platform solutions and guide teams to implement resilient architectures that support global engineering needs.

Together we achieve more than alone

Platform Services builds and operates core platforms for global engineering teams. Collaboration is our way of working as one technical team within Rabobank. We focus on shared ownership, continuous learning, and improving platforms every day.

You & your talent

• Master’s degree level in a relevant field or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years’ experience in complex IT architecture environments across platform or enterprise domains.
• 5+ years’ experience with Linux, Windows, and infrastructure architecture including storage or recovery solutions.