Lead Application Architect

Ikano Bank is looking to strengthen and transform its architectural landscape as it has commenced on a digital transformation journey, including a core banking transformation, and we are looking for several lead architects.

The Lead Application Architect is a key player whose work will set the base for the future application landscape within the bank. You will be given a unique opportunity to work with major changes in a rapidly growing bank, where you are expected to take a major responsibility in both the short and long term. You will be able to affect your future role and you will be a permanent member of the Architecture Review Board. We expect that you will become the hub of the organization in which you along with appropriate stakeholders within IT and business take ultimate responsibility in how application architecture can help transform the application functionality and structure within Ikano Bank.

You will be part of Ikano Bank, where we create possibilities for a better living by providing banking and financial services. We do it with different perspectives, natural curiosity and long-term focus. A unique chance for greater responsibility and future opportunities. Let’s achieve great things together.

Help us simplify finance for the many people

In your role as Lead Application Architect you will be working in close collaboration with all lead architects, together with our Head of Enterprise Architecture, to ensure enterprise view and definition of common/aligned transformation roadmaps.

In this role you are expected to secure application architecture, from a business, information and technology point of view. You will describe architectural design patterns and frameworks which will explain the application selection and development roadmap. Setting standards and ensuring reusable patterns and interfaces to ensure an optimal application landscape will be one of the most important parts of the role. To contribute with input for development methods and implementation of new solutions is essential and a part of the role where you can make a great impact.

We offer you

Operating at the center of events, you will have an active role in various decision forums, represent us to external partners and create a great foundation for further development. This position is more than what meets the eye. You will get the chance to push boundaries and influence your daily work. All as part of a caring and open culture where we live our values, work hard, have fun and operate with a long-term perspective. Because here opportunities arise and growth follows.

Are you the one for Ikano?

You have a BSc or MSc in IT, Engineering or Informatics, or a proven equivalent in skills & experience. You have a documented architect background and proven experience from working with Application Architecture and an architectural framework, e.g. TOGAF. Documentation is in English and internal and external contacts will be international - therefore you must be fluent in written and spoken English.

We are looking for someone with:

• Knowledge in SOA architecture or, more preferably, MicroServices Architecture (MSA)
• Skills in lean and agile development methods
• Knowledge about design patterns for integration
• Knowledge in .Net, Java, Oracle and SQL server
• Knowledge and experience of financial sector is an advantage along with managing skills
• Knowledge in API design, specifically in the Banking Industry Architecture Network (BIAN) and Open Banking,
• Core Banking platform experience (specifically Cards and Loans) and Origination systems,
• Knowledge and experience in consumer finance end-to-end customer journeys,
• Knowledge and experience in modular SaaS platforms & ecosystem integration,
• Knowledge and experience in core banking transformation in the cloud experience would be preferable,
• Knowledge and experience in the Retail Industry would be a bonus
• Knowledge and experience in application containers (e.g. Docker, Kubernetes …) as a bonus
• The ability to engage and influence at the CxO level

You are a person who knows how to translate business needs and requirements into technical and architectural terms. A key competence is the ability to understand the importance of being part of a much larger whole – as well as an awareness and handling of cultural differences. Since you’re within Ikano Bank we will highly value your personal characteristics, where communication, documentation skills and personal drive will be valued highly. You show both courage and creativity – because you demand great results!

You are self-motivated, but you also function wellin a team. You are structured and analytical with the ability to prioritize tasks and deliver results not only with accuracy but also with courage and creativity.

We want our customers, partners and co-workers to choose us for what we stand for, what we deliver and how we deliver it. Three basic values guide our work: common sense and simplicity, working together and daring to be different. These values should feel natural to you.

The role is a permanent position, preferrably based in Malmö, however we are open to discussing our other locations. Some travel is required to meet with the other IT and business units.

Join us now – together we will find a better way

Please submit your application with CV and a cover letter prior to 2018-08-24. Unfortunately we are unable to accept applications via email. More information can be given by Patrick Lindqvist, Head of Development, at [email protected] or by Gary Wilson, Chief Enterprise Architect/Head of EA, at [email protected].

About us

Ikano Bank offers simple and attractive savings and loan products for consumers, sales support services for retailers, and leasing and factoring solutions for corporate customers. Ikano Bank has a presence in Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Norway, the UK, Poland, Germany and Austria. Ikano Bank is part of Ikano Group, who is an international group of companies operating in the areas of banking, insurance, residential and retail. At Ikano, our vision is to create possibilities for better living. We do this by working together to create simple and meaningful solutions based on fair terms that bring value to our customers. Ikano Group was established in 1988 and is owned by the Kamprad family. Find out more about us on http://www.ikanogroup.com