IT Domain Architect Trading

Try&Hire; Lausanne; Hybrid; CHF 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Try&Hire is seeking an IT Architect to own the architecture vision for systems supporting an energy trading division. You will steer applications, integrations and data toward a defined target landscape across the full trade lifecycle.

You will define and evolve the trading IT landscape, oversee design across front/middle/back office, and partner with projects, vendors and SI teams while ensuring REMIT/EMIR/MiFID II are embedded from the start.

Qualifications

• Degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, Financial Engineering or related field, or equivalent experience.
• Track record in enterprise, domain or solution architecture, ideally within energy trading or financial markets.
• Solid grasp of the trade lifecycle and ETRM/CTRM systems and platforms such as Murex, Endur or Orchestrade.
• Strong solution, integration and data architecture skills in real-time, data-intensive environments.
• Experience with architecture governance, design reviews, lifecycle and technical-debt management.
• Experience with Enterprise Integration Patterns, Event Driven Architectures and data-centric platforms such as Foundry or Databricks.
• Strong stakeholder-management, facilitation and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Define and evolve the IT target landscape for the trading division and drive the transformation toward it
• Maintain a clear view of the trading landscape covering trading, risk, market data, pricing, settlement and regulatory reporting
• Shape solution designs across front, middle and back office of the trade lifecycle
• Act as architecture partner for projects, product teams, vendors and system integrators
• Review architectural impact, risks, dependencies and technical design debt before major changes go live
• Support architecture governance, design authority reviews, roadmap planning and make-or-buy decisions
• Ensure trading regulations such as REMIT, EMIR and MiFID II are designed into the landscape from the start

Skills

Enterprise architecture

Integration architecture

Data architecture

Stakeholder management

Education

Degree in IT/CS/Engineering or related field

Tools

Murex

Endur

Orchestrade

Foundry

Databricks

REMIT

EMIR

MiFID II

Job description

This role owns the IT architecture vision for systems supporting an energy trading division, steering applications, integrations and data toward a defined target landscape across the full trade lifecycle.

Your tasks

• Define and evolve the IT target landscape for the trading division and drive the transformation toward it


• Maintain a clear view of the trading landscape covering trading, risk, market data, pricing, settlement and regulatory reporting


• Shape solution designs across front, middle and back office of the trade lifecycle


• Act as architecture partner for projects, product teams, vendors and system integrators


• Review architectural impact, risks, dependencies and technical design debt before major changes go live


• Support architecture governance, design authority reviews, roadmap planning and make‑or‑buy decisions


• Ensure trading regulations such as REMIT, EMIR and MiFID II are designed into the landscape from the start

What you bring

• Degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, Financial Engineering or related field, or equivalent experience


• Track record in enterprise, domain or solution architecture, ideally within energy trading or financial markets


• Solid grasp of the trade lifecycle and ETRM/CTRM systems and platforms such as Murex, Endur or Orchestrade


• Strong solution, integration and data architecture skills in real-time, data-intensive environments


• Experience with architecture governance, design reviews, lifecycle and technical-debt management


• Experience with Enterprise Integration Patterns, Event Driven Architectures and data‑centric platforms such as Foundry or Databricks


• Strong stakeholder‑management, facilitation and communication skills

Conditions

• Workload: 100 %


• Work model: Hybrid


• Option of a permanent position after the assignment if both sides want it

What to expect

• Hybrid work model


• Travel share of approximately 10%


• 3–6 months interim, then a permanent position

Technologies

• Murex


• Endur


• Orchestrade


• Foundry


• Databricks


• REMIT


• EMIR


• MiFID II