Solution Architect - Analytics Platform

This is what we offer you

• Thirteenth month's salary and 8% holiday allowance
• 10% Employee Benefit Budget
• EUR 1,400 development budget per year
• Hybrid working: balance between home and office work (possible for most roles)
• A pension, for which you can set the maximum amount of your personal contribution

As a Solution Architect you can make a difference

Within the Tribe Global Data & Analytics Platform, you will work in the centre of the data-driven enterprise.

One tribe, 4 areas, over 20 squads define and execute the Data & Analytics strategy of Rabobank.

The tribe contains these four areas:

• Global Data Platform
• Analytics Platform
• Onboarding & Support
• Governance Platform

Over 20 squads are distributed over these areas, and naturally all squads are guided by a Solution Architect. Within the Analytics Platform area we need your help to design, build and run ground-breaking solutions that are valuable to our 9.5 million customers globally.

You will be responsible for

As a Solution Architect, you will design and oversee the architecture of our analytics platforms to meet the company's evolving needs. Your responsibilities will include:

• Assessing Current Systems: Evaluate the existing systems architecture and identify areas for improvement.
• Defining Future Direction: Collaborate with technical staff on new projects, ensuring innovative and effective solutions.
• Solution Recommendations: Propose enhancements to improve service quality and security.
• Strategic Collaboration: Work with a Business Architect on strategic topics, vision, and roadmap development.
• Team Collaboration: Work closely with a passionate team dedicated to building and maintaining high-quality systems.

Experience

Above all, we are looking for new colleagues who are intrinsically driven to learn more about technology and to self-advance their skills. We don’t look for a 5-legged sheep. We believe that if you are a good solution architect, then you are capable to work as a specialist and generalist. Take a look at the below-mentioned topics and if you see yourself proficient in various - but certainly not all - topics, then please apply.

Technologies

• Mandatory: Azure and Azure DevOps
• Azure AI services, ADF, Databricks, AzureML, Synapse, PowerBI
• Architectural modeling skills preferably archimate
• Apache Airflow, Spark

Concepts

• Best-practice patterns on provisioning Azure resources (subscription models, key vault)
• Network topology and security (private endpoints, Vnets, (quantum-proof) encryption, defense in depth)
• Interfacing systems, API management
• Identity and Access Management (IAM)
• Full understanding of CI/CD processes, pipelines-as-code, and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Azure DevOps
• Understanding the lifecycle of data-science models and integrating them with software development processes
• Experience with scalable ML solutions for large user bases
• Managing the entire lifecycle of ML models from experimentation to production and maintenance
• Defining architectures with microservices, event-driven services, and domain-driven design
• Model Interpretability and Explainability: Implementing techniques to make ML models interpretable and explainable to stakeholders
• Familiarity with the software development process, package development, unit testing, quality assurance, and monitoring

Skills

• Translating business needs into architectural frameworks, principles, and implementable solutions
• Strong and precise communication skills in English, both spoken and written
• Understanding the complexity and needs of large organizations while maintaining architectural principles
• Team player with strong coaching skills, able to mentor and guide colleagues
• Motivation to work and present across squad and tribe boundaries
• Practicing Scrum, especially for architectural work
• Desire to continuously learn new technologies and develop personally and architecturally

To be considered for this position, you must be located in the Netherlands or elsewhere in the EU and have the legal right to work in the Netherlands. We are unable to consider candidates requiring relocation from another country.