Architect authentication, identification and approval & consent services (OneGate)

ING is looking for an Architect in our Retail & Banking Technology (R&BT) department with knowledge of global platform architectures in customer access management, identification and approvals (OneGate area). Preferably through experience in a large and internationally oriented company.

The team

ING has thousands of engineers across the globe. The purpose of R&BT is to make their lives easier and to get to a level of interoperability that makes reuse of components the standard. R&BT realizes this in Customer Data & Fulfilment and Channels & Journey Orchestration tribes. This allows for innovative business solutions to be developed at a global scale by use of the global solutions and services we offer. Next to the close network of architect in ING, you will work together with about 17 architects on our global business solutions. We work in a fun and creative environment, and we’re dedicated to bringing out the best in both each other and our products.

Your roles and responsibility

As architect you strengthen the design and implementation quality of IT Systems, optimizing technology infrastructure, operational efficiency, scalability, reliability and security, ensuring seamless alignment between design and implementation and business and enterprise architecture, contributing to the internal global Touchpoint platform for the OneGate services.

• You drive the OneGate architecture in our Retail & Banking Technology department. Define the future state of the Bank in relation to the global solutions that Touchpoint provides to our engineers and business colleagues across the globe.

• Have experience with IAM, OAuth2, OIDC, cryptography, Mobile and Web applications, API Gateways, (EU) regulatory standards and API-based solutions in general that provide an integrated experience for ING customers, employees and 3rd party organizations.
• Deep knowledge of IT Security topics in a banking environment, with a focus on technology used in customer-facing channels.
• Continuously make trade-offs between target state and existing solutions, being reflected in roadmaps you create. You’re seen as the expert and trusted advisor overseeing the existing and total future state of the bank including the (public) cloud infrastructure, risk, security, and non-function requirements.
• Have a background in infrastructure and engineering architectures. Have extensive knowledge and intrinsic curiosity in the underlying technologies, frameworks and platforms.
• Have a deep understanding of reliability patterns and understands complexities of hybrid cloud deployments.
• Describe and advocate architecture for reliability, performance, and scalable solutions.
• Ensure that the architecture roadmaps are implemented according to target state, minimizing technical/tactical debt. We expect you to explain, guide and motivate your colleagues for this, being it the business lead, IT leads and engineers, escalate to management if required.

How to succeed
We hire smart people like you for your potential. Our biggest expectation is that you’ll stay curious. Keep learning. Take on responsibility. In return, we’ll back you to develop into an even more awesome version of yourself. The experience and skills needed are:

• Hold a Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering or equivalent practical experience.
• Have 5+ years’ experience with platform architectures with demonstrated industry leadership in the fields of architecture and public cloud platforms.
• Can work independently, relying on the network of colleagues that you create around you, while contributing to the overall objectives.
• Have communication skills, on the level of the CIO’s of the business lines, the CIO’s of the countries and the Chief Architects of the bank.
• Work with people in or from many countries in Europe and beyond, and therefore you need to be fluent in English. Other languages (German, Spanish, French, Romanian, Polish, Italian, Dutch, Turkish, etc.) are appreciated.
• Be stationed in Amsterdam and are willing to travel when needed.

Rewards and benefits

We want to make sure that it’s possible for you to strike the right balance between your career and your private life. You can find out more about our employment conditions at Benefits in the Netherlands  

The benefits of working with us at ING include:

• A base salary in scale 12 (€ 6.176 - € 9.871 gross per month based on 36 hours)
•  A salary tailored to your qualities and experience
• 24-27 vacation days depending on contract
• Pension scheme
• 13th month salary
• Individual Savings Contribution (BIS), 3.5% of your gross annual salary
• 8% Holiday payment
• Hybrid working to blend home working for focus and office working for collaboration and co-creation
• Personal growth and challenging work with endless possibilities
• An informal working environment with innovative colleagues

About us

With 60,000 employees and operations in approximately 40 countries, there is no shortage of opportunities for people with initiative who want to help people take a step ahead in life and in business. Do you want to work at the cutting edge of what’s possible and at the same time ensure you work with integrity and hold the customer’s interests at heart? Do you want to be surrounded by progressive, inspiring, diverse and supportive colleagues? Then there is no better place to invest your talents than at ING. Join us. Apply today.

Questions?

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Please note, multiple interview steps involving various business stakeholders will be part of the selection process.