Rabobank

Business Architect – Platform Services

Rabobank  •  €89k - €127k/yr  •  Utrecht, NL (Hybrid)  •  7 days ago
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Job Description

This is what we offer you

Gross monthly salary between € 7.408 and € 10.582 (scale 11).

  • Thirteenth month's salary and 8% holiday allowance

  • 10% Employee Benefit Budget

  • EUR 1,400 development budget per year

  • Hybrid working: balance between home and office work (possible for most roles)

  • A pension, for which you can set the maximum amount of your personal contribution

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Job Title

Business Architect – Platform Services

Business Architect – Platform Services

Design and improve core platforms used by thousands of engineers daily across a global financial institution with a strong technology focus.

You & your role

Design and evolve modern, secure, and resilient platform architectures as Business Architect – Platform Services. You translate business goals, regulatory requirements, and engineering practices into clear solutions. You work closely with Area Lead and Tech Lead, shaping decisions on operating systems, storage, and recovery while aligning stakeholders across regions and disciplines.

Examples from practice

  • Designing a future-proof backup and disaster recovery architecture across hybrid environments.
  • Aligning Linux and Windows platform strategies across multiple engineering squads.
  • Translating regulatory requirements into practical platform architecture designs.

Facts & figures

  • 36 hours per week
  • Supporting platforms used by thousands of engineers worldwide
  • Over 48,000 Rabobank colleagues worldwide

Top 3 responsibilities

  • Define and maintain architectural blueprints for platform services, ensuring alignment with enterprise standards, regulatory requirements, and engineering practices across multiple domains.
  • Drive decision-making for storage, operating systems, and recovery strategies, balancing security, cost efficiency, and operational scalability in complex IT landscapes.
  • Lead collaboration with architects and stakeholders, translating strategy into actionable roadmaps and guiding multiple squads towards consistent platform solutions.

Translate strategy into scalable platform solutions and guide teams to implement resilient architectures that support global engineering needs.

Together we achieve more than alone

We believe in the power of differences. By combining people's differences, we become an even better bank.

Platform Services builds and operates core platforms for global engineering teams. Collaboration is our way of working; as one technical team within Rabobank. We focus on shared ownership, continuous learning, and improving platforms every day.

Work on yourself & the world around you

For us, your development and that of society go hand in hand. That's why we want to invest in you and work together to create a better world. We summarize this in one sentence: "at Rabobank, you work on yourself and the world around you simultaneously."
This is reflected in your personal development budget, our hybrid work environment, and a good work-life balance. You can also work on banking matters for our personal and business clients, as well as on social issues like the food and energy transitions.

Why everyone is welcome at Rabobank

At Rabobank, we’re working toward a culture where everyone feels welcome. We value our differences and use them to collaborate more effectively and make better decisions. We do this step by step, paying attention to what’s going well and to the areas where we can continue to improve. By being open to different perspectives, we’re creating an environment where colleagues feel heard. That helps us build an organization where people enjoy working—and where we truly understand and serve our customers.

You & your talent

  • Master’s degree level in a relevant field or equivalent experience.
  • 5+ years’ experience in complex IT architecture environments across platform or enterprise domains.
  • 5+ years’ experience with Linux, Windows, and infrastructure architecture including storage or recovery solutions.

You & the application process

  • Questions about working at Rabobank and the procedure? Niels Diks IT Recruiter via Niels.Diks@rabobank.nl.
  • If you are invited for an interview. Bo, our virtual assistent, will contact you via SMS and email to schedule the interviews
  • You can find answers to frequently asked questions here
  • Assessments can be part of the application process.
  • A reliability assessment is apart of the procedure
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About Rabobank

Rabobank is a cooperative bank with a mission. Our goal: to help customers realize their ambitions. We serve about 10 million customers in 47 countries. As an international financial institution, we work on the well-being and prosperity of millions of people. In the Netherlands, we serve individual and business customers. Globally, we focus on the food and agriculture sectors. For big or small challenges, in every area, people join forces in search of solutions. Rabobank has been doing this for 125 years, and we will continue to grow a better world together.

As an employer, we support the growth of colleagues every day. At Rabobank, you can work on your own development & shape the world around you. This is reflected in your own development budget, our hybrid work environment, and a good balance between your work and home life. You can work on banking matters for our individual and business customers, as well as on societal issues such as food and energy transitions.

Industry
Finance & Insurance
Company Size
10,000+ employees
Headquarters
Utrecht, NL
Year Founded
Unknown
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