Solution Architect @Ing Hubs Romania

at ING
📍 Bucharest, Romania
EUR 40,000-60,000 per year
MIDDLE
✅ On-site
✅ Visa Sponsorship

SCRAPED

Used Tools & Technologies

Not specified

Required Skills & Competences ?

Software Development @ 3 Kafka @ 3 DevOps @ 3 Communication @ 3 Mentoring @ 3 Microservices @ 3 Audit @ 3 Compliance @ 3 Agile @ 3

Details

ING Hubs Romania offers 130 services in software development, data management, non-financial risk & compliance, audit, and retail operations to 24 ING units worldwide, supported by over 1700 engineers, risk, and operations professionals. Established in 2015 as ING's software development hub, it operates from Bucharest and Cluj-Napoca, focusing on Data Management, Touchpoint Channels & Integration, Core Banking, and Global Products.

Responsibilities

  • Act as liaison between Domain Architects and DevOps teams.
  • Understand business context, needs, rules, architecture, organizational structure, culture, capabilities, and processes.
  • Translate regulations, policies, and requirements into practical solutions.
  • Document "as-is" and "to-be" processes and designs, including roadmaps and migration plans.
  • Organize and support DevOps team workshops and presentations to facilitate decision-making.
  • Apply architecture patterns such as Request/Reply, Event-driven architecture (Kafka), Microservices, and Resilience patterns (retry strategies).
  • Develop and co-create well-architected patterns, training developers and ensuring compliance.
  • Translate solution architectures into feature solution approaches with DevOps teams.
  • Stay current with platform architecture trends, especially Cloud-Native Applications and the Well-Architected Framework.
  • Support DevOps teams in defining and estimating Epics, Features, and User Stories for predictability.
  • Identify and escalate non-compliance with organizational policies or regulatory requirements.
  • Monitor and review service performance ensuring policy and regulatory compliance.
  • Ensure alignment between code development and architecture/design guidelines, guiding developers accordingly.

Requirements

  • Minimum five years' experience as engineer or architect.
  • Experience in highly regulated environments (e.g., financial institutions).
  • Excellent communication skills for conveying complex technical topics.
  • Strong ability to build collaborative partnerships with leaders.
  • Continuous improvement mindset with skills mentoring and training.
  • In-depth knowledge of IT architecture methodologies (e.g., TOGAF), service management processes, and agile work environments.
  • Education at Bachelor/Master level in Computer Science, Cybernetics, Software Engineering, Financial Engineering or equivalent.
  • Advanced proficiency in English.

Benefits

  • Flexible working and highly collaborative environment.
  • Opportunities for impact through innovation and quality in IT architecture and solutions.