Senior IT Architect

Nordea Bank Abp; Gdynia; On-site; PLN 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Nordea Bank Abp is hiring a Senior IT Architect to define and govern solution designs aligned with the enterprise strategy. The role focuses on secure, scalable technology solutions and governance across domains, with engagement across development teams and stakeholders.

You will own domain-level architecture for complex initiatives, ensuring clarity and alignment with business goals while contributing to architectural governance and strategy.

Qualifications

• 6+ years delivering solution architecture with detailed process flows, system diagrams, and data models.
• Strong knowledge of enterprise architecture and governance, with the ability to apply them pragmatically.
• Excellent English communication across diverse audiences.

Responsibilities

• Design architecture aligned with enterprise standards, regulatory requirements, and technology roadmap.
• Communicate and explain architecture to technical and non-technical stakeholders and make sound decisions.
• Develop and maintain comprehensive solution design documentation with process flows, diagrams, and data models.

Skills

Solution architecture

Enterprise architecture

Integration patterns

Stakeholder management

English communication

Analytical thinking

Tools

Pega

SAFe

Job description

Welcome to Group Technology, where we engineer innovative solutions and drive Nordea's transformation by providing a holistic technological view and structured understanding of the bank, and its surrounding environment to enable the Customer Vision and the Business Strategy.

We are looking for a Senior IT Architect responsible for defining and governing solution designs to ensure alignment with enterprise strategy, fulfillment of business requirements, and delivery of secure, scalable, and sustainable technology solutions.

This position is offered under a full-time employment agreement.

About our team

Meet the Consumer Finance Service Domain team. Our role is to deliver value by providing a strong technology organization that enables effortless, end-to-end digital customer journeys. We do this by enhancing Nordea's credit card offerings and delivering convenient consumer lending solutions for our customers.

Key responsibilities

• Design architecture, ensuring alignment with enterprise standards, regulatory requirements, and strategic technology roadmap
• Communicate and explain architecture to both technical and non-technical stakeholders and make sound architectural decisions
• Develop and maintain comprehensive solution design documentation, incorporating detailed process flows, system architecture diagrams, and data models to ensure clarity, accuracy, and alignment with business and technical requirements
• Own solution and domain-level architecture for complex initiatives
• Collaborate closely with development teams, analysts, and other architects to ensure architectural decisions are well understood, consistently applied, and practically implemented
• Continuously develop your architectural and technical skills, actively sharing knowledge and supporting less experienced colleagues through guidance and example

Who you are

This is the right role for you if you:

• Work in a structured and analytical manner, contributing mainly at solution and domain level while understanding how decisions support broader architectural and business goals
• Contribute actively to decisions, raise concerns, and escalate architectural risks constructively
• Communicate with clarity and thrive on collaborating with diverse teams to ensure architecture is communicated effectively and consistently
• Support and co-facilitate discussions bridging technology and business
• Focus on personal development and provide guidance and knowledge sharing to other team members

Your background and skills include

Required qualifications:

• 6+ years of experience delivering solution architecture detailed process flows, system diagrams, and data
• Solid understanding of enterprise architecture and governance, with the ability to apply them pragmatically
• Strong knowledge of integration technologies and patterns, with the ability to design robust integrations
• Analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to handle complex architectural challenges
• Strong stakeholder management skills across teams and roles
• Excellent communication skills in English, comfortable with diverse audiences

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience in the financial services or banking sector, especially with retail products
• Knowledge of process automation platforms, specifically Pega
• Experience working with agile methodology (SAFe) 6+ years of experience delivering solution architecture detailed process flows, system diagrams, and data, Solid understanding of enterprise architecture and governance, Strong knowledge of integration technologies and patterns, Analytical and problem-solving skills, Strong stakeholder management skills, Excellent communication skills in English