Solution Architect [Dealing room Technology]

Location: Brussels, BRU, BE

Employment Type: Full time

Your work environment

Financial Markets (FM) is the Bank’s gateway to the professional markets around the world. Our primary function is to service the needs of ING’s clients with products, services and guidance. FM aims to be a significant player in our market leader and challenger markets, with an additional presence in all the major international markets and specialist expertise in selected emerging markets and products.
The FMGT Tribe is the change delivery department of Financial Markets (‘FM’) and Group Treasury (‘GT’) that has as purpose to realize our clients’ dreams by connecting them to global markets, providing financial solutions, and delivering long lasting value.

Your role

The solution architect strengthens the design and implementation quality of IT Systems, optimizing technology infrastructure, operational efficiency, scalability, reliability and security, ensuring seamless alignment between design and implementation and business and enterprise architecture.

Are you an ambitious professional ready for the next step in your career then look no further!

As a Solution Architect (SA) you translate functional architecture into solution design

Key Competencies

• Domain knowledge, good understanding of Financial Markets with the focus on.
  • Realtime market data systems (RMDS/DACS).
  • External connections and interconnectivity between applications.
  • Dealing room Technology infrastructure, front office workstations & telephony solutions.
• Performance Optimization: Optimize system performance to handle high volumes of transactions with minimal latency.
• Relevant experience in system design and integration.
  Focusing on implementation details, following the architectural plan and release objectives.
• Develop and maintain relevant architectural artifacts, including application architectures, data models and other relevant documentation.
• Up to date with the latest technology trends, frameworks, patterns, concepts and languages.
• Good understanding of ING ‘s technology standards and solutions.
• Collaboration: Work closely with traders, IT teams, and other stakeholders to understand their needs and ensure the dealing room infrastructure meets those needs.
• Foster reuse across the enterprise and ensure the developed solution will be exposed for future potential reuse.

Key Skills

• Strong on tech, ability to guide and verify implementations.
• You are curious keep up to date with latest trends in IT in general and specifically within ING.
• Ability to take ownership and responsibility.
• Excellent analytical skills and a clear way of translating abstract concepts into implementable solutions.
• Collaborate with key stakeholders to design software solutions that meet their needs and align with ING’s strategic goals.
• Experience in producing and presenting solution architecture .
• Proven leadership abilities, with a track record of guiding and mentoring project teams to achieve project objectives.