The Enterprise Architect lead is a senior position working closely with the Head of Strategy and architecture and other senior stakeholders to develop, communicate and maintaining the overarching technology strategy for ING Australia.

The role is expected to work closely with the bank’s senior leadership to identify and leverage future strategic architecture requirements and opportunities, particularly during medium term planning and Quarterly business review exercises, to strongly guide and influence the business on the optimal use of the enterprise architecture portfolio.

They also bring in ‘outside thinking’ being across industry trends and actively participating in industry forums.

Enterprise Architecture is responsible for the strategic architecture and roadmaps across the bank in conjunction with the tribes and CoE’s including information, application, infrastructure and security, for its ongoing development and enhancement with a specific focus on medium term. The role provides architecture leadership and development of best practice, standards and training and mentoring for the wider teams and champions EA and the EA plan in project steering committees, management discussions and within the engineering landscape.

The role engages closely with the global and group EA community and practice and actively provides input into EA discussions, setting standards and frameworks and aligning this back onto the Australian landscape.

What are you going to do?

• Manage and lead the team of EA’s building a strong EA practice.

• Coach and mentor wider architecture and technology team as and where relevant

• Responsible for development and ongoing refresh Enterprise architecture roadmaps for the Bank by communicating , facilitating workshops and strategy sessions with key senior leaders and stakeholders

• Input and review Technology strategy, roadmaps and manage delivery of initiatives is aligned to target architecture roadmap.

• architecture, system and technical architecture, software lifecycle management

• Lead and enhance the Enterprise architecture practice and governance , ensuring effective process and standards are implemented and maintained

• New architectural approaches and technologies are demonstrated and introduced to business and IT stakeholders and added as appropriate to the business technology portfolio.

• Ensure that the enterprise architecture plan is implemented within the solution designs from across all architecture functions (platform and domain) and implementation teams.

• Ensure that solution designs from across all architecture and implementation teams comply or waivers are granted in accordance with enterprise architecture governance principles.

What are we looking for? Someone who has…

• Ideally 12+ years of experience in delivering knowledge and expertise across Digital and Core Banking s systems, processes and architecture and strategy development..

• Proven ability to define Technology strategy which translates business and technology priorities into strategic themes

• Proven ability to present and communicate with Senior management and key stakeholders

• Ability to balance the long-term and short-term implications of individual decisions and translate business needs into technology requirements.

• Deep knowledge of data structures, design, architectural and integration patterns, algorithms, and engineering best practices.

• Demonstrated working experience modern enterprise software world working with API’s, J2EE (EJB), lightweight frameworks, web and application servers , Micro services, Container technology

• Working knowledge on building Mobile Applications for Android and iOS using Native and Hybrid Technologies

• Knowledge of Event-based Architectural patterns using Kafka, RabbitMQ, ActiveMQ etc.

• Working experience of Public Cloud Architectures

• Experience in Server-side Application Architecture design patterns

• Certification on architecture frameworks (TOGAF, etc.) - Desirable

• Knowledge of Container eco systems (e.g. Docker, Kubernates etc.)

If you meet a number of the requirements, but not all, we encourage you to submit your application.

About Us

At ING, we want to make life simpler and more worthwhile – for everyone who banks with us, for the people who work with us, and the community at large, too.

When you come to work at ING, you’re joining a team where individuality isn’t just accepted, it’s encouraged. We’ve built a culture that’s fun, friendly and supportive – it’s the kind of place where you can be yourself and make the most of whatever you have to offer.

We give people the freedom to take risks, think differently, take ownership of their work, and make great things happen. We’re here to help you get ahead. And with our global network, there’s plenty of scope to take your career in new directions, perhaps even ones you’ve never considered.

People of all ages, sexual orientations, cultures and backgrounds are welcome to apply – likewise if you’re an indigenous Australian, or you’re living with a disability, or you have family or caring responsibilities.

Sound like the kind of place you’d feel at home? We’d love to hear from you.

(One last thing, ING operates a direct talent sourcing model. So no agency introductions, please.)