Solution Architect Data Capabilities

As a Solution Architect in the Financing Journey tribe, you make a difference by future proofing our landscape, designing solutions while working closely together with our business, business architect, the squads and other stakeholders within the Wholesale & Rural domain—all working together in a dynamic, international environment.

You & Your Role

As a Solution Architect, you are primarily responsible for the squad architecture and technical solutions that fit into the (enterprise) architecture. You support the teams with technical designs, security and delivery of the solutions. You actively track market trends and translate them into solutions, ensuring that our capabilities continue to meet the needs of our organization. You guide your colleagues and management on the IT architecture within your area.

You participate in proof-of-concepts, align your solution designs with your peers and your teams, you drive and obtain approvals of architectural designs, and you make sure guidelines are understood and supported by your engineers.

The Area Data Capabilities

The Area Data Capabilities is responsible for implementing the foundational IT data capabilities that support the W&R domain. As the central expertise hub for Client and Party Data, Document Management, Management Information, Data Access, Data Availability, Data Analytics, and Cognitive Capture, the Area ensures that W&R can rely on a robust and future‑ready data landscape.

We achieve this in close cooperation with the Data Expertise Team, ensuring seamless collaboration across the tribe. We structure data and create valuable insights for our stakeholders in the client journey to improve their decision making and client service. By providing real‑time insights at the fingertips of our colleagues, we empower them to make fast, data‑driven decisions that strengthen our value delivery.

The Area Data Capabilities is product‑agnostic and acts as an enabler for the Value Chain Areas, providing the essential data foundations they depend on. A key responsibility of this Area is maintaining an “In Control” posture and ensuring business continuity by safeguarding the stability and reliability of the data systems within its scope.

Deliver Results

• Take ownership and responsibility for the quality of the squad's architecture and realized technical solutions
• Design robust systems that are easy to operate and maintain and that can last a long time while undergoing changes continuously in a fast paced IT ecosystem
• Pro-actively monitor market developments and implement them within your area
• Pro-actively guide teams in HOW to move from the current state towards the Target Architectures

Top 3 Responsibilities

• Design scalable and maintainable systems that align with the enterprise architecture.
• Guide teams in implementing technical solutions and adhering to architectural guidelines.
• Translate market trends into concrete IT solutions within the Financing domain.

You will work within the Financing Journey tribe, specifically in the Data Capabilities domain. Here, you collaborate closely with business architects, squads, and other stakeholders to deliver customer-centric solutions.

Together We Achieve More

The people in Data Capabilities are dedicated to optimizing the employee experience by ensuring that colleagues across W&R can make fast, confident, data‑driven decisions based on accurate and reliable information. We focus on providing high‑quality data, intuitive access, and clear insights that support our teams in their daily work.

Grow Yourself & the World Around You

At Rabobank, your personal development goes hand in hand with societal progress. That’s why we invest in you and work together toward a better world. We summarize this in one sentence: “At Rabobank, you work on yourself and the world around you.”

This is reflected in your personal development budget, our hybrid work environment, and a healthy work-life balance. You’ll work on banking services for both private and business clients, as well as contribute to societal challenges like food and energy transitions.

You & Your Talents

Customer focus, cooperation, leadership, conceptual thinker, analytical skills and fact-based decision making are clearly essential for the role of a Solution Architect. In addition, you recognize yourself in the following:

• BSc/MSc in Computer Science or another relevant study
• Experience and enjoy working in large organizations with complex technical landscapes
• Experience in Financing
• Practical experience with architecture methodologies and techniques (e.g. Archimate, DYA, TOGAF, DAMA - DMBOK)
• In depth development understanding of cloud technologies such as Azure or AWS and its wide variety of services.
• Proven experience (5+ years) in Agile and Scrum methodologies, coupled with a DevOps mindset
• Well versed in stakeholder management
• A practical, pro-active, and solution oriented attitude
• Networking with peers across the bank is essential
• Showing initiative and eagerness to grow in a dynamic environment
• Proven experience in mentoring and coaching
• Good command of English (business level) and good writing skills. Dutch is an advantage
• Knowledge and experience in Data Driven areas is an advantage