IT SOLUTION ARCHITECT, MADRID

IT Solution Architect
Who are we?

We are S.ET Iberia, the IT, Data and Operations Hub of BNPP Personal Finance, part of BNP Paribas, one of the largest banking groups worldwide. From delivery centers in Spain and Portugal, we provide the best services and solutions to BNPP PF entities around the world to enable sustainable and responsible financial solutions for major retailers, consumer goods companies, mobility brands and dealerships.

Among other services, our portfolio is composed of:
Application Development Maintenance
IT Risk Cybersecurity Services.
Data Analytics and AI.
Operations.

Our offices are in Spain (Madrid) and Portugal (Lisbon, Porto). The company brings together over 200+ employees, with techies in various technologies (Java, .Net, Python, AI, Spark, Kafka, Tibco, Apigee) supported by other operational roles (Functional Analyst, Project Manager, Business Analyst, Auto Stock Financing operators). We keep growing!

Our consistent track record of service delivery means customer satisfaction for our partners and opportunities for our employees.

You will find SET Iberia to be an inclusive workplace with an entrepreneurship spirit where you can develop your career and grow personally and professionally.

Would you like to join our international team that delivers end-to-end solutions to businesses of BNP Paribas Personal Finance Group entities around the world?

In a context of increasing the operational excellence of our growing service portfolio we are looking for an IT Solution Architect.

Mission:

IT Solution Architect is a transversal function in the Shared Service Center who plays a role as the main technical reference in design and build phase of projects, application technical roadmap definition and establishment of best practices.

Main Responsibilities:

The main responsibilities of the IT Solution Architect are:
- Participation with other project team members in the functional scope definition of projects.
- Design of Java, .NET and data solutions, together with security and production infrastructure stakeholders, supporting the business requirements and aligned with BNPP PF strategy.
- Supporting project managers for project build plan creation and cost estimation.
- Assessment of solutions and creation of technology or application roadmaps.
- Supporting project team for creation of deliverables and validation of the project in central committees.
- Participation with production infrastructure and DevSecOps team in the correct creation and setup of the defined infrastructure, middleware and tools needed to build the solution.
- Participation with other project team members and production infrastructure team in the definition of steps for being production ready and Go Live.
- Participation with other stakeholders in the definition of technical roadmaps for IT solutions.
- Representing our entity in the PF architecture community and participation in the activities and steering as requested by PF Central Enterprise architecture teams.
- Support of other team members in the analysis, definition or problem resolution in complex changes or incidents.
- Spread knowledge and best practices to other teams in the shared service center and other PF entities.

What we are looking for:

For us soft skills and endorsing our leadership guidelines (transversality, collective goals, confidence and agility) are equally important as technical skills:
Academic background: Degree / bachelors degree or equivalent work experience.
You have 3 years of proven working experience in related tasks.

Experience with CRM, Intelligent Document Processing and business process management systems very valuable

Experience documenting an enterprise architecture (Sparx EA, Archimate, iServer, etc.).

Knowledge of banking processes required.

Knowledge of insurance processes and products very valuable.

Common development frameworks (Spring, .NET frameworks ...).

Design of SOA, Microservices and event-driven solutions.

Design of high availability resilient solutions.

Solution modeling (UML, Archimate, Visio,...).

Software Design Integration Patterns.

Authentication and authorization mechanisms (OpenID, Oauth2, SAML ...).

DevSecOps.

Application servers and middlewares (Liberty, SQL/No SQL databases, Kafka ...).

You are a problem-solver and decision-making person, who:
Demonstrates advanced analytical skills and aligns and/or validates his decisions with the concerned stakeholders .
Able to mobilize other teams and knock all the needed doors to unblock situations or achieve team goals.

Skills:
Architecture.

Business/IT Relationship.

IT Knowledge.
Ability to collaborate/Teamwork.

Adaptability.
Proactivity.
Ability to develop and adapt a process.

Ability to work with Agile Practices.
Ability to manage/facilitate a meeting, seminar, committee, training...

- Experience in the Finance sector is a plus.

- Fluent level of English is a must. Any other European language is nice to have, for example French.

About our culture:

We are proud to create, maintain and develop business solutions for BNP Paribas Group entities around the world, while keeping a high level of excellence in our services and providing added value to our customers.

Working in an inclusive and multicultural environment, we encourage everyone to develop their talents and skills, offering various career opportunities and internal mobility programs, within local SET Iberia teams or in other entities within the Group.

We value our employees experience by keeping a well-balanced environment with flexibility regarding the work schedule and care for everyones personal time.

We embraced a hybrid way of working because we believe social interaction always adds value to our day-to-day activities.

Benefits

Training programs, career plans and internal mobility opportunities, national and international thanks to our presence in different countries.

Diversity and Inclusion Committee that ensures an inclusive work environment. In recent years, several employee communities have been created to organize diversity and inclusion awareness actions (PRIDE, We Generations and MixCity).

Corporate volunteering program (1 Million Hours 2 Help) in which employees can dedicate time out of their working hours to volunteer activities.

Flexible compensation plan.

Hybrid telecommuting model (50 ).

31 vacation days.

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