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Description Vacancy : Solution Architect Base Workplace and Applications

Job Description
As a Solutions Architect, your role involves designing, implementing, and maintaining robust digital workplace solutions within our organization. Specifically focused on the base workplace and application services, you play a crucial role in ensuring an optimal balance between the functionality, security and performance of the services experienced by all employees of the bank.

You & your position
As part of the Devices and Applications architecture team your key responsibility is to translate our vision into architecture and specifications, interacting with key stakeholders to achieve the best possible result. The team you will be part of consists of 3 Solution Architects and takes responsibility for the full architecture lifecycle, from new ideas into clear specifications and principles ready for detailed design. You are approachable and guide squads and stakeholders to understand the architecture and realise the delivery of solutions. We expect you have a good, generic overview and understanding of modern workplace techniques and to match needs and requirements to standards and capabilities of the tools we work with. You stand for high-quality products and everything that goes with them, to help realise our goal to ‘make Rabobank a great place to be’ for all employees.

Examples of squads in scope
• Modern Management
• Endpoint Security
• Mobile

Facts & Figures
• Globally we have ?48,000 Rabobank-colleagues
• ?50,000 workstations, ?8000 virtual workspaces, ?24K mobile devices, ? 6000 Applications
• Windows 10/11, iOS, Mac and Android

Key responsibilities
• Translate high level targets into architecture, designs and a blueprint for solutions, align with Product owners, DevOps teams and other stakeholders.
• Inspire and guide members of DevOps squads to understand and realise solutions. Bridge the gap between enterprise architecture and the squads that deliver solutions.
• Generate or enhance architecture and design artifacts such as a solution architecture document and technical requirements design document.
• Promote architecture standards and desired ways of working such as DevOps and standardisation.
• Collaborate with fellow architects to build roadmaps and design holistic solutions that integrate and function seamlessly together.
• Fulfil role of squad architect in assigned steering triangles, facilitating informed decision-making.
• Keep abreast of technical developments inside and outside of the area to help identify opportunities.
• Ensure that architectural standards and artefacts are up to date and accurate.

Together we achieve more than alone
We believe in the power of diversity. By combining the differences of every person in our team, we become a better organization. In every way, we are curious to learn what you can bring to the team of Base Workplace & Applications.

Base Workplace and Applications is a chapter within CITO responsible to build, deliver and support the devices and workplace applications required by global colleagues to work securely and efficiently. The 125 professionals in the department populate and facilitate DevOps squads in the ‘Work and Health’ tribe of CHRO, where squads work together to make Rabobank a ‘great place to be’ for all employees.

As a Solution Architect, you will participate in the steering triangle of multiple squads where, together with a Tech lead and Product owner, you will provide the leadership and guidance that members of DevOps squads will require to realise the area and department goals. You will also work closely together with other solution architects inside and outside the area, as well as with the Digital Workplace Business Architect to ensure that solutions are compatible and complement one another.

You and your talent
Customer focus, leadership, decision making and complex problem solving are all essential skills for the role of Solution Architect. In addition, you recognize yourself in this list:

• Technical expert in wide range of digital workplace techniques – Microsoft platforms a must.
• Senior engineer and/or architecture experience in an enterprise environment.
• Experience with (hybrid) cloud environments and platforms (MS Azure, AWS and Google platform).
• Teamwork – coach and collaborate with colleagues to explain techniques and direction.
• DevOps experience with strong (hands on) understanding of development practices.
• Strong advocate of CI/CD, DevOps, infrastructure, and security as code.
• Knowledge of workplace management and security techniques such as modern management (Intune) and Defender ATP.
• Storytelling - strong communicator, able to adjust style for audience.
• Broad experience in managing complex technological landscapes within large organizations.
• Strong creation & writing skills.
• Excellent communication in English is required.
• Judgement & Decision making (Practitioner).
• Agility (Master).
• Complex problem solving (Master).
• Collaborating with others (Master).