Solution Architect - Commercial Finance
The global Commercial Finance domain is seeking a Solution Architect to join our dynamic team! As a Solution Architect, you guide development teams in realizing innovative solutions that enhance our Commercial Finance operations by providing architectural guidance.
Solution Design:
You collect business requirements and translate these into process, application, information, and technology architecture that you document into solution architectures and design. You ensure that the right stakeholders are involved and that the architecture is within the guidance of the Enterprise Architecture Framework.
Team Leadership:
You motivate, inspire, and facilitate development teams, ensuring that solutions are built in accordance with the solution architectures and designs.
Architecture Roadmap:
You work closely together with other Solution Architects and the Lead Architect to co-create architecture roadmaps and a target state architecture in line with the business strategy. You monitor the execution of the architecture roadmaps by maintaining and coordinating the architecture backlog.
Enterprise Collaboration:
You actively contribute improvements to Enterprise Architecture by closely cooperating with the Enterprise Architecture Community.
Model Maintenance:
You ensure that the baseline architecture in the enterprise repository meet the DLL ArchiMate modelling standards and is always up-to-date.
Trends Monitoring:
You keep track of emerging technology trends and proactively come up with ideas on how to leverage these emerging technologies to improve Commercial Finance’s IT landscape.
Day to day:
- Solution Architecture and Design: Work with the product owner and scrum team to deliver features that have clear solution architecture design and business value; as well as technical solution designs.
- Thought Leadership: Serve as a thought leader on solution architecture, staying aware of the latest technology and best market practices, and supporting and coaching fellow architects.
- Agile Delivery: Work comfortably in an Agile delivery model, ensuring fast delivery of the investment portfolio while achieving strategic objectives, this role aligns closely with developers on a scrum team.
- Quality Assurance: Be accountable for the quality of solutions by providing professional guidance and performing quality assurance activities.
- Communication: Communicate effectively with management, conveying complex processes and IT subjects in senior management terminology.
- Coaching: Coach fellow architects and developers, stimulating their professional development and driving the adoption of architecture within the team.
- Continuous Learning: Maintain an outside-in view focused on the customer, ensuring Commercial Finance’s solution architecture anticipates market developments and customer needs.
All members enjoy
- Two working days per year volunteering for a local charity.
- Health and Wellness program including healthy food, free health checks, fun health & vitality activities.
- Flexible hours with possibility to work from home
- Career development opportunities: online learning, member development programs.
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“We not only live up to the expectations of our customers for today, but also anticipate their market needs of tomorrow.”
Essentials:
- 3+ years of experience as a solution architect.
- BS or MS degree in Computer Information Science or related technical field.
- Certified in TOGAF ©, ArchiMate © (preferred).
- Excellent communication in speech and writing in English.
- Broad understanding of strategy and architecture modelling standards.
- Thorough understanding of financial industry including business models and processes. Familiarity with Inventory Finance is a pre.
- Experience in working in Agile/scrum environments.
- Experience with microservices architecture, SOAP and RESTful (API) services.
- Experience with JavaScript frameworks such as React, Node.js, Vue.js.
- Experience with application development on cloud platforms like Azure.
- Experience with Business Process Management applications like PEGA.
- Knowledge of secure coding practices and protocols such as the Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP).
- Knowledge of SQL and NoSQL database management.
Choose wellbeing
DLL’s wellbeing ambition is to educate, equip and empower members to build connections, manage their mental, emotional, physical and financial wellness and maintain balance between work and the other priorities that make up their lives.
Our four wellbeing categories are as follows:
- Connection – Build meaningful connections with other DLL members
- Health – Manage mental, emotional and physical health
- Finance – Provide learning opportunities to help members achieve personal financial health
- Lifestyle – Maintain balance between work and life priorities
These are the things that matter to our members and the wellbeing of our members matters to DLL
Good to know:
- Deadline for application: September 27th (Due to high volume of applications this requisition may close prior to posted close date)
- Motivation letter is required
- The selection process may involve an assessment
- Applications via email will not be reviewed. Please apply online via our career website
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- DLL’s referral program applies
- For more information, please contact our Talent Acquisition Partner Omnia Hassan via [email protected]
DLL appreciates the time you spend applying to our openings. We advise only those who qualify for an interview will be contacted. Hiring subject to successful completion of a background check.
DLL is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to inclusive, barrier-free recruitment and selection processes and work environments. If contacted for an employment opportunity, please advise Human Resources if you require accommodation in accordance with our values and all applicable legislation.
DLL, a great place to build your career
DLL is a global asset finance company that partners with manufacturers, dealers, distributors, and end users to facilitate access to equipment and technology. Headquartered in Eindhoven, the Netherlands, we operate in over 25 countries, offering financial solutions across various industries. We are also a 100% subsidiary of our parent company Rabobank, one of the world’s largest financial companies. Join our community of over 6.000 members from 75 nationalities! At DLL, our unique culture — shaped by our values (We put our customers first -Together we achieve more-You can count on me - I challenge myself and others to grow) and behaviors that define us — is at the heart of everything we do.
We offer exciting job opportunities where you feel welcomed, respected and empowered to be your authentic self and share your best ideas. At DLL, we believe in the strength of our diverse perspectives and experiences, which make our global community thrive.
You’ll receive competitive pay, generous benefits, health and wellbeing support, and manage your work-life balance through our hybrid working flexibility.
Our global operations offer you a variety of development opportunities and we encourage you to take on new challenges across our departments, businesses and regions.
Our company strategy emphasizes our commitment to sustainable business and making social impact is part of that as well. Together, we’ll “Partner for a better world” to make a positive impact. Joining DLL, means joining a company that consistently scores higher than the industry average in Employee Engagement surveys. This is also being acknowledged through many Great Place to Work certificates. People who work at DLL, like DLL.
Join us in Partnering for a better world!
