Service architect

Hybrid working: a balance between home and office work (possible for most roles). Shape the future of cloud at Rabobank: design and lead innovative, secure, and scalable cloud solutions that drive our digital transformation. Our Cloud Services area, part of the tribe Tech4Engineering, provides robust, scalable, and secure poly-cloud solutions to support the bank’s digital transformation. Our primary platforms are AWS and Microsoft Azure, with a smaller footprint on Google Cloud. Make an impact as Business Architect – Cloud Services. Design the architectural blueprint for Rabobank’s poly-cloud platforms, ensuring alignment with business strategy and regulatory requirements. As Business Architect – Cloud Services, you collaborate with the Area Lead and Tech Lead, translating strategic goals into robust cloud solutions. You’ll work with a team of business architects and guide solution architects, balancing innovation, compliance, and operational excellence. You will work alongside 10 business architects within the Engineering business architecture team. ~Define and evolve the architecture of the services offered on the AWS, Azure and Google Cloud platforms for Rabobank. Align poly-cloud architecture with enterprise standards, business strategy and cloud-native best practices. Drive innovation and standardization in cloud adoption, ensuring cost efficiency and resilience. You are part of the Engineering business architecture team, consisting of 10 business architects working in this domain. The team is led by the managing business architect for Engineering, who is also acting as tribe architect for Tech4Engineering. Team Leadership Co-lead the Cloud Services sub-area together with the Area Lead and Tech Lead. Collaborate with the Area Lead and Tech Lead to manage the Cloud Services area, balancing business priorities, technical feasibility, and operational excellence. Functionally lead the 5 Solution Architects for Azure, AWS and Google Cloud. Each architect is linked to one or more squads in the area to guide and oversee the work in these squads in line with the target architecture and area purpose. Collaborate with security, on-premises, networking, services and application counterparts to ensure alignment with organizational needs. Stay ahead of industry trends in cloud services, cloud-native technologies, and platform engineering. Drive adoption of automation, GitOps, and self-service capabilities. By combining the unique qualities of our people, we become an even better bank. We are curious to know what you will add to our team of Engineering business architects. The members of the Engineering business architecture team safeguard and develop the architecture for all technical domains within Rabobank. as one expert and solution-oriented team within Rabobank. This is reflected in your personal development budget, our hybrid working environment, and a good balance between work and home. You can work on banking matters for our private and business clients, but also on social issues such as the food and energy transitions. Master’s degree in a relevant field or equivalent experience At least 10 years of work experience, including 4 years in (business/enterprise) architecture knowledge of Google Cloud is an advantage Excellent communication and collaboration skills and fully proficient in English; Dutch also preferred Strong leadership qualities with the ability to influence and guide stakeholders across various teams. Familiarity with cloud governance, security, and compliance frameworks.How have you translated strategic goals into enterprise cloud architecture patterns that are both innovative and compliant in your previous roles? security, networking, application teams) in a complex architectural decision. How did you create buy-in? How do you keep your knowledge of cloud technologies (AWS, Azure, and possibly GCP) up to date, and how do you apply this knowledge to help an organization move forward? You and the job application process We will hold the interviews through a video call. If you are selected for an interview, Bo, our virtual assistant, will reach out to you via SMS and email to schedule the interview. You can find answers to the most frequently asked questions onrabobank.To be considered for this position, you must be located in the Netherlands and have the legal right to work in the Netherlands.