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.

Facts & figures

• 36 or 40 hours per week
• You will work alongside 10 business architects within the Engineering business architecture team.
• 43,822 Rabobank colleagues worldwide, Architectural Leadership
• 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. You will report to him.

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.
• Foster an open culture of continuous improvement and DevOps maturity.

Stakeholder Engagement

• Collaborate with security, on-premises, networking, services and application counterparts to ensure alignment with organizational needs.
• Communicate architectural vision and roadmap to stakeholders and leadership.

Innovation & Strategy

• Stay ahead of industry trends in cloud services, cloud-native technologies, and platform engineering.
• Drive adoption of automation, GitOps, and self-service capabilities., To ensure that we assess all candidates equally for suitability for this position, we do not require a mandatory cover letter. Instead, we ask all candidates the same three questions to see how your profile matches the role. Please pay sufficient attention to answering these questions and explaining your answers; together with your CV, these responses form the basis for our evaluation in this round. Submitting both a CV and answers to the three questions is the minimum requirement to be considered in the selection process. A cover letter is not mandatory but may be submitted optionally.

You may draw on your work experience, volunteer work, education, private life, and so on. Use a maximum of 200 words per question and provide no more than two examples. Below are the questions:

• How have you translated strategic goals into enterprise cloud architecture patterns that are both innovative and compliant in your previous roles?
• Describe a situation where you had to involve multiple stakeholders (e.g., 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?

Do you have a Master's degree?, * Master's degree in a relevant field or equivalent experience

• At least 10 years of work experience, including 4 years in (business/enterprise) architecture
• Strong understanding of AWS and Azure; 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.
• A strong conceptual thinker, capable of translating high-level strategies into practical solutions.

Collaboration: Skilled in stakeholder management and cross-functional teamwork.

• Familiarity with cloud governance, security, and compliance frameworks.

• Salary: Gross monthly salary between EUR 6,475 and EUR 9,250 (scale 11).
• Extras: a thirteenth month, 8% holiday allowance, and a 10% Employee Benefit Budget.
• Development budget: EUR 1,400 development budget per year for your growth and development.
• Hybrid working: a balance between home and office work (possible for most roles).
• Pension: decide for yourself the amount of your personal contribution.

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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. Read on or apply now.

Together we achieve more We believe in the power of differences. 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. Collaboration is our way of working; as one expert and solution-oriented team within Rabobank. We share knowledge, encourage initiative, and work in a hybrid way for optimal balance and results. Work on yourself & the world around you For us, your development and that of society go hand in hand. That's why we want to invest in you and work together for a better world. We summarise this in one sentence: at Rabobank, you work on yourself & the world around you at the same time. 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. Why everyone is welcome at Rabobank At Rabobank, we believe we become stronger by complementing each other. By embracing our differences, we bring out the best in each other. We seek diversity in knowledge, skills, and experience, as well as in gender, background, and culture. We strive for variety and the space to be yourself - whoever you are - in every department. That is what diversity and inclusion at Rabobank is all about.