Solution Architect

Role and Responsibilities

As a Solution Architect, you will be a technical leader and visionary in our Innovation Tribe. You will :

• Design Cloud-Native Architectures : Define the end-to-end technology architecture for solutions, with a focus on scalable, secure Azure-based cloud applications, ensuring alignment with product design and business goals.
• Lead Innovation from Ideation to Delivery : Drive new opportunities from concept and Proof of Concept (PoC) through to full product delivery. Provide technical leadership during ideation, prototyping, and implementation of solutions, especially leveraging Azure cloud services for rapid deployment and testing.
• Multi-Domain Integration : Navigate and integrate across different domains – data architecture, APIs, cloud infrastructure, and DLT (blockchain) – to create cohesive solutions. Collaborate with cross-functional teams (developers, data engineers, platform architects, business analysts) to ensure all components (data pipelines, API services, cloud resources, blockchain nodes, fit together seamlessly.
• Technical Partnership & Advisory : Act as a technology partner for business teams, translating business requirements into robust technical solutions. Provide guidance on leveraging cloud and emerging tech during exploratory phases.
• Influence & Collaboration : Influence architecture decisions across multiple teams and tribes, even in ambiguous or evolving project environments. Ensure solution designs align with enterprise standards and industry best practices, coordinating with Enterprise Architects and other Solution Architects for consistency. Facilitate discussions in design workshops and architecture boards to gain buy-in.
• Overcome Complex Challenges : Remove technical blockers and solve complex problems that span various systems (legacy and modern). Manage multiple priorities in a dynamic setting, applying a pragmatic 80 / 20 approach when perfect solutions are impractical.
• Technology Evangelism : Evangelise the benefits and assess the risks of emerging technologies for Euroclear’s context, with a focus on maintaining competitive advantage. For example, articulate the potential of blockchain / DLT for post-trade processes or the value of cloud-native architectures in reducing time-to-market.
• Continuous Innovation & Trend Monitoring : Stay informed on industry trends, new tools, and key players in fintech and cloud computing. Anticipate opportunities (. a new Azure service or a new fintech API standard) and threats (. disruptive competitors, evolving security risks) to proactively suggest strategic technical directions.

Skills & Experience

You are an accomplished solution architect with a blend of technical expertise across domains and strong interpersonal skills. We are looking for :

Additional assets : Knowledge of post-trade financial market infrastructure (. CSD, settlement, and custody systems) is a plus, as is experience with large-scale digital transformation in a financial industry context. Such domain experience helps ground our innovative solutions in real-world business realities.

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