General Information
Type of contract
Fixed-term contract which may be converted into a permanent contract after three years subject to individual performance and organisational needs
Who can apply?
EU nationals
Salary
F/G (bracket 2 - step 1) full time monthly net salary: €6,370 plus benefits, for further information see
what we offer.
Role specialisation
IT Architecture
Working time
Full time
Closing date
06.04.2021
Your team
You will be part of the Innovation and Architecture Services Division in the Directorate General Information Systems. In your role as Senior IT Architect, you will be part of a team of ten responsible for the architecture of IT systems in the ECB and the European System of Central Banks (ESCB). We work in very close cooperation with teams across all business areas, contributing to innovation, systems implementation projects, and improving IT services. We are also in close contact with other IT architects in national central banks and competent authorities, as well as industry analysts and key vendors, and we keep up to date with emerging and developing IT technologies and architectures.
The position requires a strong focus on IT security, especially in areas such as identity and access management, and cloud-native security architecture. This is necessary in order to maintain the highest levels of cybersecurity, resilience and personal data protection while exploring innovative technologies.
The ECB is an inclusive employer and we strive to reflect the diversity of the population we serve. We encourage you to apply, irrespective of your age, disability, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, race, religion, sexual orientation and other characteristics.
Your role
As a Senior IT Architect, you will:
- support project teams and service coordinators by identifying and designing the most suitable technical solutions for meeting functional and non-functional requirements, while maintaining a focus on security;
- provide technical requirements and guidance for procurements and technology selection activities, including the selection of commercial off-the-shelf software and cloud-based solutions;
- write or review architecture design documents, architectural studies and technical memos;
- keep up to date with emerging and developing IT technologies and architectural concepts, with a view to building state-of-the-art and innovative architectures and designs;
- develop and maintain principles, strategies, non-functional requirements, reference patterns, target state models and roadmaps for ECB and ESCB business application and infrastructure architecture, in order to support their evolution;
- together with other enterprise and solution architects, IT security experts and other technical specialists, proactively assess and advise on how innovative and promising technologies can be used to address strategic and tactical business requirements.
The position offers you excellent opportunities to contribute to the ECB’s digital transformation, by driving the implementation and evolution of services and technology in crucial areas such as artificial intelligence, data analytics, systems integration, cloud services and collaboration, as well as communications technologies.
Qualifications, experience and skills
Essential:
- a master’s degree or equivalent in information technology, computer engineering, security science or another relevant field (click here for details on degree equivalences);
- in addition to the above, a minimum of seven years of professional work experience with proven success in the design, engineering and development of business applications or infrastructure services – of which at least three years must have been in the role of a design/architecture lead with a focus on information security architecture;
- broad and deep hands-on experience of a wide range of information security, business application and infrastructure technologies, and of dealing with highly sensitive data and large data volumes;
- an advanced-level (C1) command of English and an intermediate (B1) command of at least one other official language of the EU, according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.
Desired:
- experience in the design and development of services in at least two of the following areas:
- cloud computing, application hosting and delivery platforms, and networking;
- data analytics/data science, big data, data quality management, and business intelligence and data warehouse technologies;
- application and data integration architectures, as well as API design;
- portals and collaboration, enterprise content and document management, and ERP systems;
- knowledge of, and experience with, enterprise architecture methodologies, frameworks and industry best practices.
You engage collaboratively with others. You pursue team goals and learn willingly from other people’s diverse perspectives. You signal any need for change by explaining it and proposing alternative solutions. You analyse complex information effectively and can evaluate different views to arrive at solutions. You know and anticipate stakeholder needs.
You are motivated to be part of our team and to use your skills and competencies to achieve the objectives of this position.
Further information
The formal title for this position will be Senior IT Architecture Expert.
Application and selection process
For further information on how to join us,
read more.
The recruitment process for this position will include a written exercise, a presentation and interviews.
